Skip to main content
Search form
Search
TODAY IN HISTORY
See more
1864, Rewi's last stand?
Mar
31
Topics
Events
People
Places
Home
Events
20 February
20 February
1914
Scotland crosses Southland in pioneering flight
J.W.H. Scotland flew a Caudron biplane from Invercargill to Gore, the first cross-country flight in New Zealand.
Read more...
1954
Yvette Williams sets world long jump record
Eighteen months after winning the long jump at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, Williams set a new world record of 20 feet 7½ inches (6.29 m) at an athletics meeting in Gisborne.
Read more...
This Week in History
27 March
1883
The 'Sallies' come to New Zealand
28 March
1923
Forest and Bird founded
29 March
1901
Skippers Bridge opened
30 March
1940
Funeral procession for Prime Minister Savage
31 March
1864
Rewi's last stand?
1 April
1773
First beer brewed in New Zealand
2 April
1915
Anzac soldiers riot in Cairo's Wazzir brothel district