Te Rauparaha was a Ngati Toa chief and warrior. Sometimes called the 'Napoleon of the Southern Hemisphere', he ruled the lower end of the North Island from his base at Kapiti Island for the best part of 20 years
Australian Guy Menzies' flight from Sydney ended in some embarrassment when he crash-landed his Avro Avian biplane in a swamp at Harihari on the West Coast. more...