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Over 40,000 people gather in front of the New Zealand Parliament House in Wellington to protest against the Treaty Principles Bill that would change Māori people's rights, making it one of the largest protests in the country.
2024-11-19

Hundreds of Māori people begin a nine-day march from Cape Reinga to Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand, to protest the proposed Treaty Principles Bill which would redefine the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi.
2024-11-11

Six people are killed and eleven others are reported missing in a fire at a hostel in Wellington, New Zealand.
2023-05-16

New Zealand moves to Alert Level 2 outside Auckland with mandatory scanning in bars, restaurants, churches, and close-contact businesses, social distancing increasing to 2 m in public places, and masks being mandatory in indoor public places.
2021-09-8

A 5.9 magnitude earthquake strikes 60 miles west of Wellington, New Zealand. No injuries are reported.
2020-05-25

At least 22 people are killed and 24 others injured in a mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas. A suspect Patrick Crusius of Allen, Texas was captured alive. The case is being investigated as domestic terrorism given that Patrick Crusius had posted a 4-page white nationalist manifesto titled "The Inconvenient Truth" on 8chan where he cited a supposed "Hispanic invasion of Texas" and "Simply trying to defend my country from cultural and ethnic replacement" as motivation for the shooting. The suspect was also inspired by Brenton Tarrant, the perpetrator of the Christchurch mosque shooting in New Zealand.
2019-08-3

A 6.2 magnitude earthquake occurs on the lower North Island of New Zealand near the capital Wellington.
2014-01-20

A magnitude 6.5 earthquake strikes under Cook Strait in New Zealand, causing moderate damage in the capital city Wellington.
2013-07-21

A morning peak Tranz Metro commuter train derails near central Wellington, New Zealand, after part of the undercarriage comes loose and punctures the carriage floor, injuring four people and delaying tens of thousands of commuters as services are cancelled.
2013-05-20

Thousands of New Zealanders gather at the Omoto racecourse to commemorate the victims of the Pike River Mine disaster.
2010-12-2