Historical Events - People
| 3 Nov 1802 | William Yate (missionary) is born Info |
| 26 Feb 1817 | Mary Taylor (feminist, businesswoman) is born in England Info Taylor was a life-long friend of writer Charlotte Bronte |
| 4 Dec 1835 | Samuel Butler (explorer) is born Info Alt Info |
| Dec 1836 | William Yate (missionary) leaves New Zealand Yate left for England after an inquiry into allegations of sexual activity with some of his pupils |
| 24 Jul 1845 | Mary Taylor arrives in New Zealand Info Alt Info Taylor was a life-long friend of writer Charlotte Bronte. She returns to England in 1860 |
| 16 Oct 1854 | Oscar Wilde (writer) is born Info |
| 18 May 1859 | Amy Bock (confidence trickster) is born Info |
| Sep 1863 | Samuel Butler (explorer) begins a relationship with Charles Paine Pauli Info Alt Info |
| 14 May 1868 | Magnus Hirschfeld (physician, sexologist) is born Info |
| 14 Sep 1868 | Alexander Turnbull (Alexander Turnbull Library) is born Info Alt Info |
| 28 Apr 1869 | Frances Hodgkins (painter) is born Info Alt Info |
| 6 Oct 1874 | Ursula Bethell (poet) is born Info |
| 1875 | Eugenia Falleni (a.k.a Harry Crawford) is born Info |
| 29 Jun 1875 | Charles Mackay is born Info Alt Info Mackay later became the mayor of Wanganui |
| 26 Jul 1877 | William Yate (missionary) dies Info |
| 16 Sep 1882 | Freda Du Faur (mountaineer) is born Info |
| 14 Oct 1888 | Katherine Mansfield (writer) is born Info Alt Info (born Kathleen Beauchamp) |
| 10 Apr 1890 | Maata Mahupuku is born Info Mahupuku later had a close relationship with the writer Katherine Mansfield |
| 1 Mar 1893 | Mary Taylor (feminist, businesswoman) dies Info |
| 22 Jan 1896 | Walter D'Arcy Cresswell (poet) is born Info Alt Info Cresswell was later shot by Charles Mackay, mayor of Wanganui |
| 2 Dec 1897 | Rewi Alley (teacher, writer) is born Info |
| 2 May 1898 | Frank Haigh (lawyer, social reformer) is born Info Among other things Haigh was prominent in the cause of homosexual law reform |
| 30 Nov 1900 | Oscar Wilde (writer) dies Info |
| Feb 1901 | Frances Hodgkins (painter) leaves New Zealand for Europe Info Alt Info Hodgkins and painter Dorothy Richmond travel through Europe together |
| 18 Jun 1902 | Samuel Butler (explorer) dies Info Alt Info |
| 23 Dec 1902 | Walter Scott (civil libertarian) is born Info |
| 9 Feb 1903 | James Courage (writer) is born Info |
| 23 Mar 1903 | Norris Frank Davey is born Info Alt Info Davey later changed his name to Frank Sargeson (writer) |
| 17 Jun 1906 | Eric McCormick (writer) is born Info McCormick wrote, among other works, biographies on Alexander Turnbull and Frances Hodgkins |
| 29 Nov 1906 | Alister McIntosh (diplomat) is born Info |
| 1907 | Katherine Mansfield continues a relationship with Maata Mahupuku Info Mansfield also begins a relationship with Edie Bendall |
| Jul 1908 | Katherine Mansfield leaves for England Info Alt Info Mansfield leaves shortly after her father reads Leves Amores |
| 17 Jun 1909 | Amy Bock's (a.k.a Percival Redwood) marriage to Agnes Ottaway is annulled Info Alt Info |
| 27 Jul 1909 | Charles Brasch (poet, writer) is born Info |
| 20 Aug 1909 | Rodney Kennedy (artist) is born Info |
| 27 Mar 1910 | Freda Stark (dancer) is born Info |
| 11 Apr 1910 | Mountford Tosswill Woollaston (artist) is born Info |
| 10 May 1910 | Tuini Moetu Haangu Ngawai (composer) is born Info |
