Today in NZ history- 27/04/1806 - Moehanga becomes first Māori to visit EnglandMoehanga of Ngāpuhi became the first recorded Māori visitor to England when the whaler Ferret berthed in London. Moehanga (or Te Mahanga) had boarded the Ferret when it visited the Bay of Islands late in 1805.
- 27/04/1893 - Death of Premier John BallanceBallance was the first Liberal premier. He laid the foundation for a government that was widely seen as making New Zealand ‘the social laboratory of the world’.
- 28/04/1888 - First British rugby tourists take the field The first British rugby team to tour New Zealand played its first match, against Otago, at Dunedin’s Caledonian Ground in front of 10,000 spectators.
- 28/04/1941 - Jack Hinton awarded the Victoria CrossSouthlander Jack Hinton was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions on the night of 28 April 1941 at Kalamata during the evacuation from Greece.
- 27/04/1806 - Moehanga becomes first Māori to visit England
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