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Nov

1898

Old-age Pensions Act becomes law
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1944

Polish refugees land in New Zealand
2

Nov

1942

NZ Division helps Allies break through at El Alamein
3

Nov

1886

Birth of iconic Anchor butter brand
3

Nov

1886

Manawatū rail link opened
3

Nov

1974

'Summer time' reintroduced on trial basis
4

Nov

1930

Phar Lap wins the Melbourne Cup
5

Nov

1881

Attack on pacifist settlement at Parihaka
5

Nov

1913

Battle of Featherston Street
6

Nov

1908

Last spike for North Island main trunk line
7

Nov

1848

The Acheron arrives to begin survey of NZ waters
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Nov

1912

Public Service Act passed into law
7

Nov

1970

Aoraki/Mt Cook face conquered by hippies
8

Nov

1936

NZers march into besieged Madrid
8

Nov

1939

NZ Centennial Exhibition opens
9

Nov

1769

Captain Cook observes transit of Mercury
9

Nov

1920

White New Zealand policy introduced
10

Nov

1868

Te Kooti attacks Matawhero
10

Nov

1871

Telegraph Department cleared of 'hacking' charges
10

Nov

1880

Sutherland Falls 'discovered'
11

Nov

1918

Armistice Day
11

Nov

1942

Troopship Awatea goes down fighting
11

Nov

1978

Andy Haden dives to save rugby test
12

Nov

1912

Striker fatally wounded at Waihī
13

Nov

1896

Mount Tongariro erupts
13

Nov

1990

David Gray kills 13 at Aramoana
14

Nov

1845

George Grey arrives in NZ
14

Nov

1973

DPB legislation introduced
15

Nov

1769

British flag flies for first time in NZ
15

Nov

1861

First issue of Otago Daily Times published
16

Nov

1840

NZ officially becomes British colony
16

Nov

1869

Hamiora Pere executed for treason
17

Nov

1925

NZ and South Seas International Exhibition opens
18

Nov

1874

Cospatrick fire kills 470
19

Nov

1992

Fred Hollows Foundation launched in NZ
19

Nov

2010

Pike River Mine explosion kills 29
20

Nov

1841

Mass murder in the Bay of Islands
20

Nov

1937

Parachuting Santa crashes in Auckland Domain
21

Nov

1863

Māori surrender at Rangiriri
22

Nov

1939

Freyberg takes command of NZ Expeditionary Force
23

Nov

1947

Civic funeral for 41 Ballantyne's fire victims
24

Nov

1959

Fifteen die in mysterious shipwreck
25

Nov

1903

Fitzsimmons wins third world boxing title
26

Nov

1960

'Kiwi Keith' begins 12-year reign as PM
27

Nov

1849

Death of Te Rauparaha
27

Nov

1940

Liner sunk by German raiders off East Cape
28

Nov

1893

Women vote in first general election
28

Nov

1979

257 killed in Mt Erebus disaster
28

Nov

2008

Air New Zealand A320 crashes in France
29

Nov

1893

First woman mayor in British Empire elected
30

Nov

1949

Election of first National government

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