Timeline of New Zealand history

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This is a timeline of the history of New Zealand that includes only events deemed to be of principal importance – for less important events click the year heading or refer to List of years in New Zealand.

Prehistory (to 1000 CE)

Pre-colonial time (1000 to 1839)

1000 to 1600

  • c1280: Earliest archaeological sites provide evidence that initial settlement of New Zealand occurred around 1280 CE.[4]
  • ~1300: Most likely period of ongoing early settlement of New Zealand by Polynesian people (the Archaic Moa-Hunter Culture).[5]
  • ~1400: Rangitoto Island near Auckland is formed by a series of eruptions.[3]
  • 1400~1500: Development of the Classic Māori Material Culture including expansion of Māori settlement from coastal to inland areas, increase in horticulture and development of (hillforts)[citation needed]
  • ~1400~1450: Most likely extinction of the moa.[6][7]
  • 1576: Speculation exists[8][9] that around this time Spanish explorer Juan Fernández visited New Zealand[10] although this is not generally accepted by most reputable authorities.[11]

17th century

1601 onwards
  • Expansion and migration of Māori groups and formation of classic iwi. (many still existing today)
1642

18th century

1701–1730
1769
1772
1773
  • April: Cook's second expedition arrives in
    Queen Charlotte Sound
  • 18 December: A skirmish at Grass Cove in Queen Charlotte Sound results in the deaths of two Māori and nine members of Cook's expedition.
1777
  • Cook returns to New Zealand aboard the Resolution, accompanied by the Discovery captained by Charles Clerke.[23]
1788
  • New South Wales founded, which, according to Governor Phillip's Commission, includes the islands of New Zealand.
1790
  • An epidemic of rewha-rewha (possibly influenza) kills 60% of the Māori population in the southern North Island.[23]
1791
1792
1793

Early 19th century; 1801 to 1839

1806
  • First Pākehā (European) women arrive in New Zealand.
1807 or 1808
  • Ngāpuhi fight Ngāti Whātua, Te-Uri-o-Hau and Te Roroa iwi at the battle of Moremonui on the west coast of Northland, the first battle in which Maori used muskets.
1809
1814
1815
  • February: Thomas Holloway King is the first Pākehā child born in New Zealand, at Rangihoua.
1819
1820
  • 3 May: At Kerikeri, Reverend John Butler uses a plough for the first time in the country.
  • Hongi Hika visits England, meets
    King George IV and secures supply of muskets
    .
1821
  • Continuation of musket wars by Hongi Hika and Te Morenga on southern iwi throughout the decade.
1822
  • Ngāti Toa begin migration south to Cook Strait region, led by Te Rauparaha.
1823
1824
  • Kāpiti Coast
    .
1825
  • The battle of Te Ika-a-ranganui between Ngāpuhi and hapu against Ngatiwhatua, resident occupiers of the land fought upon.
1827
  • Te Rauparaha's invasion of the South Island from Kapiti begins.
1831
  • Whaling stations established at
    Preservation Inlet
    .
1832
  • 19 April: stonemason William Parrott begins work on the missionaries' Stone Store at Kerikeri.
  • James Busby appointed British Resident.
1833
1834
1835
  • 22 April: Wesleyan missionaries extend south beyond their main base at Hokianga to the Waikato Coast, among them James and Mary Wallis.
  • October:
    Declaration of Independence of New Zealand
    by the "Confederation of United Tribes" signed by 34 northern chiefs (and later by another 18).
  • 19 November: The brig Lord Raglan carrying 500 Māori from
    Moriori that are not killed are enslaved.[24]
1837
  • Captain William Hobson sent by New South Wales Governor to report on New Zealand. He suggested a treaty with the Māori and imposition of British Law.
  • New Zealand Association formed in London, becoming the New Zealand Colonisation Society in 1838 and the New Zealand Company in 1839, under the inspiration of Edward Gibbon Wakefield.
1838
1839
  • William Hobson instructed to establish British rule in New Zealand, as a dependency of New South Wales.
  • Colonel William Wakefield of the New Zealand Company arrives on the Tory to purchase land for a settlement.

