From nzhistory at list.mch.govt.nz Mon Dec 13 12:23:14 2010 From: nzhistory at list.mch.govt.nz (nzhistory@list.mch.govt.nz) Date: Mon Dec 13 12:24:40 2010 Subject: [NZhistory.net.nz] Music festivals, PMs, NZ painting, memorials and much more Message-ID: Welcome to the NZHistory newsletter, 13 December 2010 It has been a while since we sent out a newsletter, and there has been a lot going on: NEW TOPICS Rock Music Festivals After a hesitant beginning in the early 1970s, rock festivals hit their stride with Nambassa, Sweetwaters and a string of smaller events in the early 1980s. Following a period of decline, festivals are today as popular as ever with The Big Day Out, WOMAD and others catering to a wide range of musical taste. Read more Premiers and Prime Ministers Read biographies of all 38 premiers and prime ministers and explore fascinating prime ministerial facts and trivia. Read more Housing NZ's PMs Almost 150 years after the government purchased the first official premier's residence on Tinakori Road, Wellington, the address of Premier House remains the same. But in the intervening years the building has been extended, renamed, abandoned and refurbished. Read more Regional rugby The passion and parochialism of provincial rugby has helped to give the game a special place in New Zealand’s social and sporting history. We've lined up brief histories, highlights and quirky facts for each of New Zealand's 26 regional rugby teams. Read more Merchant Marine On 3 September New Zealand honoured Merchant Navy Day. Here we explore the little-known but vital role played by the merchant marine during the First World War. As in the Second World War, in 1914-18 these civilian seafarers often found themselves in the front lines of the war at sea. Read more NZ Wars memorials There are more than 60 memorials in New Zealand to the dead of the New Zealand Wars. But their story is strikingly different to that of the memorials put up in memory of those who died in the country’s other major conflicts. Read more Battle of Britain New Zealanders played a key role in the vital struggle to defend Britain in 1940, flying Hurricanes and Spitfires, or serving in other roles in the air, at sea and on the ground. Read more History of New Zealand painting Early European painting in New Zealand was dominated by landscapes and images of exotic Mâori. From the 1890s the local art scene was boosted by the arrival of professional painters from Europe. But it wasn't until the 1930s and 40s that a distinct style of painting began to emerge here. Read more : Rowing in New Zealand The 2010 World Rowing Championships was the third major international rowing event to be held at Lake Karapiro in Waikato. Find out about earlier events and other fascinating stories from New Zealand's rich rowing past. Read more OTHER HAPPENINGS Memorials register The memorials register has had a major revamp. You can now find accurate locations over 730 memorials from throughout New Zealand via our Google map interface. Maps have been divided regionally and there is also a master map with all the memorials in one place. Filters have been created so you can choose to view just memorials from these categories: NZ Wars, Sth African War, World Wars and Other. DNZB moves to Te Ara The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, containing over 3500 entries, has now been integrated into the Te Ara website. Read more about this and the new essays that have been added on the Te Ara blog, Signposts We hope you enjoy exploring these new features over the holiday period. NZHistory team Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/nzhistorydotnet _______________________________________________ NZhistory mailing list NZhistory@list.mch.govt.nz http://list.mch.govt.nz/mailman/listinfo/nzhistory -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.mch.govt.nz/archives/nzhistory/attachments/20101213/cd65d978/attachment.html