| 3 Dec 1910 | Freda Du Faur ascends Mt Cook Info Alt Info Du Faur is the first woman to reach the summit |
| 1 May 1912 | Leo Bensemann (artist) is born Info Alt Info |
| 17 Dec 1913 | Rupert Brooke (poet) briefly visits New Zealand Info Brooke leaves from Wellington on 8 January 1914 |
| 31 Jul 1915 | Theo Schoon (artist) is born Info |
| 2 Nov 1915 | Douglas Lilburn (composer) is born Info |
| 30 Jan 1917 | W. Somerset Maugham (writer) and his lover Gerald Haxton briefly visit Wellington en route to Tahiti Info |
| 13 Dec 1917 | Keith Hay (morals campaigner) is born Info Hay was a founding member of the Coalition of Concerned Citizens, a group that was behind the large anti law reform petition |
| 28 Jun 1918 | Alexander Turnbull (Alexander Turnbull Library) dies Info Alt Info |
| 25 Sep 1921 | Robert Muldoon (Prime Minister) is born Info As Prime Minister, Muldoon accuses MP Colin Moyle of having been picked up for homosexual practices. Moyle resigned from Parliament in 1977 |
| 9 Jan 1923 | Katherine Mansfield (writer) dies in France Info Alt Info Mansfield dies of Tuberculosis |
| Aug 1924 | Effie Pollen joins Ursula Bethell (poet) to live in Christchurch Info |
| 17 Mar 1928 | Patricia Bartlett (morals campaigner) is born Info Alt Info Bartlett would later form the Society for the Promotion of Community Standards |
| 1 May 1929 | Deresley Morton (a.k.a. Peter Stratford) dies in California, USA Info NZ Truth headline: Death of Masquerader Reveals Incredible Deception |
| 3 May 1929 | Charles Mackay is shot dead Info Alt Info Mackay was shot by a policeman while covering a street battle as a journalist in Berlin |
| 18 Jun 1929 | Colin Moyle is born Info Moyle resigned from Parliament in 1977 after it was made public that he had been questioned by the police on suspicion of homosexual activities |
| 2 Jul 1934 | Ernst Roehm, an early Nazi leader and co-founder of the Sturmabteilung (SA), is executed Info Alt Info |
| 14 May 1935 | Magnus Hirschfeld (physician, sexologist) dies Info Hirschfeld dies of a heart attack on his 67th birthday |
| 11 Sep 1935 | Freda Du Faur (mountaineer) dies Info Alt Info |
| 5 Jul 1936 | Robert Gant (photographer) dies Info |
| 10 Oct 1936 | Carmen Rupe (performer) is born Info |
| 10 Jun 1938 | Eugenia Falleni (a.k.a Harry Crawford) dies following fatal injuries Info The previous day she had stepped off the pavement in front of a motorcar in Sydney, Australia |
| 1941 | Ngahuia Te Awekotuku (writer, academic, activist) is born Info |
| 25 Mar 1942 | Richard O'Brien (actor, writer) is born Info |
| 27 Aug 1943 | US First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt visits New Zealand with her aide Norah Walton Info Alt Info Roosevelt was here to inspect the American troops and the American Red Cross |
| 29 Aug 1943 | Amy Bock (confidence trickster) dies Info |
| 7 Feb 1944 | Witi Ihimaera (writer) is born Info |
| 15 Jan 1945 | Ursula Bethell (poet) dies Info Alt Info |
| 13 May 1947 | Frances Hodgkins (painter) dies Info Alt Info |
| 15 Jan 1952 | Maata Mahupuku dies Info |
| 7 Oct 1952 | Marilyn Waring (politician, academic) is born Info |
| 1955 | Mahinarangi Tocker (singer) is born Info |
| 1956 | Douglas Wright (dancer, choreographer) is born Info |
| Nov 1957 | Georgina Beyer is born Info Beyer would later become the world's first transsexual mayor and member of parliament |
