A programme for the Rainbow Warrior music festival held at Auckland's Mt Smart Stadium on 5 April 1986. The event highlighted the sinking of the Greenpeace protest ship Rainbow Warrior by French agents in Waitemata Harbour on 10 July the previous year. The audience shot shows Auckland reggae group Herbs, whose early records carried strongly political messages about race, identity and the environment. The festival attracted an international bill including Neil Young, Jackson Browne and Graham Nash, while Split Enz reformed specially for the event.
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Charles Thatcher gives first NZ performance
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17 April 1880
First inter-city brass band contest
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9 February 1900
Wanganui Opera House opened
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3 January 1930
First NZ-made 'talkie' screened
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The Beatles land in NZ
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27 June 1975
Mark Williams hits no. 1
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NZ's first professional opera performance
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NZ Opera Group's first opening night
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Auckland's first Anniversary Day Regatta
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First Auckland A and P Show
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Parliament's first sitting in Auckland
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18 January 1980
'Montego Bay' hits number one
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30 May 1959
Auckland harbour bridge opened
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6 March 1947
Debut performance of NZ Symphony Orchestra
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14 March 1980
Split Enz hit no.1 with 'I got you'
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8 May 1970
'Cheryl Moana Marie' hits no. 1
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10 July 1985
Rainbow Warrior sunk in Auckland harbour
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