Chief Justice Sir James

 Today in NZ history, Chief Justice Sir James Prendergast’s statements when delivering judgment in the case of Wi Parata vs The Bishop of Wellington would influence decision-making on Treaty of Waitangi issues for decades.Prendergast was attorney-general from 1865 to 1875, and then chief justice of the Supreme Court until 1899.

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Jean Batten

Jean Batten left for New Zealand from Kent, England, at 4.20 a.m. on 5 October 1936. Despite the early hour, a large media contingent gathered to see her off; Batten was already famous for her successful solo flights from England to Australia in May 1934, and to South America in November 1935.She landed at Auckland at approximately 6.30am 16/10/36

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Anti-terror raids in Urewera

15/10/07

Terrorism Suppression Act police arrested 18 people in raids linked to alleged weapons-training camps near the Bay of Plenty township in Rūātoki.Rūātoki and nearby Whakatāne, police executed search warrants in Auckland, Hamilton, Palmerston North and Wellington

Fortitude

fortitude to me is never giving up and have courage because some people are scared of water

Earthquake

HOW A PLANE WORKS

Time line

1930 1000 BCE – First kites                

852 BCE – A king tries to fly

1485–1500 – da Vinci designs planes

1709 – Model glider design

1783 – hot air balloon flight

1843 – Biplane design

1895 – Biplane gliders 1930

1903 – First powered flight

1904 – First powered flight in New Zealand

1911 – New Zealander launches glider

1927 – First trans-Atlantic flight

1932 – First woman flies across Atlantic

1932–1937 – Record-breaking flights

1939 – First jet-propelled aircraft

1940s – Aerial agriculture developed in NZ

1947 – Aircraft exceeds speed of sound

1969 – First supersonic transport flight

1970 – First Boeing 747 commercial flight

1976 – Concorde passengers

1979 – Longest human-powered flight

1986 – First non-stop flight around world

2005–2006 – First non-stop world solo flights

2009 – New glider record

2011 – Martin jetpack

2016 – solar flight around the world