| 1960 | Peter Wells (writer) born Info |
| 21 Feb 1960 | Walter D'Arcy Cresswell (poet) dies Info Alt Info |
| 5 Oct 1963 | James Courage (writer) dies Info |
| 12 Aug 1965 | Tuini Moetu Haangu Ngawai (composer) dies Info |
| 1968 | Hinemoana Baker (poet, writer) born Info |
| 29 Feb 1968 | Gareth Farr (composer) is born Info |
| 7 Apr 1970 | Benjamin Britten (composer) and Peter Pears (tenor) visit New Zealand Info The visit was part of a tour to generate money for the rebuilding of the concert hall at The Maltings |
| Mar 1972 | Ngahuia Te Awekotuku is refused a United States visa because she is a known 'sexual deviant' Info |
| 20 May 1973 | Charles Brasch (poet, writer) dies Info |
| 1975 | Carmen Rupe announces she knows of gay and bisexual members of parliament Info Alt Info Rupe is required to apologise by Parliament's Privileges Committee |
| 1976 | National MP Marilyn Waring is outted by the Truth newspaper |
| 30 Nov 1978 | Alister McIntosh (diplomat) dies Info |
| 1 Mar 1982 | Frank Sargeson (writer) dies Info Alt Info |
| 19 Feb 1985 | Walter Scott (civil libertarian) dies Info |
| 14 Jul 1985 | Theo Schoon (artist) dies Info |
| 2 Jan 1986 | Leo Bensemann (artist) dies Info Alt Info |
| 19 Nov 1987 | Norman Jones (National MP) dies of a brain tumour Jones had been a vehement opponent of law reform |
| 27 Dec 1987 | Rewi Alley (teacher, writer) dies Info |
| 31 Oct 1988 | Peter Cuthbert dies Info Peter is remembered in the first panel of the New Zealand AIDS Memorial Quilt |
| 24 Mar 1989 | Tom McLean, author of If I Should Die dies, Wellington Info McLean dies from AIDS related illnesses |
| 14 Oct 1989 | Rodney Kennedy (artist) dies Info |
| Apr 1990 | Lew Pryme (singer) dies Info Pryme dies from AIDS related conditions |
| 17 Jul 1992 | Frank Haigh (lawyer, social reformer) dies Info Among other things Haigh was prominent in the cause of homosexual law reform |
| 5 Aug 1992 | Robert Muldoon (Prime Minister) dies Info As Prime Minister, Muldoon accuses MP Colin Moyle of having been picked up for homosexual practices. Moyle resigned from Parliament in 1977 |
| 28 Sep 1994 | Tom O'Donoghue, a long-term AIDS activist, dies |
| 27 Nov 1994 | Arthur Tauhore (artist) dies Tauhore dies from AIDS related illnesses |
| 25 Mar 1995 | Eric McCormick (writer) dies Info McCormick wrote, among other works, biographies on Alexander Turnbull and Frances Hodgkins |
| 18 Jul 1996 | Shona Laing (singer) comes out as bisexual in Express magazine |
| 2 Jan 1997 | Keith Hay (morals campaigner) dies Info |
| 1 Jan 1998 | Jacqui Grant (the Tranny Granny) is made a Member of the NZ Order of Merit |
| 30 Aug 1998 | Mountford Tosswill Woollaston (artist) dies Info |
| 19 Mar 1999 | Freda Stark (dancer) dies Info |
| 8 Nov 2000 | Patricia Bartlett (morals campaigner) dies Info |
| 6 Jun 2001 | Douglas Lilburn (composer) dies Info |
| 2005 | Daniel Fielding dies Info Daniel formed the New Zealand AIDS Memorial Quilt project in December 1988 |
| 15 Apr 2008 | Mahinarangi Tocker (singer) dies Info |
| 15 Dec 2011 | Carmen Rupe (performer) dies Info |
| 12 Feb 2012 | Andreas Derleth wins Mr Gay New Zealand 2012 Info |
| 16 Feb 2012 | Sam Johnson wins Young New Zealander of the Year Info Johnson was the founder of the Student Volunteer Army that assisted during the Christchurch earthquake recovery |
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