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1943, Rail tragedy at Hyde
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Rail tragedy on the Remutaka incline
1880
Sutherland Falls 'discovered'
1880
Tuhiata hanged for murder of Mary Dobie
1880
First inter-city brass band contest
1881
131 perish in worst civilian shipwreck in New Zealand waters
1881
First registered female pharmacist
1881
Poll tax imposed on Chinese
1881
First woman Master of Arts in British Empire graduates
1881
Invasion of pacifist settlement at Parihaka
1882
First frozen meat shipment leaves New Zealand
1883
The 'Sallies' come to New Zealand
1884
First New Zealand rugby team in action
1884
First royal honour for New Zealand woman
1884
New Zealand Freethought Association founded
1885
First sod turned for North Island main trunk line
1886
Eruption of Mt Tarawera
1886
Birth of Anchor butter
1886
Manawatū rail link opened
1887
Tongariro mountains protected
1888
First British rugby tourists take the field
1888
Anti-Chinese hysteria in Dunedin
1888
New Zealand Natives team plays first game in UK
1889
American daredevil parachutes from balloon
1889
First kindergartens
1889
First women's trade union formed
1889
New Zealand’s Eiffel Tower opens
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