Colony and self-government (1840 to 1946)

1840s

1840
  • 22 January: New Zealand Company settlers arrive aboard the
    Port Nicholson, site of Wellington
    .
  • 29 January: William Hobson arrives in the Bay of Islands and reads out the proclamation of sovereignty.
  • 6 February: Hōne Heke is the first to sign the Treaty of Waitangi at Bay of Islands.
  • 21 May: Hobson proclaims British sovereignty over New Zealand. The North Island by treaty and the South Island by discovery.
  • May: First capital established at Okiato, which was renamed Russell.
  • St Peter's School, the first Catholic school in New Zealand, opened in Kororareka.[25]
  • 18 August: French colony established in Akaroa.
  • Hobson becomes first governor and sets up executive and legislative councils.
  • Rawiri Taiwhanga in Bay of Islands is running the first dairy farm in New Zealand, near Kaikohe.
1841
1842
  • Main body of settlers arrive at Nelson.
  • 10 September: Governor Hobson dies in Auckland.
1843
1844
1845
  • George Grey
    becomes governor.
1846
  • Flagstaff War with the capture of
    Ruapekapeka
    .
  • First Constitution Act passed.
  • West Coast
    .
  • First steam vessel, HMS Driver, arrives in New Zealand waters.
1848

1850s

1850
  • Canterbury
    settlement founded.
1852
1853
1854
1855
1856
1857
1858
  • New Provinces Act passed.
  • Māori King
    , taking name Pōtatau I.
1859
  • First session of
    Hawke's Bay
    and Marlborough provincial councils.
  • Gold discovered in Buller River.
  • New Zealand Insurance Company
    established.

1860s

1860
1861
1862
  • The country's first electric telegraph line opens, between Christchurch and Lyttelton.
  • First gold shipment from Dunedin to London.
1863
1864
1865
  • Capital and seat of government transferred from Auckland to Wellington
  • New Zealand Exhibition held in Dunedin
  • Native Land Court established.
  • Government launches the first of what would become 3,000,000 acres of land-confiscations from Māori in Waikato, Taranaki, Bay of Plenty, and Hawke's Bay.
  • Māori resistance continues.
  • Auckland streets lit by gas for first time.
1866
1867
  • Thames goldfield opens; soon the town has more people than Auckland.
  • Four Māori electorates established in Parliament. All Māori men over 21 obtained suffrage (allowed to stand for parliament and vote[29]).
  • Lyttelton railway tunnel
    completed.
  • Armed constabulary established.
1868
  • Māori resistance continues through campaigns of Te Kooti Arikirangi and Titokowaru.
  • New Zealand's first sheep breed, the Corriedale, is developed.
1869

1870s

1870
1871
1872
  • Te Kooti retreats to the King Country and Māori armed resistance ceases.
  • Telegraph communication links Auckland, Wellington and southern provinces.
1873
1874
  • First New Zealand steam engine built at Invercargill.
1875
1876
  • Abolition of the provinces and establishment of local government by counties and boroughs.
  • New Zealand-Australia telegraph cable established.
1877
  • Education Act passed, establishing national system of primary education, "free, secular, and compulsory".
1878
1879
  • Triennial Parliaments Act passed.
    Manhood suffrage is extended to non-Māori when the vote is given to every male aged 21 and over.[29]
  • Kaitangata mine explosion, 34 people die.
  • Annual property tax introduced.
  • Kangaroo lays the first reliable telegraph cable across Cook Strait.
  • 28 August–15 September: 1879 New Zealand general election all men enfranchised.

1880s

1881
1882
  • First shipment of frozen meat leaves Port Chalmers for England on the Dunedin.
  • "State" visit of King
    Tawhiao
    to Auckland – civic reception, banquet & fireworks display.
1883
  • Te Kooti pardoned, Te Whiti and other prisoners released.
  • Direct steamer link established between New Zealand and Britain.
1884
1885
1886
  • 23–24 February – First national convention of Women's Christian Temperance Union New Zealand held in Wellington, launching the organisational strategies for a campaign for women's right to vote in national elections.
  • 29 March − 10 April – Visit of German warships to Auckland – SMS Gneisenau & SMS Olga.
  • 11–21 May – Visit of Japanese warship Tsubka to Wellington.
  • 23 May – 2 June surprise visit of Russian naval Vestnik to Wellington.
  • 10 June Mount Tarawera erupts and the Pink and White Terraces are destroyed, 153 people die.
  • Oil is discovered in Taranaki.
1887
1888
  • 12 August: Reefton becomes first town in the Southern Hemisphere to have a public supply of electricity after the commissioning of the Reefton Power Station.
1889
  • Abolition of non-residential or property
    qualification to vote
    .
  • First New Zealand-built locomotive completed at
    Addington Workshops
    .

