Today in NZ history- 29/11/1877 - Education Act passed into lawThe Education Act 1877 established free, compulsory and secular education for all Pākehā New Zealand children. Māori children could attend these schools if their parents wanted them to.
- 29/11/1893 - First woman mayor in British Empire electedBy becoming mayor of Onehunga, Auckland, Elizabeth Yates struck another blow for women’s rights in local-body polls held the day after the first general election in which women could vote.
- 29/11/1949 - First female Māori MP electedIriaka Rātana was elected as New Zealand’s first female Māori MP.
- 30/11/1949 - Election of first National governmentThe Labour government led by Peter Fraser was defeated by Sidney Holland’s National Party after 14 years in office. The result heralded a long period of National dominance, with the party holding power for 29 of the next 35 years.
- 29/11/1877 - Education Act passed into law
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
Posted in Computers, e-publishing, iPad, publishing, Tablets
Tagged e-book, e-publishing, iBooks, iPad
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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
Posted in 50s nostalgia, Computers, Gadgets, Scrabble, Tablets
Tagged geeks, iPad, Scrabble
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Martinborough Musings 