1891 Bob Fitzsimmons wins world middleweight boxing title
Fitzsimmons knocked out Jack Dempsey in New Orleans to become the second New Zealander to hold a world boxing title. Read more...
14 January
This Week in History
1 August
1987
Māori becomes official language
2 August
1992
Barbara Kendall wins gold at Barcelona
3 August
1872
Anthony Trollope arrives for NZ tour
4 August
1923
Ōtira rail tunnel opened
5 August
1914
New Zealand enters the First World War
6 August
1936
Lovelock wins 1500-m gold at Berlin
7 August
1908
First train runs length of main trunk line