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1Aug1987Māori becomes official language
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2Aug1983Protest as USS Texas visits Auckland
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2Aug1992Barbara Kendall wins gold at Barcelona
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3Aug1872Anthony Trollope arrives for NZ tour
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3Aug1941Finnish barque Pamir seized as war prize
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4Aug1923Ōtira rail tunnel opened
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4Aug1965Cook Islands achieve self-government
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5Aug1914New Zealand enters the First World War
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5Aug1988Cartwright Report condemns cervical cancer treatment
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6Aug1936Lovelock wins 1500-m gold at Berlin
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7Aug1908First train runs length of main trunk line
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7Aug1997Beatrice Faumuina wins athletics world championship gold
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8Aug1915Wellington Battalion captures Chunuk Bair
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9Aug1908US 'Great White Fleet' arrives in Auckland
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9Aug1930George Nepia plays last All Blacks test
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10Aug1840British assert sovereignty as French head for Akaroa
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11Aug1962Picton ferry Aramoana enters service
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12Aug1895Baby-farmer Minnie Dean hanged
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12Aug1975John Walker breaks world mile record
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13Aug2005Death of David Lange
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14Aug1891Women's vote petitions presented to Parliament
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15Aug1945The war is over! VJ Day
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15Aug1951Troop ship Wahine wrecked en route to Korean War
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16Aug1944CORSO formed
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16Aug2008Evers-Swindell twins defend Olympic rowing title at Beijing
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17Aug1839NZ Company ship Tory arrives
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17Aug1942Attack on the Nino Bixio
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18Aug195520-year old hanged for murder
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18Aug1971Deadline for Vietnam pull-out announced
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19Aug1853Wakefield elected to Parliament
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19Aug1944Kiwi pilot's sacrifice saves French village
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20Aug1940Turakina sunk by German raider in Tasman
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21Aug1915New Zealand mounteds attack Hill 60
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21Aug1958Auckland pedestrians begin 'Barnes Dance'
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22Aug1969First 'Young Farmer of the Year' chosen
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23Aug1939Writer Robin Hyde dies in London
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23Aug1947Assisted immigration resumes after war
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24Aug1878Wellington steam-tram service opened
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25Aug1916First New Zealand soldier executed
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25Aug1920First flight across Cook Strait
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25Aug1948Killer twister hits Frankton
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26Aug1866Submarine telegraph line laid across Cook Strait
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26Aug1894Death of second Māori King
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26Aug1911New Zealand Coat of Arms warranted
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27Aug1904Foundation stone for Victoria’s first building laid
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27Aug1911Pawelka's last prison break
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28Aug1954'Heavenly Creatures' found guilty of murder
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28Aug1992Canterbury's 'Big Snow'
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29Aug1914NZ force captures German Samoa
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30Aug1903Four killed by Rotorua geyser
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30Aug1926Kawarau Falls dam becomes operational
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31Aug1841The wreck of the Sophia Pate
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31Aug1894Arbitration Act becomes law
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31Aug1974Death of Norman Kirk