Articles from ‘elocal magazine’

Frederick Bennett, who had a Ngāti Whakaue mother and an Irish father, was ordained as an Anglican priest in 1897. He spent 13 years as superintendent of the Māori mission in Rotorua before moving to Hastings for mission work in Hawke’s Bay. · The idea of a Māori diocese with its own bishop was a response to the formation of the Rātana Church, which threatened to draw Māori away from established churches. For three years, there was deadlock…

Injecting a natural hormone directly into the gut reduces the cognitive impairment that accompanies a stroke in the long term, according to a new study. The findings add to evidence that a healthy gut means a healthy brain and pave the way for a treatment that reduces the chronic after-effects of stroke. · What with the number of studies confirming it, it’s pretty much a given now: the gut and brain are linked, such that the health of one…

The first recorded use of the term “Black Friday” was applied not to post-Thanksgiving holiday shopping but to financial crisis: specifically, the crash of the U.S. gold market on September 24, 1869. Two notoriously ruthless Wall Street financiers, Jay Gould and Jim Fisk, worked together to buy up as much as they could of the nation’s gold, hoping to drive the price sky-high and sell it for astonishing profits. On that Friday in September, the…

When it comes to monitoring the health of crops, aerial images captured by aircraft flying high overhead are only going to tell you so much. That's where an experimental new spectral sensor comes in, as it's mounted directly on the underside of individual plants' leaves. · Developed by Ko-ichiro Miyamoto, Kaori Kohzuma and colleagues at Japan's Tohoku University, the device is intended to be used on a number of "sentinel plants" located in…

Swedish startup Heart Aerospace is gearing up for the first experimental flight of the X1 early next year, an electric demonstrator aircraft that's the same size as its upcoming 30-seater commercial plane. · "The initial experimental flight of the Heart X1 demonstrator is designed to validate the capabilities of Heart’s innovative electric propulsion technology," the company says. It'll be a major milestone for the Gothenburg-based firm, which…

It's 2019 and bottlenose dolphin 1022, born in Scottish waters in 2007, is suddenly spotted completely alone, hundreds of miles from his home before ending up in Denmark, some 500 miles (800 km) away across the North Sea. · Meet "Delle," as he was named by the Danish locals. A solitary bottlenose dolphin whose actual name from years ago by Scottish researchers is Yoda, 1022, identified by his unique dorsal fin markings. He was part of the…

The Education Act 1877 (passed into law on 29 November) established free, compulsory and secular education for all Pākehā New Zealand children. The Act did not apply to Māori children, but they could attend the free schools if their parents wanted them to. Primary school education was made compulsory for Māori in 1894. · The 1877 Act required Pākehā children between the ages of seven and thirteen to attend school. The legislation covered…

Looking for a slightly different but tasty work day meal that is easy to cook, Create a gourmet-style meal with this effortless chicken dish served with zesty butter and caper sauce. · Ingredients: · - 4 Chicken Breast Fillets (about 250g each), halved horizontally - 100g butter, diced - 1/4 cup (50g) drained baby capers (if you like capers, add in lots more!) - 3-4 lemons, zested, juiced - 1/2 cup coarsely chopped flat-leaf parsley…

Once upon a time some 20bn letters were pushed through UK letterboxes annually, a figure that has slumped to 6.7bn since smartphones took off. However, for many people, there’s still something special about receiving a personal update in the post. · “There’s a real sentimental value attached to more traditional methods of communication. I think that’s true for everyone, but especially older people,” says Nadine Callcutt, UK communications…

New Zealand women went to the polls for the first time, on November 28, 1893, just 10 weeks after the governor, Lord Glasgow, signed the Electoral Act 1893 into law, making this country the first in which women had the right to vote in parliamentary elections. · Despite the short timeframe for voter registration, 109,461 women – about 80% of the eligible adult female population – enrolled to vote in the election. On polling day 90,290 of them…