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The sports writer Peter Heidenstrom rated Yvette Williams as his 'New Zealand Athlete of the Century'. There is no doubt that she was one of our greatest-ever athletes - and probably the most versatile.
The first flight of the Canterbury Aviation Company’s new airmail service took off from Christchurch bound for Ashburton and Timaru. more...
1921 - key events
20 February 1954 Yvette Williams sets world long jump record
21 February 1879 Kaitangata mining disaster
22 February 2011 Christchurch earthquake kills 185
23 February 1940 100,000 welcome home HMS Achilles crew
24 February 1902 End of the battle of Langverwacht Hill
25 February 1943 49 killed in Featherston POW riot
26 February 1844 'Pistols at dawn': deadly duel in Wellington