Not something you’d see outside hardware shops in the city.
Today in NZ history- 20/05/1941 - German paratroops assault CreteThe Battle for Crete raged for 12 days before the Allies were driven off the island. Casualties were high on both sides. More than 650 New Zealanders were killed and 2000 taken prisoner.
- 20/05/1773 - NZ's first sheep releasedDuring his second voyage to New Zealand James Cook released a ewe and a ram from the Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) in Queen Charlotte Sound. They survived only a few days, an inauspicious start to this country's long association with sheep.
- 20/05/1865 - Loss of the City of Dunedin with all handsThe paddle steamer City of Dunedin departed Wellington at around 5 p.m. on Saturday 20 May. It was never heard from again and no trace was ever found of its 25 crew and at least 22 passengers.
- 21/05/1840 - Hobson proclaims sovereignty over NZHobson proclaimed sovereignty over all of New Zealand: over the North Island on the basis of cession through the Treaty of Waitangi and over the southern islands by right of discovery.
- 20/05/1941 - German paratroops assault Crete
Some places around here have them also..nearby Cocoa Village, for example.
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