Today in NZ history- 25/05/1861 - The Press goes to pressPublished from a cottage in Montreal Street, the first edition was a six-page tabloid which sold for sixpence.
- 25/05/1978 - Bastion Point protesters evictedPolice and army personal removed 222 people from Bastion Point, Auckland, ending an occupation that had begun in January 1977. Ngāti Whātua were protesting against the loss of land in the Ōrakei Block, which had once been declared ‘absolutely inalienable’.
- 25/05/2008 - Scott Dixon wins Indianapolis 500Dixon's victory at the Brickyard in 2008, the first Indianapolis 500 win by a New Zealander, helped him secure his second Indy Racing League championship.
- 26/05/1879 - Parihaka ploughing campaign beginsUnder the leadership of Te Whiti and Tohu Kākahi, Parihaka Māori began a ploughing campaign in protest against European settlement on land confiscated from Māori.
- 25/05/1861 - The Press goes to press
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