1995 in New Zealand - Events

Events

  • April: The Cambridge Independent closes. The newspaper began as the Waikato Independent in 1904.
  • 28 April: 13 polytech students and a Department of Conservation Worker die when a viewing platform collapses into a 40 metre deep gorge at Cave Creek in the Paparoa National Park.
  • 9 June: Ansett Flight 703 crashes on approach to Palmerston North, killing 4 of 21 onboard. Passenger Reginald John Dixon was awarded the New Zealand Cross posthumously.

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