27 March

The 'Sallies' come to New Zealand

1883 The 'Sallies' come to New Zealand

Two English Salvation Army officers landed at Port Chalmers to set up a New Zealand branch of the Christian evangelical movement. Read more...
Trades' Hall bombing

1984 Trades' Hall bombing

Caretaker and unionist Ernie Abbott was killed on 27 March 1984 when a bomb exploded inside Trades’ Hall on Wellington’s Vivian St. Read more...