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1988

Bastion Point land returned
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1938

Electric trains come to Wellington
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DC-3 crashes in Kaimai Range
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1868

Te Kooti escapes from the Chathams
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1902

NZ Boxing Association formed in Christchurch
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1881

Poll tax imposed on Chinese
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1923

Main trunk express train disaster
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1916

NZ Labour Party founded
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1924

'Tom Watson' wins bronze for New Zealand
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1893

NZ Racing Conference established
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1986

Homosexual Law Reform Bill passed
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1967

NZ adopts decimal currency
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1985

Rainbow Warrior sunk in Auckland harbour
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1877

Kate Edger becomes NZ’s first woman graduate
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1863

British forces invade Waikato
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2001

New Zealander wins Tour de France stage
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1916

Walsh becomes first NZer to obtain pilot's certificate
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1853

NZ's first general election begins
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1950

Death of Sir Āpirana Ngata
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1915

Gallipoli wounded arrive home on the Willochra
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1933

Lovelock smashes world mile record
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1965

NZ artillery opens fire in Vietnam
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1863

Māori force defeated at Koheroa
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1939

Death of Paddy the Wanderer
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1855

NZ's first postage stamps go on sale
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1884

Death of Ferdinand von Hochstetter
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1982

Privy Council rules on Samoan citizenship
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1892

Steam locomotive sets world speed record
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1965

Riots rock Mt Eden prison
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1865

Capture of Weraroa pā
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1987

Lotto goes on sale for first time
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1851

The Maria wrecked near Cape Terawhiti
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1952

Yvette Williams leaps for gold at Helsinki
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2000

New Zealand soldier killed in Timor-Leste
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1981

Anti-Springbok protesters prevent Hamilton match
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1865

Parliament moves to Wellington
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1928

Kiwi boxer fights for world heavyweight title
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1963

Pioneer aviator George Bolt dies
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1893

Women's suffrage petition presented
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1981

Police baton anti-tour protesters near Parliament
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1979

Carless days introduced
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1976

John Walker wins gold in Montreal

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