1943 Rail tragedy at Hyde
The Cromwell-Dunedin express, travelling at speed, derailed at Hyde, killing 21 people and injuring 47. The driver was later found guilty of manslaughter. Read more...
4 June
This Week in History
12 September
1914
Forty-three miners killed in explosion at Huntly
13 September
1933
NZ's first woman MP elected
14 September
1938
Social Security Act passed
15 September
1969
First steel produced from local ironsand
16 September
1905
'Originals' kick off All Black tradition
17 September
1941
Death penalty abolished ... for the time being
18 September
1937
First state house opened in Miramar