1943 NZ ship torpedoed in Tasman
The Union Steam Ship Company freighter Limerick was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine off the New South Wales coast. Two of its crew were lost. Read more...
1945 Death of John Mulgan
At the time of his suicide in Cairo, many New Zealanders knew little of the Christchurch-born author of Man alone Read more...
2005 Civil unions come into effect
Couples − heterosexual or homosexual − were now able to register their relationship as a civil union. All couples in New Zealand, whether married, in a civil union, or in a de facto partnership now had equal legal rights and obligations. Read more...
