1930 Phar Lap wins the Melbourne Cup
Ridden by Jimmy Pike, the New Zealand-bred (but Australian-owned) wonder-horse beat Second Wind by two lengths to claim one of his greatest victories. Read more...
4 November
This Week in History
7 December
1963
Bassett Road machine-gun murders
8 December
1942
Fire at Seacliff Mental Hospital kills 37
9 December
1899
NZ troops fire first shots during South African War
10 December
1908
Rutherford wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry
11 December
1907
Parliament's library escapes great fire
12 December
1961
First Golden Kiwi lottery draw
13 December
1939
Battle of the River Plate