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An amendment to the Gaming Act at the end of 1910 banned bookmakers from New Zealand racecourses. Bookies were officially farewelled at the Takapuna racecourse. more...
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, left Bluff at the end of the first tour of New Zealand by a reigning monarch.
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