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First movie shot in New Zealand 1 December 1898 1898 Auckland Industrial and Mining Exhibition (Alexander Turnbull Library, Eph-D-MEAT-Gear-1898-01) The first motion pictures known to have been taken in New Zealand were made by photographer W.H. Bartlett for the entrepreneur Alfred Whitehouse, who in 1895 had imported the colony’s first ‘kinetoscope’, a Thomas Edison inventionContinue reading “FIRST MOVIE SHOT IN NEW ZEALAND”

Originally posted on John's Space …..:
[Categories: Photography, Photography 101 Forever] The Lens-Artists Challenge is hosted this week by Tina. Per Tina: “This week it’s all up to you – you get to choose your subject and to share whatever it is about it that you find interesting. Personally, I’ve chosen last week’s introduction to…

Quick thinking NZ schoolboy saved his teacher from choking on a piece of food by giving him 3-4 whacks on the back. Local hero. Presented by Peter Petterson: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300171412/boy-saves-his-choking-teacher-with-34-whacks-to

Originally posted on My Life as an Artist (2):
Pure love is so often expressed between animal and human. If you need to relax and dream beautiful thoughts – find an animal that needs lots of love and they will return it to you. watercolour “Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul…

Labour wins power 27 November 1935 The first Labour Cabinet, 1935 (Alexander Turnbull Library, 1/1-018443-F) The 1935 general election has long been seen a defining moment in New Zealand history. Undermined by its failure to cope with the distress of the Depression, the Coalition (‘National’) government was routed by the Labour Party led by Michael JosephContinue reading “First Labour Government wins power in 1935…”

by Peter Petterson First published on Beyond The Huttriver – New Zealand Today – Friday, May 28, 2010 Save our Pohutakawa tree – a Taita icon in danger of destruction by the chainsaws of the Hosanna Church Lower Hutt in New Zealand. Looking eastwards f…Image via WikipediaSave out Pohutakawa tree – a Taita icon inContinue reading “Save Our Pohutakawa Tree”