Today in NZ history- 18/01/1980 - 'Montego Bay' hits number oneUpper Hutt’s Jon Stevens achieved back-to-back no. 1 singles when ‘Montego Bay’ bumped ‘Jezebel’ from the top of the New Zealand charts.
- 19/01/1845 - Hōne Heke cuts down the British flag - againThe first Māori to sign the Treaty of Waitangi, Ngāpuhi chief Hōne Heke Pōkai soon became disenchanted with the consequences of colonisation.
- 19/01/1967 - 19 killed in Strongman Mine explosion at RūnangaNineteen men were killed when an explosion ripped through the Strongman coal mine at Rūnanga. An inquiry found that safety regulations had not been followed and a shot hole for a charge had been incorrectly fired.
- 20/01/1957 - Scott Base opens in AntarcticaCaptain Harold Ruegg, Administrator for the Ross Dependency, opened Scott Base, New Zealand’s permanent Antarctic research station, during a ceremony on Ross Island.
- 18/01/1980 - 'Montego Bay' hits number one
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