From nzhistory at list.mch.govt.nz Mon Mar 16 12:32:59 2009 From: nzhistory at list.mch.govt.nz (nzhistory@list.mch.govt.nz) Date: Mon Mar 16 12:33:09 2009 Subject: [NZhistory.net.nz] NZHistory.net.nz turns ten! Message-ID: Welcome to the NZHistory.net.nz newsletter, 16 March 2009 HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US! It is ten years to the day since NZHistory.net.nz was launched by the Hon Jack Elder at a ceremony at National Archives. We'd like to take this opportunity to thank all of you who have followed, commented on and contributed to the site over the years. Read more about the history of the site here: http://bit.ly/HO9Ap We have come a long way since 1999, as you can see from the Way Back Machine: http://bit.ly/mRwbh NEW TOPIC - THE MUSKET WARS Tens of thousands of Maori died in the intertribal Musket Wars of the 1810s, 1820s and 1830s. Muskets changed the face of intertribal warfare, decimating the population of some tribes and drastically shifting the boundaries of areas that others controlled. Read more here: http://bit.ly/bZPNP This is the first of what will be a series of topics to be added in the coming months to expand our New Zealand's 19th Century Wars category. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER Followers of twitter.com can now find us here: http://twitter.com/NZHistorydotnet Twitter is a social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read other users' updates known as tweets. Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters in length. Once you have an account you can follow any one else you choose, from Stephen Fry to Lance Armstrong. Also, thousands of organisations are twittering - museums, art galleries, newspapers - whatever your area of interest. We've been using it for tweets on Today in History and to highlight some of our more interesting content. Here's to the next ten years! NZHistory.net.nz team