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1833, James Busby arrives in the Bay of Islands
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1 July
1 July
1988
Bastion Point land returned
The government announced that it had agreed to the Waitangi Tribunal’s recommendation that Takaparawhā (Bastion Point) on the southern shore of Auckland’s Waitematā Harbour be returned to local iwi Ngāti Whātua.
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1978
Beatrice Tinsley made professor of astronomy at Yale
Tinsley became the first woman to be appointed as Professor of Astronomy at Yale University in the United States
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This Week in History
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'King Dick' Seddon becomes premier
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First shipment of salmon and trout ova arrives
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1820
First European plough used in New Zealand
4 May
1772
Marion du Fresne arrives in the Bay of Islands
5 May
1833
James Busby arrives in the Bay of Islands