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In New Zealand in the 1930s, farmers reportedly had trouble with exploding trousers as a result of attempts to control ragwort, an agricultural weed. [1] Farmers had been spraying sodium chlorate, a government recommended weedkiller, onto the ragwort, and some of the spray had ended up on their clothes. Sodium chlorate is a strong oxidizing ...
New Zealand's first ever Test matches, a home series of four three-day games against England.Series won 1–0 by England 10,11,13 January Lancaster Park, Christchurch.New Zealand (112 and 131) lost by eight Wickets to England (181 and 66/2).
Music journalist Bruce Sergent notes that the list is highly skewed towards the 1980s and 90s to the detriment of earlier music, with notable omissions including Howard Morrison, Dinah Lee, and Ray Columbus & the Invaders. [1] Some songs may also be claimed as both New Zealand and Australian.
1930s in New Zealand sport (11 C) This page was last edited on 10 October 2019, at 11:42 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4. ...
Down on the Farm is a 1935 New Zealand film. It was New Zealand's first sound feature. [3] [4] It is one of four films which lay claim to being the first "New Zealand talkie"; however, of the other three, The Devil's Pit and Hei Tiki had sound added in America, and On the Friendly Road was not released until 1936.
10 November: Third session of the 24th Parliament concludes. Banknotes issued by the new Reserve Bank replace those issued by the Trading Banks, see New Zealand pound. The first official airmail flight from New Zealand to Australia by Faith in Australia; see Charles Ulm. [5] [6]
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New Zealand Maori singers Ken Kincaid and Deane Waretini have both recorded versions of the song. The version by Kincaid appears on the Mauri Hikitia album, and was also the B side of his single. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] The version by Waretini is on his Now is the Hour album released in 2012, and he was also the subject of a television series titled Now ...