21/11/1863 - Maori surrender at Rangiriri
More British were killed at 'Bloody Rangiriri' than in any other battle of the New Zealand Wars. But the British success opened the Waikato basin to the Imperial forces.
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30 years ago this month, on 28 November 1979, 257 people were killed when Air New Zealand Flight TE901 crashed into the side of Mt Erebus, Antarctica. The tragedy was followed by a demanding recovery operation and a raging debate over who or what was to blame. Read more