Our first silver-screen heroine is born.
An overconfident meteorologist comes up with the idea of naming storms after people—especially people he doesn’t like.
On a brief visit to Auckland, the celebrated author of Treasure Island almost didn’t make it out of the harbour.
A steamer goes down off Wellington.
It was the sensation of 1902—a celebrity bodybuilder toured New Zealand encouraging locals to get ripped.
The Burgess Gang brings terror to the goldfields.
Scientists fight over old bones.
The return of Halley’s Comet in 1910 prompted a deluge of fake news.
‘Captain Calder’ scams the government.
The British medal that inspired the New Zealand Cross.
A saint in the making.
Bare-knuckle fighters take on the law.
Amy Bock’s most breathtaking ruse.
Women wear pants. Civil unrest ensues.
On New Year’s Day in 1908, Shackleton departed for the Antarctic.
Fire threatens New Zealand’s national library.
Only one person in New Zealand has ever been charged with spying for the Russians.
The only vessel ever taken as a war prize by New Zealand.
Sensational trial sets legal precedent.
A folk hero is born.
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