17 August

NZ Company ship <em>Tory</em> arrives

1839 NZ Company ship Tory arrives

The New Zealand Company party, which included William Wakefield and his nephew Jerningham, was sent to make preparations for organised settlement. Read more...

Attack on the <em>Nino Bixio</em>

1942 Attack on the Nino Bixio

118 New Zealand prisoners of war died when the Italian transport ship Nino Bixio was torpedoed by a British submarine in the Mediterranean. Read more...