RELATED TO THE HOSPITAL SHIP MAHENO
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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3 September 1958
First open-heart surgery in NZ
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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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11 August 1962
Picton ferry Aramoana enters service
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20 August 1940
Turakina sunk by German raider in Tasman
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26 June 1918
Wimmera sunk by German mine
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5 August 1988
Cartwright Report condemns cervical cancer treatment
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7 October 1917
German 'Sea Devil' imprisoned in NZ
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19 November 1992
Fred Hollows Foundation launched in NZ
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2 June 1917
NZ steamer captured by the Wolf
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10 February 1967
End of free school milk
Biographies
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Truby King
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Ettie Rout
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Douglas Jolly
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Charles Begg
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Margaret Cruickshank
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Robert Makgill
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Brian Barratt-Boyes
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Peter Buck
Articles
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Hospital ships
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HMNZS Leander
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Royal NZ Navy's Bird-class ships
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Container shipping
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Merchant marine
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Pencarrow Lighthouse
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Oamaru Harbour
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Wahine disaster
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New Zealand disasters timeline
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School of Radiant Living
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The 1918 influenza pandemic
Community contributions