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1866, Wreck of the
General Grant
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29 September
29 September
1862
New Zealand's first professional opera performance
Dunedin's Royal Princess Theatre was the venue for a performance of Donizetti's
Daughter of the regiment
by the visiting English Opera Troupe, supplemented by local performers.
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1947
Greymouth beer boycott provoked
West Coast publicans soon regretted increasing the price of a beer by 1d.
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This Week in History
13 May
1936
National Party founded
14 May
1866
Wreck of the
General Grant
15 May
1901
Early motoring offence
16 May
1846
Eight killed in attack on Boulcott Farm
17 May
1833
First British Resident comes ashore
18 May
1893
Meri Te Tai Mangakāhia addresses Kotahitanga Māori parliament
19 May
1846
Brunner, Kehu and Heaphy reach Māwhera pā