1967 New Zealand adopts decimal currency
Pounds, shillings and pence were replaced by dollars and cents − 27 million new banknotes and 165 million new coins. Read more...
This Week in History
24 July
2000
New Zealand soldier killed in Timor-Leste
25 July
1981
Anti-Springbok protesters block Hamilton match
26 July
1863
Floods kill 25 miners in Central Otago
27 July
1953
Armistice ends Korean War
28 July
1893
Massive women’s suffrage petition presented to Parliament
29 July
1897
Tasmania sinks off Māhia with suitcase of jewels
30 July
1979
Carless days introduced