Today in NZ history- 24/10/1913 - Violence flares on Wellington wharves Violent clashes between unionised waterside workers and non-union labour erupted two days after Wellington’s ‘wharfies’ held a stopwork meeting in support of striking shipwrights.
- 25/10/1971 - End of the line for steam railwaysThe Christchurch–Dunedin overnight express, headed by a JA-class locomotive, ran the last scheduled steam-hauled service on New Zealand Railways (NZR), bringing to an end 108 years of regular steam rail operations in this country.
- 25/10/1949 - Foundation of IHCA meeting in Wellington set up an interim committee for the Intellectually Handicapped Children's Parents' Association (IHCPA), the forerunner of IHC.
- 26/10/1942 - Women Jurors Act allows women to sit on juriesThe Act provided for women aged between 25 and 60 to have their names placed on the jury list on the same basis as men – if they so desired.
- 24/10/1913 - Violence flares on Wellington wharves
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