What happened that day?

Search event by date

See historic events for any day of the year by entering the date below. Why not try your birthday?

Visit the full Calendar

Kiwi of the Week

Godfrey Bowen

Bowen helped establish sheep shearing as a legitimate sport and a form of entertainment. He was one of the inaugural inductees into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame in 1990.

more

Get KotW as RSS

Today in History

3 November

1886 Manawatū rail link opened

Built by the privately owned Wellington & Manawatu Railway Company (WMR), the line would help open the Kapiti Coast, Horowhenua and Manawatū to European settlement in the late 19th century. more...

Internal links

Building the main trunk

External links

‘Forty Years Ago – The Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company’ (NZ Railways Magazine)
Wellington & Manawatu Railway (IPENZ)
Wellington and Manawatu Railway Trust

1886 Birth of iconic Anchor butter brand

Henry Reynolds' new factory at Pukekura, Waikato, produced its first butter. The brand name was allegedly inspired by a tattoo worn by one of Reynolds' workers. more...