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Air New Zealand plane fuselage on Mt Erebus
Only one portion of the fuselage of the Air New Zealand DC-10 remained intact on the icy slopes of Mt Erebus.
Announcement of war with Germany, 1914
New Zealand's Governor, Lord Liverpool, outside Parliament upon the declaration of the First World War.
British police force in the Malayan Emergency
Police talk to an elderly Chinese man during the Malayan Emergency.
Police officer and search volunteers at Tangiwai
Search and rescue at the scene of the Tangiwai railway disaster
Pursuing the Mau in 1930 - slideshow
A series of images relating to the pursuit and arrest of Mau in January 1930
Apia police station
Fale o Leoleo, Police station, Apia c 1930. A Lewis gun mounted on the balcony of this building fired over the heads of marchers on Black Saturday.
Black Saturday map
Map showing movements of Mau and Police on Black Saturday
Stepping up the Mau campaign - NZ in Samoa
In January 1928 Mau policeman, dressed in a uniform of a purple lavalava with a white stripe, began enforcing a sā - ban - on European stores in Apia.
Black Saturday - NZ in Samoa
One New Zealand policeman and up to 11 Samoans, including Tupua Tamasese Lealofi III, were killed in Apia on Black Saturday - 28 December 1929.
Fred Evans
Portrait of Fred Evans by Dick Scott. Evans was killed during the 1912 Waihi strike.
'Anti-terror' raids in Urewera
Citing the Terrorism Suppression Act, police arrested 18 people in nationwide raids linked to alleged weapons training camps near the eastern Bay of Plenty township of Rūātoki.
Police search Minnie Dean's garden
Police search Minnie Dean's garden at The Larches.
Finding the cause - Erebus disaster
With the death of so many people, it is not surprising that the investigations into the tragedy became a source of great debate and controversy.
Court of inquiry - Wahine disaster
The court of inquiry that met 10 weeks after the sinking pinpointed the build-up of water in the vehicle deck as the reason the ferry finally capsized.
The Wahine disaster
This April marks the 45th anniversary of the sinking of the ferry Wahine. With more than 50 lives lost, this was New Zealand's worst modern maritime disaster. The Wahine’s demise on 10 April 1968 also heralded a new era in local TV news as pictures of the disaster were beamed into Kiwi living rooms.
Police artist, 1987
Senior Sergeant Brent Craig displays a mock-up of an offender and an array of facial characteristics from his photofit kit.
Sound clip: effects of Erebus disaster on police
Tony Taylor, professor of clinical psychology at Victoria University, describes the effects of the disaster on police.
Operation Overdue - Erebus disaster
A team of New Zealand Police officers and a Mountain Face Rescue Team were immediately dispatched to the scene of the Erebus disaster.
Police baton anti-tour protestors near Parliament
Up to 2000 anti-Springbok tour protesters were confronted by police who used batons to stop them marching up Molesworth St to the home of South Africa's Consul to New Zealand.
'Black Saturday' - NZ police open fire in Apia
New Zealand had been granted a mandate over the former German colony following the First World War. Growing Samoan calls for independence came to a head during a Mau demonstration in Apia which left 12 people dead.

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