1890s

1890
1891
1892
  • First Kotahitanga Māori Parliament meets.
1893
1894
  • Compulsory arbitration of industrial disputes and reform of employment laws.
  • Advances to Settlers Act.
  • Clark, Fyfe and Graham become the first people to climb Mt Cook.
  • Wreck of SS Wairarapa.
1896
1897
  • First of series of colonial and later imperial conferences held in London.
  • Āpirana Ngata and others form the Te Aute College Students' Association. [1]
1898
  • Old Age Pensions Act.
  • First cars imported to New Zealand.
1899

1900s

1900
  • Māori Councils Act passed.
  • Public Health Act passed setting up Department of Public Health in 1901.
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
  • New Zealand rugby team tours England and becomes known as the
    All Blacks
    .
  • Old Age Pension increases to £26 per year; however, eligibility tightened.
  • 6 December: 1905 New Zealand general election.
1906
1907
  • July: Resolution passed to constitute New Zealand as a Dominion.
  • Fire destroys Parliament buildings.
  • Tohunga Suppression Act
    passed
  • 26 September: Dominion of New Zealand declared.
1908
1909
  • "Red" Federation of Labour formed.
  • SS Penguin wrecked in Cook Strait, 75 people die.
  • Compulsory military training introduced.
  • Stamp–vending machine invented and manufactured in New Zealand.

1910s

1910
1911
1912
1913
  • Waterfront strikes in Auckland and Wellington.
1914
1915
  • New Zealand forces take part in Gallipoli campaign.
  • Reform and Liberal parties form National War Cabinet.
  • Britain announces its intention to purchase all New Zealand meat exports during war.
  • 25 April: First landings at Gaba Tepe and Cape Helles on the Gallipoli Peninsula.
  • 27 April: Counterattack launched by Turkish forces under the command of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
  • 20 December: Final withdraw of all troops from
    Anzac Cove
    .
1916
  • New Zealand troops transfer from Western Front.
  • Conscription introduced.
  • Labour Party formed.
  • Lake Coleridge electricity supply scheme opened.
  • 10 June: Passing of the Military Services Bill introduces conscription.
  • July: Battle of Romani defaults Turkish force advancing towards the Suez Canal.
1917
  • Battle of Passchendaele, 3,700 New Zealanders killed.
  • Six o'clock public house closing introduced.
  • Lord Liverpool
    becomes first governor-general.
1918
  • New Zealand Division in the Battle of the Somme.
  • End of World War I.
  • Influenza pandemic in which an estimated 8,500 die.
  • Creation of power boards for electricity distribution.
  • Prohibition petition with 242,001 signatures presented to Parliament.
1919

1920s

1920
  • Anzac Day established.
  • New Zealand gets
    Western Samoa
    .
  • First aeroplane flight across Cook Strait.
  • New Zealand sends first team to Olympic Games (previously they have competed as part of Australasian team).
  • Darcy Hadfield wins first Olympic medal for New Zealand.
1921
1922
1923
1924
  • All Black
    'Invincibles' tour of Britain and France.
1925
1926
  • National public broadcasting begins under auspices of Radio Broadcasting Co. Ltd.
1927
1928
1929

1930s

1930
  • Unemployment Board set up to provide relief work.
1931
1932
  • Compulsory arbitration of industrial disputes abolished.
  • Unemployed riots in Auckland, Dunedin and Christchurch.
  • Reductions in old-age and other pensions.
  • Distinctive New Zealand coins first issued, see New Zealand pound.
1933
1934
  • Reserve Bank and Mortgage Corporation established.
  • First trans-Tasman airmail.
1935
1936
  • Reserve Bank taken over by state.
  • State housing programme launched.
  • Guaranteed prices for dairy products introduced.
  • National Party formed from former Coalition MPs.
  • Inter-island trunk air services introduced.
  • 1500m
    .
  • Jean Batten's record flight from England.
  • Working week reduced from 44 to 40 hours.
1937
  • April: Federation of Labour unifies trade union movement.
  • RNZAF
    set up as separate branch of armed forces.
  • March: Free Milk in schools introduced.
1938
  • Social Security Act establishes revised pensions structure and the basis of a national health service.
  • Import and exchange controls are introduced.
  • 15 October: General election, Labour re-elected.
1939
  • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force formed.
  • Bulk purchases of farm products by Great Britain.
  • 3 September: War declared on Germany
  • 12 September: Enlistment in the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force begins.
  • 4 October: Government announces the formation of a Māori Battalion for 2NZEF
  • 23 November:
    Bernard Freyberg
    is appointed commander of 2NZEF
  • 13 December:
    HMNZS Achilles takes part in The Battle of the River Plate
    .

