RELATED TO DEPRESSION PROTEST
Events
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5 May 1898
Dog Tax War narrowly averted
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9 June 1909
Public Trust Office building opens
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16 October 1914
Main Body of NZEF sails to war
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5 November 1913
Battle of Featherston Street
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2 February 1939
Welfare plan gets baptism of fire
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10 April 1973
Labour government cancels Springbok rugby tour
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14 November 1973
DPB legislation introduced
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27 August 1904
Foundation stone for Victoria’s first building laid
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17 July 1939
Death of Paddy the Wanderer
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2 August 1983
Protest as USS Texas visits Auckland
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9 September 1976
Wanganui Computer legislation enacted
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16 June 1923
Baby-farmer Daniel Cooper hanged
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12 September 1981
'Flour-bomb test' ends Springbok tour
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26 July 1865
Parliament moves to Wellington
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24 October 1913
Violence flares on Wellington wharves
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24 August 1878
Wellington steam-tram service opened
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28 December 1929
'Black Saturday' - NZ police open fire in Apia
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24 September 1905
Race killing in Haining St, Wellington
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22 September 1931
Coalition formed to combat Depression
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25 July 1981
Anti-Springbok protesters prevent Hamilton match
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29 July 1981
Police baton anti-tour protesters near Parliament
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22 May 1884
First NZ Rugby team in action
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22 January 1840
First European settlers arrive in Wellington
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23 January 1855
Massive earthquake hits Wellington region
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9 April 1932
Unemployed disturbances in Dunedin
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15 January 1970
Anti-Vietnam War protesters greet US Vice President
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26 February 1844
'Pistols at dawn': deadly duel in Wellington
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14 April 1932
Unemployed riots rock Queen St
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25 May 1978
Bastion Point protesters evicted
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15 February 1978
New Zealand beats England in a cricket test for the first time
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12 May 1971
Anti-Vietnam War protests in Queen Street, Auckland
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8 November 1939
NZ Centennial Exhibition opens
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3 April 1943
'Battle of Manners Street'
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2 May 1964
NZ's last electric tram trip
Biographies
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William Wakefield
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George Forbes
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Isaac Featherston
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Frederick Knox
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John A Lee
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Fred Evans
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Samuel Parnell
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Harry Holland
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Michael Joseph Savage
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Whina Cooper
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Wi Tako
Articles
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Capital 150
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The 1913 Great Strike
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The New Zealand Legion
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War in Wellington
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1947 Greymouth beer boycott
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Wahine disaster
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The Beatles in New Zealand
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Homosexual law reform
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Parliament Buildings
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The 1951 waterfront dispute
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Nuclear-free New Zealand
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1981 Springbok tour
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Wellington cafe culture
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The 1912 Waihi strike
Community contributions