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1926,
New Zealand Railways Magazine
launched
May
8
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3 March
3 March
1960
Barry Crump publishes
A good keen man
One of the most-read books in New Zealand publishing history,
A good keen man
established Barry Crump’s reputation as an iconic ‘Kiwi bloke’.
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This Week in History
6 May
1869
Colonial troops invade the Urewera
7 May
1846
Devastating landslide at Lake Taupō
8 May
1926
New Zealand Railways Magazine
launched
9 May
1907
First
School Journal
published
10 May
1897
NZ's first woman barrister and solicitor appointed
11 May
1945
Charles Upham presented with first Victoria Cross
12 May
1971
Anti-Vietnam War protests in Auckland