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
21 September
1834
Rescue of Harriet survivors begins
22 September
1906
Domestic workers call for 68-hour week
23 September
1887
Tongariro mountains protected
24 September
1905
Race killing in Wellington's Haining St
25 September
1819
New Zealand's first grapevines planted?
26 September
1865
Native Rights Act declares Māori British subjects
27 September
1974
William Sutch charged with spying