1940 to 1946

1940
1941
  • 20 May – 1 June: New Zealand forces suffer heavy losses in the Battle of Crete.
  • 8 December: New Zealand declares war on Japan following the attack on Pearl Harbor.
  • Māori War Effort Organisation set up.
  • Pharmaceutical and general practitioner medical benefits introduced.
1942
  • Economic stabilisation.
  • Fears of a Japanese Invasion prompts precautions such as air raid drills. Membership of the Home Guard became compulsory for men aged between 35 and 50. The threat is eased after the Battle of the Coral Sea.
  • New Zealand troops in First and Second Battles of El Alamein.
  • Food rationing introduced.
  • Mobilisation of women for essential work.
  • 12 June: First 5 ships of American troops from the 37th US Army Division land in Auckland.
  • 14 June: First American
    Marines
    from the 1st Corps Division land in Wellington.
1943
1944
  • Australia-New Zealand Agreement provides for co-operation in the South Pacific.
  • NZ Troops suffer heavy losses during The Italian Campaign
  • March: Meat rationing begins,
1945
  • New Zealand signs United Nations charter.
  • Māori Social and Economic Advancement Act passed.
  • National Airways Corporation
    founded.
  • 15 December: Main North Line railway completed between Christchurch and Picton.
1946

Full independence (1947 to date)

1947 to 1949

1947
1948
1949
  • 1 January: New Zealanders become "British Subjects and New Zealand Citizens"
  • Referendum agrees to compulsory military training.
  • New Zealand gets first four navy frigates.
  • 30 November: General election: National Government elected.

1950s

1950
1951
1952
  • Population reaches over two million.
  • 9 September:
    Rimutaka Tunnel
    collapses
  • 23 July: Yvette Williams wins gold medal in Olympics
  • 10 July: Broken Barrier film released
1953
1954
1955
1956
  • New Zealand troops sent to Malaya.
  • Roxburgh and Whakamaru power stations in operation.
1957
1958
1959
  • Antarctic Treaty
    signed with other countries involved in scientific exploration in Antarctica.
  • Auckland Harbour Bridge opened.

1960s

1960
  • Regular television programmes begin in Auckland.
  • Government Service Equal Pay Act passed.
  • 26 November: General election, National Government elected.
  • Treasury leases New Zealand's first computer from IBM.
1961
1962
1963
1964
  • Whangarei
    .
  • Auckland's population reaches half a million.
  • Lyttelton Road Tunnel opens; at nearly 2,000m long, it was the country's longest road tunnel until 2017.
1965
  • NAFTA
    agreement negotiated with Australia.
  • Benmore Dam commissioned.
  • Inter-Island HVDC commissioned, connecting the North and South Island power grids.
  • Support for United States in Vietnam; New Zealand combat force sent, protest movement begins.
  • Cook Islands becomes self-governing.
  • 1 April: TEAL renamed Air New Zealand.
  • Air New Zealand introduces the Douglas DC-8 jet aircraft on international routes.
1966
1967
1968
1969
  • Vote extended to 20-year-olds.
  • First output from Glenbrook Steel Mill.
  • Television networked nationwide.
  • Breath and blood tests introduced for suspected drunk drivers.
  • 29 November: General election, National wins fourth election in a row.

