1901 Skippers Bridge opened
At 96 m long and 91 m high, the suspension bridge over the Shotover River near Queenstown in Central Otago is one of the most spectacular bridges in New Zealand. Read more...
1942 Nazi sabotage hoax
Career criminal Sydney Ross convinced the government that a Nazi sabotage cell was operating in New Zealand.
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1959 Evangelist Billy Graham arrives for 11-day crusade
In the first half of 1959 Billy Graham and his associate evangelists Leighton Ford, Grady Wilson and Joseph Blinco held crusades in New Zealand and Australia which attracted large audiences. Read more...
