On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 12:35:43PM +0000, Craig Skinner wrote:
> On 2016-01-22 Fri 13:50 PM |, Peter Kane wrote:
> > Hi Craig
> > 
> > I don't want to file this as a bug but I think New Plymouth Anniversary Day 
> > would be better described as Taranaki Anniversay Day. I've never seen it 
> > described as anything else on a New Zealand calendar (especially while 
> > living there for a good many years). 
> > 
> 
> You're right Peter.
> 
> The wikipedia page has an alternative name, & I wrongly assumed it was
> part of the trendy place rename thing, such as Mount Egmont to invalid
> "Mount Taranaki".
> 
> New Plymouth was were I was born & messed about while my father worked at
> building the offshore gas fueled power station there. I later worked at
> the Edinburgh Rolls Royce factory which built the 385kv heavy
> transformers for NZ - weird. A bit of wishfull self indulgence....
> 
> Nevertheless, I couldn't find any web hits for "New Plymouth Anniversary Day".
> 
> Also, I had a double entry for "South Canterbury Anniversary Day", so
> here's both updated:
> 

fixed, thanks.
jmc

> 
> Index: calendars/calendar.nz
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.bin/calendar/calendars/calendar.nz,v
> retrieving revision 1.1
> diff -u -p -r1.1 calendar.nz
> --- calendars/calendar.nz     20 Jan 2016 19:12:28 -0000      1.1
> +++ calendars/calendar.nz     22 Jan 2016 12:04:47 -0000
> @@ -30,14 +30,14 @@
>  01/29*       Auckland and Northland Anniversary Days
>  02/01*       Nelson Anniversary Day
>  03/23*       Otago Anniversary Day
> -03/MonSecond New Plymouth Anniversary Day
> +03/MonSecond Taranaki Anniversary Day
>  Easter+2     Southland Anniversary Day
>  09/MonFourth South Canterbury Anniversary Day
>  09/FriThird  Hawke's Bay Anniversary Day
>  11/01*       Marlborough Anniversary Day
>  11/30*       Chatham Islands Anniversary Day
>  12/01*       Westland Anniversary Day
> -12/16*       South Canterbury Anniversary Day
> +12/16*       Canterbury Anniversary Day
>  
>  /* Seasonal days */
>  03/20*       Autumnal Equinox
> 
> > As a side note, I think New Plymouth would be an excellent place for a 
> > late-summer hackathon, given the pleasant beaches and mountainous terrain 
> > in close proximity.
> > 
> 
> I reckon. Famous for its surfing & snowy mountain on the same day. Film
> makers love it there, especially of the Japanese ilk due to Mt Egmont
> being a Mt Fuji lookalike, with high air & light quality.
> 
> Keep in mind the NZ song "Four Seasons In One Day" by Crowded House.
> 
> > Diff below.
> > 
> > Thanks, 
> > Peter
> > 
> > 
> > Index: src/usr.bin/calendar/calendars/calendar.nz
> > ===================================================================
> > RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.bin/calendar/calendars/calendar.nz,v
> > retrieving revision 1.1
> > diff -u -p -u -r1.1 calendar.nz
> > --- src/usr.bin/calendar/calendars/calendar.nz  20 Jan 2016 19:12:28 -0000  
> >     1.1
> > +++ src/usr.bin/calendar/calendars/calendar.nz  22 Jan 2016 00:36:33 -0000
> > @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
> >  01/29* Auckland and Northland Anniversary Days
> >  02/01* Nelson Anniversary Day
> >  03/23* Otago Anniversary Day
> > -03/MonSecond   New Plymouth Anniversary Day
> > +03/MonSecond   Taranaki Anniversary Day
> >  Easter+2       Southland Anniversary Day
> >  09/MonFourth   South Canterbury Anniversary Day
> >  09/FriThird    Hawke's Bay Anniversary Day
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > ----- Forwarded message from Jason McIntyre <j...@kerhand.co.uk> -----
> > 
> > Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2016 19:12:57 +0000
> > From: Jason McIntyre <j...@kerhand.co.uk>
> > To: tech@openbsd.org
> > Subject: Re: [calendar] Addition of a New Zealand holiday file
> > User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30)
> > 
> > On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 10:49:08PM +0000, Craig Skinner wrote:
> > > G'day,
> > > 
> > > Similar to the recent British calendar file, here's a New Zealand file.
> > > 
> > 
> > committed, thanks.
> > jmc
> > 
> 
> -- 
> Practical people would be more practical if they would take a little
> more time for dreaming.
>                 -- J. P. McEvoy
> 

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