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When nine-year-old Vincent Aspey persuaded his mother to buy a violin he had spotted in a second-hand shop she was dubious that he would practice, let alone come to be described as ‘synonymous with orchestral development in New Zealand’.
The Ngāti Kahu chief Ranginui died at sea after being taken from Doubtless Bay by the French explorer de Surville more...
European explorers - exploration of New ZealandSamuel Marsden's first service
5 March 1830 Outbreak of the Girls' War at Kororareka
6 March 1947 Debut performance of NZ Symphony Orchestra
7 March 1842 First official execution in NZ
8 March 1929 First 'talkie' draws huge crowds in Wellington
9 March 1956 Death of Opo the friendly dolphin
10 March 1869 New Zealand Cross created
11 March 1845 The fall of Kororareka