Te Ati Awa leader Wiremu Kingi Te Rangitake's refusal to give up his land at Waitara led to the outbreak of the Taranaki War. In later life joined the pacifist community at Parihaka
The small Otago seaside township of Aramoana, near Dunedin, was the scene of the deadliest criminal shooting in New Zealand history when David Gray began a 34-hour shooting spree that left 13 people dead.
Gray, a 33-year-old unemployed Aramoana resident, went on his rampage following a verbal dispute with his neighbour. After shooting his next-door neighbour and daughter he began indiscriminately shooting at anything that moved. Armed with a scoped semi-automatic rifle, Gray killed 13 people, including local police Sergeant Stewart Guthrie, who had been the first to respond to the emergency. Gray was tracked down during a house-by-house search the next day. He started firing wildly and was shot dead by Special Tactics Group police.
Image: ute at Aramoana with kids' bikes in the back and police paint marks on the ground (still from TVNZ film)
13 November
