1878
Treasurer
Appointed Colonial Treasurer
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Wellington in New Zealand. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Appointed Colonial Treasurer
Appointed Leader of the Opposition
Appointed Party Leader of the Reform Party
Converts all crown leaseholds into freeholds
Forms the Labour Party
Appointed Party Leader of the Labour Party
New Zealand administers Western Samoa under League mandate.
Appointed Chairman of the Maori Board of Ethnological Research
Founds the Maori Board of Ethnological Research
Appointed Commander of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Appointed Commander of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Crete is captured by the German forces, Freyberg organizes the British withdrawal
Appointed Lieutenant General
Appointed Lieutenant General
Appointed Lieutenant General
Appointed Primate of the Church of New Zealand
Resigns as Prime Minister of New Zealand
Responds to the Christchurch mosque attacks.
Oversees passage of gun law reforms after the Christchurch attack.
Moves New Zealand into strict lockdown to suppress COVID-19.
Announces New Zealand has no active COVID-19 cases after the first wave.
Provenance
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