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This is a list of New Zealand disasters by death toll, listing major peacetime disasters which occurred in New Zealand and its territories or involved a significant number of New Zealand citizens, in a specific incident, where the loss of life was 10 or more.
This is a list of lists of deaths of notable people, organized by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in March 2025 ) and then linked below. 2025
This is a list of New Zealand Firefighters killed in the line of duty.As of 2020, 66 firefighters have been killed, of which 23 have died while responding to an incident, 35 at incidents, and another 8 during training or routine tasks.
When a death occurs close enough to a general election, the seat is left vacant, to be filled again at the general election. If the deceased member held a list seat, the vacancy is filled by the next available person on their party's list. [2] Members who died after Parliament was dissolved after its final session are not listed here.
This list of natural disasters in New Zealand documents notable natural disasters and epidemics that have occurred in New Zealand since 1843. Of these natural disasters, the 1918 flu pandemic resulted in the highest loss of life with 8,600 deaths in New Zealand.
The Police Association together with the New Zealand Police introduced a Police Remembrance Day Pin in 2007, for officers to wear to honour the memory of those slain during the course of duty. The pin combines a Huia tail feather with a police chevron; the Huia bird was sacred in Māori culture , wearing of its feathers restricted to people of ...
Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
Scott claimed that the deceased had committed suicide, and that he had previously spoken of doing so. 52: Minnie Dean: 12 Aug 1895, Invercargill: The only woman to be executed in New Zealand. A "baby-farmer" convicted of killing children in her care. 53: Etienne Brocher (aka Stephen Bosher) 21 Apr 1897, Wellington