Today in NZ history- 22/05/1884 - First New Zealand rugby team in actionThe first representative New Zealand rugby team played its first match, defeating a Wellington XV 9-0 before embarking on a tour of New South Wales.
- 22/05/1995 - Waikato-Tainui sign Deed of Settlement with the Crown Waikato–Tainui was the first iwi to reach a Treaty of Waitangi settlement with the Crown for injustices that went back to the 1860s. The Deed of Settlement included cash and land valued at a total of $170 million.
- 22/05/1995 - Waikato-Tainui sign Deed of Settlement with the Crown Waikato–Tainui was the first iwi to reach a Treaty of Waitangi settlement with the Crown for injustices that went back to the 1860s. The Deed of Settlement included cash and land valued at a total of $170 million.
- 23/05/1861 - First major gold rush in OtagoGabriel Read gained fame and fortune when he found gold near the Tuapeka River, a tributary of the Clutha River in Otago.
- 22/05/1884 - First New Zealand rugby team in action
Monthly Archives: December 2013
Cutting communication to the bone
One of the Ngaio Press books I sell by mailorder is WOOL: a history of New Zealand’s wool industry. I co-wrote it with Bill Carter and published it ten years ago. There are a few cartons left and while it’s … Continue reading
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