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Today in NZ history- 22/06/1954 - Parker-Hulme murder in ChristchurchArmed with a brick in a stocking, 16-year-old Pauline Parker and her best friend Juliet Hulme, 15, became two of New Zealand's most notorious female murderers when they killed Pauline's mother, Honora, in Victoria Park, Christchurch.
- 23/06/1961 - Antarctic Treaty comes into force As claimant to the Ross Dependency, New Zealand took part in the 1959 conference in Washington DC about the political and international status of Antarctica. The resulting Antarctic Treaty was agreed to by the 12 participating states.
- 23/06/1973 - World Court condemns French nuclear testsThe ruling by the International Court of Justice was part of New Zealand's long campaign to end French nuclear testing in the Pacific. The French ignored the court's injunction to cease testing.
- 24/06/1905 - New Zealand Truth hits the news standsAt its peak in the 1950s and 1960s, New Zealand Truth prided itself on being ‘the champion of the little person and the scourge of corruption and scandal in high places’.
- 22/06/1954 - Parker-Hulme murder in Christchurch
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