1 December

First movie shot in New Zealand

1898 First movie shot in New Zealand

The first motion pictures known to have been taken in New Zealand were made by photographer W.H. Bartlett for the entrepreneur Alfred Whitehouse, who in 1895 had imported the colony’s first ‘kinetoscope’. Read more...
First flight from North Cape to Invercargill

1933 First flight from North Cape to Invercargill

Twenty-two-year-old pilot E.F. ('Teddy') Harvie and his female passenger, 18-year-old Trevor Hunter, set a record for the longest flight within New Zealand in a single day. They completed the 1880-km journey in 16 hours 10 minutes. Read more...
Bronze medal won by young New Zealanders in Uruguay

2018 Bronze medal won by young New Zealanders in Uruguay

New Zealand beat Canada 2–1 at the Estadio Charrúa in Montevideo in the third-place playoff at the FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup. Read more...