My new book comes off the printing press this week. Compared to my other books it’s minimal, at 11,000 words and 40 pages. But a lot of work went into it, and not just the recent writing and layout. It’s a distillation of decades of learning and doing.
This is a handbook about researching, writing, producing [...]
Today in NZ history- 20/12/1913 - Waterfront strike endsThe Great Strike of 1913, which had begun in late October when Wellington waterside workers stopped work, finally ended when the United Federation of Labour (UFL) conceded defeat.
- 21/12/1971 - Full steam ahead for Kingston FlyerA few months after the last steam locomotives had been withdrawn from this country's scheduled rail operations, New Zealand Railways launched a new tourist-oriented steam passenger venture in the South Island.
- 21/12/1964 - NZ whalers harpoon their last victimMore than 170 years of New Zealand whaling history ended when J. A. Perano and Company caught its last whale off the coast near Kaikoura.
- 22/12/1916 - Future PM Fraser charged with sedition
- 20/12/1913 - Waterfront strike ends
