RELATED TO FILM: HANSARD REPORTERS AT WORK
Events
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1 December 1898
First movie shot in NZ
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25 April 1963
NZ medics start work in South Vietnam
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1 April 1981
New Zealand Film Archive launched
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4 December 1966
Radio Hauraki rules the waves
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29 October 1995
Forgotten silver film hoax screened
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12 January 1954
Queen Elizabeth II opens NZ Parliament
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3 January 1930
First NZ-made 'talkie' screened
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26 November 1960
'Kiwi Keith' begins 12-year reign as PM
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10 July 1967
NZ adopts decimal currency
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21 June 1964
The Beatles land in NZ
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7 December 1963
Bassett Road machine-gun murders
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26 July 1865
Parliament moves to Wellington
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14 August 1891
Women's vote petitions presented to Parliament
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19 August 1853
Wakefield elected to Parliament
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26 September 1907
Joseph Ward proclaims Dominion status
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1 June 1960
NZ's first official TV broadcast
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17 January 1853
NZ Constitution Act comes into force
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24 May 1854
Parliament's first sitting in Auckland
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10 February 1967
End of free school milk
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10 April 1968
Sinking of the Wahine
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8 March 1929
First 'talkie' draws huge crowds in Wellington
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22 March 1994
Kiwis win Oscars for 'The piano'
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9 October 1967
The end of the 'six o'clock swill'
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2 May 1964
NZ's last electric tram trip
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1 January 1951
Legislative Council abolished
Biographies
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Len Lye
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Jack Hunn
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Ralph Hanan
Articles
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Television in New Zealand
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The 1960s
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Political and constitutional timeline
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The Beatles in New Zealand
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Māori and the vote
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Parliament's culture and traditions
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Parliament's people
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The House of Representatives
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Vietnam War
Community contributions