14 January

1891 Bob Fitzsimmons wins world middleweight boxing title

Fitzsimmons knocked out Jack Dempsey in New Orleans to become the second New Zealander to hold a world boxing title. Read more...

1948 14-year-old finds New Zealand’s oldest fossils

In 1948, a 14-year-old Nelson schoolboy discovered the oldest fossils ever found in New Zealand. Read more...