Skip to main content
Search form
Search
TODAY IN HISTORY
See more
1971, Anti-Vietnam War protests in Auckland
May
12
Topics
Events
People
Places
Home
Events
17 June
17 June
1843
The Wairau incident
Four Māori and 22 Europeans were killed in the first violent clash between Māori and Pākehā since the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi.
Read more...
This Week in History
6 May
1869
Colonial troops invade the Urewera
7 May
1846
Devastating landslide at Lake Taupō
8 May
1926
New Zealand Railways Magazine
launched
9 May
1907
First
School Journal
published
10 May
1897
NZ's first woman barrister and solicitor appointed
11 May
1945
Charles Upham presented with first Victoria Cross
12 May
1971
Anti-Vietnam War protests in Auckland