1970s

1970
  • US Vice President Spiro Agnew Visits New Zealand to prop up the NZ Governments support for the Vietnam War and is met by an anti-war protest in Auckland which turns violent.
  • Natural gas network commissioned, supplying gas from Kapuni to Auckland, Hamilton, New Plymouth, Whanganui, Palmerston North and Wellington.
1971
  • New Zealand secures continued access of butter and cheese to the United Kingdom.
  • Ngā Tamatoa protest at Waitangi celebrations.
  • smelter
    begins operating.
  • Manapouri Power Station completed.
  • Warkworth satellite station begins operation.
1972
  • Values Party is formed.
  • Equal Pay Act passed.
  • 25 November: General election. Labour Government elected; Norman Kirk becomes 29th Prime Minister.
  • December: New Zealand ends its role in the
    Compulsory Military Training
    is Abolished.
1973
  • Naval frigate dispatched in protest against French nuclear testing in the Pacific.
  • New Zealand's population reaches three million.
  • Oil price hike means worst terms of trade in 30 years.
  • Colour TV introduced.
1974
1975
1976
  • New Zealand's national day 6 February renamed from New Zealand Day to Waitangi Day
  • Matrimonial Property Act passed.
  • Pacific Islands "overstayers" deported.
  • EEC import quotas for New Zealand butter set until 1980.
  • Introduction of metric system of weights and measures.
  • Subscriber toll dialling introduced.
  • Lyttelton–Wellington steamer ferry service ends.
1977
1978
  • Registered unemployed reaches 25,000.
  • New Zealand Film Commission established.
  • 12 February: 17 arrested after protestors led by Eva Rickard set up camp on the Raglan golf course.
  • 1 April: National Airways Corporation merges with Air New Zealand.
  • 25 May: Army and Police remove protesters from Bastion Point, 218 arrests are made.
  • 25 November: General election, National re-elected.
1979

1980s

1980
1981
1982
  • CER agreement signed with Australia.
  • First
    kōhanga reo
    established.
  • First FM radio broadcast.
  • Year-long wage, price and rent freeze imposed lasts until 1984.
  • First New Zealand Football team to compete at FIFA World Cup Finals
1983
1984
1985
  • Anti-nuclear policy leads to refusal of a visit by the American warship, the USS Buchanan.
  • 10 July:
    DGSE
    agents in Auckland harbour.
  • 4 March: New Zealand dollar floated.
  • First case of locally contracted
    AIDS
    is reported.
  • Waitangi Tribunal given power to hear grievances arising since 1840.
  • 20 November: Archbishop Paul Reeves appointed Governor General.
1986
1987
1988
  • Number of unemployed exceeds 100,000.
  • Bastion Point land returned to Māori ownership.
  • Combined Council of Trade Unions formed. Royal Commission on Social Policy issues April Report.
  • Gibbs Report on hospital services and Picot Report on education published.
  • State Sector Act passed.
  • Cyclone Bola strikes northern North Island.
  • Electrification of the central section of the North Island Main Trunk railway completed.
  • New Zealand Post
    closes 432 post offices.
  • Fisheries quota package announced for Māori iwi.
1989
  • Prime Minister David Lange suggests formal withdrawal from ANZUS.
  • Jim Anderton founds NewLabour Party.
  • Lange resigns and Geoffrey Palmer becomes 33rd Prime Minister.
  • First annual balance of payments surplus since 1973.
  • Reserve Bank Act sets bank's role as one of maintaining price stability.
  • First school board elections under Tomorrow's Schools reforms.
  • First elections under revised local government structure.
  • Sunday trading begins.
  • The final Remnants of capital punishment are abolished
  • 26 November: Third TV channel begins.
  • Māori Fisheries Act passed.

