5 November

Battle of Featherston Street

1913 Battle of Featherston Street

The ‘Battle of Featherston Street’, in downtown Wellington, saw some of the most violent street fighting of the 1913 Great Strike. Read more...

Attack on pacifist settlement at Parihaka

1881 Attack on pacifist settlement at Parihaka

Parihaka had come to symbolise protest gainst the confiscation of Māori land. Its leaders, Te Whiti-o-Rongomai and Tohu Kakahi, were arrested and exiled until March 1883. Read more...