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Duncan Cameron

The historian James Belich believed Cameron was not only the best European commander to serve in New Zealand but ‘among the best of Victorian generals’.

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28 November

1979 257 killed in Mt Erebus disaster

Flight TE901, an Air New Zealand sightseeing flight over Antarctica, crashed into the lower slopes of Mt Erebus, near Scott Base, killing all 257 passengers and crew on board. more...

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Erebus disaster New Zealand disasters timeline The end of the 'big mountain days' - Ed Hillary Antarctica and New Zealand Koru capsule on Mt Erebus

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The Erebus story (NZALPA)
Erebus aircraft accident (Chch City Libraries)
Erebus flight TE901 (Archives NZ - ChCh)
CVR transcript Air New Zealand Flight 901 (Aviation Safety Network)
The 1979 Erebus crash (Te Ara)

1893 Women vote in first general election

New Zealand women went to the polls for the first time, just 10 weeks after the Governor signed the Electoral Act 1893, making this country the first in the world to enfranchise all adult women. more...

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Cleaning up elections Brief history - women and the vote Kate Sheppard John Hall John Ballance

2008 Air New Zealand A320 crashes in France

An Air NZ Airbus A320 crashed off the coast of France. All seven people on board, including five New Zealanders, were killed. It was 29 years to the day since Air NZ Flight TE901 crashed in Antarctica, killing all 257 on board more...