Today in NZ history- 07/04/1856 - First state secondary school opensThe first state secondary school in New Zealand, Nelson College, opened in temporary premises in Trafalgar St with a roll of just eight boys. It eventually attracted boys from around the country as well as the local area. It now has a roll of over 1000 and continues to take both boarders and day pupils.
- 08/04/1873 - Julius Vogel becomes premierJulius Vogel was the dominant political figure of the 1870s, serving as colonial treasurer and premier on several occasions, and launching a massive programme of immigration and public works.
- 08/04/1913 - Smallpox epidemic kills 55By the end of the year the epidemic, which was intoduced by a Morman missionary, had killed 55 New Zealanders, all of them Māori.
- 09/04/1850 - Sisters of Mercy arrive in New Zealand Nine Sisters of Mercy arrived in Auckland on the Oceanie with Bishop Pompallier and a number of priests.
- 07/04/1856 - First state secondary school opens
Tag Archives: iPad
Sometimes Apple drives me up the wall
I love my iPad but sometimes I despair of it – and Apple. I have a particular spreadsheet file I use daily that I store in my marvellous Dropbox folder. That sends my file to the computing cloud, so I … Continue reading
A convert to the Kindle eReader
I’m a convert to the Kindle eReader. But I’m not a convert from ink and paper. No, I converted from the iPad, much touted by Apple as giving the ultimate ereading experience. For about a year, nearly all my personal … Continue reading
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eBooks and the iPad – implications for publishers
There’s much talk overseas about the new Apple iPad taking over from established e-readers like the Amazon Kindle, and finally persuading the masses to read books on an electronic tablet instead of paper. This may or may not be correct, … Continue reading
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This decade’s epochal event?
The epochal event of the decade happened last weekend. That’s right – the iPad tablet computer emerged from Steve Jobs’s reality distortion field. Correction: the iPad is still in that field, so is Jobs and so are gadget freaks the … Continue reading
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