Events In History
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10 May 1960All-white All Blacks leave for South AfricaDespite protests, the controversial rugby tour went ahead. The issue of sporting ties with South Africa would eventually split the country in 1981. Read more...
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15 December 1944Poll tax on Chinese immigrants abolishedThe Finance Act (No. 3) 1944 abolished the poll tax introduced in 1881, which was described by Minister of Finance Walter Nash as a 'blot on our legislation'. Read more...
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7 September 1921Springboks play New Zealand Māori for first timeA South African journalist was outraged when white spectators supported the New Zealand Māori rugby team playing the touring Springboks at Napier. Read more...
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9 November 1920White New Zealand policy introducedThe Immigration Restriction Amendment Act 1920 required intending immigrants to apply for a permanent residence permit before they arrived in New Zealand. Read more...
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24 September 1905Racist killing in Wellington's Haining StThe murder of retired miner Joe Kum Yung by white supremacist Lionel Terry in Wellington’s Haining Street highlighted the hatred some felt towards New Zealand’s small but long-established Chinese community. Read more...
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1 November 1898Old-age Pensions Act becomes lawA world first, the act gave a small means-tested pension to elderly men and women with few assets who were ‘of good moral character’ and were leading a ‘sober and reputable life’. It was one of the major achievements of Richard Seddon’s Liberal government. Read more...
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7 May 1888Anti-Chinese hysteria in DunedinA meeting in Dunedin presided over by the mayor unanimously called for a ban on further Chinese immigrants. Read more...
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5 July 1881Poll tax imposed on ChineseParliament passed the Chinese Immigrants Act, which introduced a ‘poll tax’ of £10 (equivalent to nearly $1700 today) on Chinese migrants and restricted the number allowed to land from each ship arriving in New Zealand. Read more...
Articles
1981 Springbok tour
For 56 days in July, August and September 1981, New Zealanders were divided against each other in the largest civil disturbance seen since the 1951 waterfront dispute. The cause of this was the visit of the South African rugby team – the Springboks.
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Page 5 – Gleneagles Agreement
The All Blacks accepted an invitation to tour South Africa in 1976, when world attention was fixed on the republic because of the Soweto riots.
Hospital ships
The Maheno and Marama were the poster ships of New Zealand's First World War effort. Until 1915 these steamers had carried passengers on the Tasman route. But as casualties mounted at Gallipoli, the government - helped by a massive public fundraising campaign - converted them into state-of-the-art floating hospitals.
- Page 5 - Life on boardWhat was life like aboard a hospital ship? That largely depended on your job, your rank and your
Government apologies
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Main image: Anjum Rahman
Anjum Rahman is a Muslim woman who has been actively advocating for women’s rights and against racism in New Zealand since the 1980s.