Posted on 17 May 2012 by NZHistory, New Zealand history online This week in history
Koroki Te Rata Mahuta Tawhiao Potatau Te Wherowhero was the fifth Maori monarch to head the Kingitanga movement that began in 1858 in response to European colonisation.
Posted on 17 May 2012 by NZHistory, New Zealand history online This week in history
Police and army removed all 218 occupants of Bastion Point, Auckland, ending an occupation that began in January 1977. Ngati Whatua were protesting the loss of land in the Orakei Block, which had once been declared ‘absolutely inalienable’.
Posted on 16 May 2012 by NZHistory, New Zealand history online This week in history
A 21-gun salute from Fort Britomart marked the opening of New Zealand's first Parliament. The 37 parliamentarians gave their oaths of allegiance to the Crown via the acting governor, R.H. Wynyard.
Posted on 15 May 2012 by NZHistory, New Zealand history online This week in history
Princess Piki, the daughter of King Koroki, was selected as the sixth Maori monarch − and first Queen − during her father's funeral, in accordance with Kingitanga protocol. She assumed her mothers name, Te Atairangikaahu.
Posted on 15 May 2012 by NZHistory, New Zealand history online This week in history
The paddle steamer City of Dunedin departed Wellington at around 5 p.m. on Saturday 20 May. It was never heard from again and no trace was ever found of its 25 crew and at least 22 passengers.
Posted on 14 May 2012 by NZHistory, New Zealand history online This week in history
James Liston, the assistant bishop of Auckland, was found not guilty of sedition after it was alleged he had made anti-British remarks in a St Patrick’s Day address.
Posted on 14 May 2012 by NZHistory, New Zealand history online This week in history
Six soldiers were killed and two more Europeans were mortally wounded when Ngāti Haua-te-rangi leader Te Mamaku attacked the British post at Boulcott's Farm in the Hutt Valley.
Posted on 14 May 2012 by NZHistory, New Zealand history online This week in history
The first representative New Zealand rugby team played its first match, defeating a Wellington XV 9-0 before embarking on a tour of New South Wales.
Posted on 14 May 2012 by NZHistory, New Zealand history online This week in history
Nicholas Oates appeared in the Christchurch Magistrates Court charged with driving ‘a motor car within the city at a speed greater than four miles an hour’ on Lincoln Road, Christchurch
Posted on 13 May 2012 by Salon.com > Books
An ancient and priceless book, a murky history of evasions and coverups, an underground of sinister and possibly violent dealers, a former spy who drops tantalizing hints and a wily 84-year-old millionaire who says stuff like, "The problem with this story is that it could damage your health": Are these the ingredients for a cheesy, improbable historical thriller? Yet "The Aleppo Codex," Matti Friedman's account of his attempts to learn the history of one of the world's most precious books, sports all of these assets, and it's nonfiction. If reporting this story damaged Friedman's health, it probably happened when he realized what he'd stumbled into and his reporter's heart started beating in doubletime.Continue Reading...
Posted on 13 May 2012 by NZHistory, New Zealand history online This week in history
Hobson proclaimed sovereignty over all of New Zealand: over the North Island on the basis of cession through the Treaty of Waitangi and over the southern islands by right of discovery.
Posted on 12 May 2012 by NZHistory, New Zealand history online This week in history
During his second voyage to New Zealand James Cook released a ewe and a ram from the Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) in Queen Charlotte Sound. They survived only a few days, an inauspicious start to this country's long association with sheep.
Posted on 12 May 2012 by NZHistory, New Zealand history online This week in history
The Battle for Crete raged for 12 days before the Allies were driven off the island. Casualties were high on both sides. More than 650 New Zealanders were killed and 2000 taken prisoner.
Posted on 11 May 2012 by NZHistory, New Zealand history online This week in history
This journey was part of Thomas Brunner's epic 1846-48 exploration of the South Island. He was accompanied by Kehu, a Ngati Tumatakokiri Maori, and Charles Heaphy, a draftsman and artist with the New Zealand Company.
Posted on 11 May 2012 by NZHistory, New Zealand history online This week in history
An attempted hijacking of an Air New Zealand Boeing 747 at Nadi airport, Fiji, was thwarted when a member of the cabin crew struck the hijacker on the head with a whisky bottle.