Polish refugees land in New Zealand

Polish Refugees land in New Zealand

When The kids were on the trains and they stopped off at the stations the kiwi's would give them ice cream and lollies but they didn't know what those things were and since they didn't speak english they couldn't ask what they were.
     Over 800 refugees were taken to Wellington in 1944 to escape the Europe wars. 102 of them were adults and 733, children.
     A camp for the children, Little Poland, was made for them.
     Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941 made Joseph Stalin send over 120000 Polish prisoners to Iran where they were grown weaker and weaker in refugee camps.
     In 1943 Peter Fraser (The Prime Minister) let a group of polish children to New Zealand for the time of the war.


   

Erebus disaster

In 1979, there was the Mt Erebus air crash.They were on there way to go sightseeing Antarctica. 237 passengers were on board at the time and nobody survived. The plane crashed into some of the lower slopes of Mt Erebus. A national Erebus memorial will be unveiled in Auckland in 2020. 

Death of poet James K. Baxter

22 October 1972

James K. Baxter died in Auckland at the age of 46. His body was escorted back to Jerusalem by his family. James spent a lot of his time looking after alcoholics and drug addicts. 

Peter Snell wins second gold in Tokyo

On the 21st of October 1964, Peter Snell's time of 3 minutes 38.1 seconds was 2.5 seconds better than the world record held by the previous Olympic champion, Herb Elliott. The field for the 1500 m run was led by Michel at the start. He fell back after about 400 m and for about 200 m there was a pause. Then Davies took the lead, with Peter behind him, fluctuating between second and third place.

Chief Justice declares treaty 'worthless' and a 'simple nullity

Chief Justice declares treaty 'worthless' and a 'simple nullity

The Treaty of Waitangi was ‘worthless’ because it had been signed ‘between a civilised nation and a group of savages’ who were not capable of signing a treaty. The judge did not take any notice that the land belonged to the Maori people and still did not give the land back. The people wanted to build a school on the block of land but they had to put a church in the place.
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Main Body of NZEF sails to war

Main Body of NZEF sails to war

In 1914, 8,500 men volunteered to go to war. The ones that were accepted were sent to mobilisation camps. Around 30,000 people attended Wellingtons farewell.

'Anti-terror' raids in Urewera

'Anti-Terror' Raids In Urewera.

On the 15th of October 2007, eighteen people were arrested for raiding a weapons-training camp. A man named Iti was taken to trail along with three others on February 2012, but the jury couldn't decide on the former charge, but all four were found guilty. In 2013 the Independent Police Conduct Authority found out that  the police had frightened and intimidated people during the raids. A year later in 2013, Mike Bush, a Police Commissioner apologised for what he had done.