Since rugby went professional in 1995 countries like Australia, England and France have challenged New Zealand and South Africa's claims to be the two powerhouses of world

The cause of this was the visit of the South African rugby team – the Springboks. Then on 10 July, two explosions set by French Secret Service agents ripped through theįor 56 days in July, August and September 1981, New Zealanders were divided against each other in the largest civil disturbance seen since the 1951 waterfront dispute.

In 1985 New Zealand was basking in its position as leader of the anti-nuclear movement. The visit of the nuclear-powered frigate USS Texas in 1983 sparked protest in New Zealand.

– Nuclear testing in the PacificĪfter the Second World War the United States, along with its French and British allies, frequently tested nuclear weapons in the Pacific region.

The incident galvanised an anti-nuclear movement that had emerged in opposition to both French nuclear tests at Mururoa and American warship visits to New Zealand.

The sinking of the Greenpeace protest ship Rainbow Warrior in Auckland in July 1985 shocked the nation. - 'Black Tuesday'On 'Black Tuesday', 12 November 1912, in the midst of a bitter six-month strike by miners in the small New Zealand goldmining town of Waihi, striker Fred Evans was killed - one of.On 'Black Tuesday', 12 November 1912, in the midst of a bitter six-month strike by miners in the small New Zealand goldmining town of Waihi, striker Fred Evans was killed - one of only two fatalities in an industrial dispute in New Zealand's history.

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