1894 SS Wairarapa wrecked on Great Barrier Island
Only weeks earlier the glamorous steamer had set a record time for the Tasman crossing from Sydney to Auckland. A Court of Enquiry blamed the captain for the disaster, which cost 121 lives. Read more...
1995 Forgotten silver film hoax screened
Peter Jackson and Costa Botes' documentary about Colin McKenzie, a forgotten hero of early New Zealand movie-making, was later revealed as the biggest Kiwi film hoax of the century. Read more...
