2 April

Anzac soldiers riot in Cairo's Wazzir brothel district

1915 Anzac soldiers riot in Cairo's Wazzir brothel district

On Good Friday about 2500 New Zealand and Australian troops rioted in the Haret Al Wassir red-light district of Cairo's Ezbekieh Quarter. Read more...

Arrest of Rua Kēnana

1916 Arrest of Rua Kēnana

On the morning of Sunday 2 April 1916, 57 armed police invaded the remote Tūhoe settlement of Maungapōhatu in the Urewera Ranges. They had come to arrest the prophet and community leader Rua Kēnana. Read more...