1990s

1990
  • New Zealand celebrates its sesquicentennial.
  • Māori leaders inaugurate National Congress of Tribes.
  • Dame Catherine Tizard becomes first woman Governor-General.
  • Geoffrey Palmer resigns as prime minister; Mike Moore succeeds him as the 34th Prime Minister.
  • 30 April: One- and two-cent coins are phased out.
  • Commonwealth Games held in Auckland.
  • Telecom
    sold for $4.25 billion.
  • Pay Television Network
    Sky TV
    began broadcasting.
  • Big earthquake in Hawke's Bay.
  • 27 October: 1990 New Zealand general election: National Party has landslide victory. Jim Bolger becomes 35th Prime Minister.
  • 13–14 November: David Gray kills thirteen at Aramoana, before police shoot him dead.[32]
1991
1992
  • Government and Māori interests negotiate Sealord fisheries deal.
  • Public health system reforms.
  • State housing commercialised.
  • New Zealand gets seat on United Nations Security Council.
  • Student Loan system is started / Tertiary Fees raised
1993
1994
  • Government commits 250 soldiers to front-line duty in Bosnia.
  • Government proposes $1 billion cap in plan for final settlement of Treaty of Waitangi claims.
  • New Zealand's first casino opens in Christchurch.
  • David Bain
    is convicted of murdering five members of his family.
  • First fast-ferry service begins operation across Cook Strait.
1995
1996
  • Imported pests Mediterranean fruit flies and white-spotted tussock moths cause disruption to export trade and to Aucklanders.
  • Kahurangi National Park, the 13th National Park, is opened in north-west Nelson.
  • Waitangi Tribunal recommends generous settlement of Taranaki land claims.
  • First legal sports betting at TAB.
  • The commercial radio stations and networks owned by
    The Radio Network
    .
  • $170 million Ngāi Tahu settlement proposed, $40 million Whakatohea settlement announced.
  • 12 October: First MMP election brings National/New Zealand First coalition government.
1997
  • America's Cup damaged in an attack by a Māori activist.
  • TV4 begins daily broadcasts.
  • Customs Service cracks down on imported Japanese used cars following claims of odometer fraud.
  • Auckland's Sky Tower is opened.
  • Compulsory superannuation is rejected by a margin of more than nine to one in New Zealand's first postal referendum.
  • Jim Bolger resigns as prime minister after losing the support of the National Party caucus and is replaced by New Zealand's first woman prime minister, Jenny Shipley.
1998
  • Auckland city businesses hit by a power cut lasting several weeks. The crisis of over a month results in an inquiry into Mercury Energy.
  • The women's rugby team, the
    Black Ferns
    , become the world champions.
  • The National – New Zealand First coalition Government is dissolved leaving the Jenny Shipley led National Party as a minority government.
  • Several cases of tuberculosis discovered in South Auckland in the worst outbreak for a decade.
  • The Hikoi of Hope marches to Parliament, calling for more support for the poor.
  • The government announces plans to lease 28 new fighter aircraft but says no to a new naval frigate.
  • Prime TV launched
1999

2000s

2000
  • January: The name suppression of American
    Peter Lewis
    , who was arrested and convicted of drug possession charges, causes controversy.
  • Knighthoods are Abolished
2001
  • Interest accrual is removed from student loans while studying. Students who accrued interest prior to 2001 are still required to pay.
  • Air New Zealand bailout, government purchases a 76.5% share in the company
  • New Zealand contributes Troops to
    Al Qaeda in Afghanistan
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
  • Labour enacts its election promise to remove interest on loans to students living in New Zealand.[44]
  • Five cent coins are dropped from circulation and existing 10-cent, 20-cent and 50-cent coins are replaced with smaller coins.[45]
  • The government announces a NZ$11.5 billion surplus, the largest in the country's history and second only to Denmark in the Western World.[46]
  • South Island population reaches 1 million[47]
2007
2008
2009

2010s

2010
2011
2012
  • 5 November: Royal Commission into the Pike River mine disaster reports.
2013
2014
2015
  • February: New Zealand joins the fight against
    ISIS
    by sending troops to Iraq to train Iraqi Soldiers against the Islamic Terror Group.
  • 25 October: The All Blacks Win the Rugby World Cup, the only team to ever win the tournament twice in a row.
2016
  • 14 November: A magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes near the town of Kaikoura in the South Island.
  • 5 December: John Key announces he will stand down as prime minister and leader of the National Party on 12 December.
  • 12 December: Bill English becomes the 39th Prime Minister of New Zealand.
2017
  • 26 June:
    35th America's Cup
    .
  • 2 July: Waterview Tunnels open; at 2.4 km long each, they overtake the Lyttelton Road Tunnel to become the country's longest road tunnels.
  • 23 September: 2017 general election is held. The National Party wins a plurality, while the Labour Party significantly increases its number of seats.
  • 26 October: Labour and New Zealand First form a coalition government. Labour leader Jacinda Ardern becomes the 40th Prime Minister of New Zealand.
2019
  • 15 March: Christchurch mosque shootings, 51 people are killed during an attack on two mosques.
  •  December 2019: Whakaari / White Island eruption. 47 people were on the island at the time. Twenty-two people died, either in the explosion or from injuries sustained, including two whose bodies were never found and were later declared dead. A further 25 people suffered injuries, with the majority needing intensive care for severe burns.

2020s

2020
2021
  • 17 March:
    Auckland, New Zealand
    against Luna Rossa.
2022
2023


See also

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