RELATED TO CARS ROLLING OFF THE FERRY MAORI
Events
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2 May 1868
First shipment of salmon and trout ova arrives
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17 August 1942
Attack on the Nino Bixio
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20 May 1865
Loss of the City of Dunedin with all hands
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29 April 1881
131 perish in worst civilian shipwreck in NZ waters
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16 April 1912
News of Titanic sinking reaches NZ
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3 February 1868
Killer storm sweeps the country
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23 October 1915
Ten NZ nurses lost in Marquette sinking
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27 November 1940
Liner sunk by German raiders off East Cape
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21 December 1971
Full steam ahead for Kingston Flyer
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25 October 1971
End of the line for steam railways
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15 August 1951
Troop ship Wahine wrecked en route to Korean War
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15 September 1976
Lyttelton–Wellington ferry service ends
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2 July 1938
Electric trains come to Wellington
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6 July 1923
Main trunk express train disaster
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30 July 1979
Carless days introduced
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7 August 1908
First train runs length of main trunk line
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11 August 1962
Picton ferry Aramoana enters service
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21 August 1958
Auckland pedestrians begin 'Barnes Dance'
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24 August 1878
Wellington steam-tram service opened
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11 October 1861
First Cobb & Co. coach service runs to Otago goldfields
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20 August 1940
Turakina sunk by German raider in Tasman
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2 May 1964
NZ's last electric tram trip
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30 May 1959
Auckland harbour bridge opened
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24 December 1953
Tangiwai railway disaster
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