22 May

First New Zealand rugby team in action

1884 First New Zealand rugby team in action

The first representative New Zealand rugby team played its first match, defeating a Wellington XV 9-0 before embarking on a tour of New South Wales. Read more...
Waikato-Tainui sign Deed of Settlement with the Crown

1995 Waikato-Tainui sign Deed of Settlement with the Crown

Waikato–Tainui was the first iwi to reach a Treaty of Waitangi settlement with the Crown for injustices that went back to the 1860s. The Deed of Settlement included cash and land valued at a total of $170 million. Read more...