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- 1860 First Taranaki War erupts at Waitara
- 1860 Death of the first Māori King
- 1861 First major gold rush in Otago
- 1861 The Press goes to press
- 1861 First Cobb & Co. coach service runs to Otago goldfields
- 1861 First issue of Otago Daily Times published
- 1862 Charles Thatcher gives first NZ performance
- 1862 Wreck of the White Swan
- 1862 New Zealand’s first prize fight?
- 1862 First Albertland settlers arrive in Auckland
- 1862 New Zealand's first professional opera performance
- 1863 Haast begins West Coast expedition
- 1863 Slave trader competes in Wellington Anniversary Regatta
- 1863 New Zealand’s worst shipwreck
- 1863 British forces invade Waikato
- 1863 Floods kill 25 miners in Central Otago
- 1863 The wreck of the Delaware
- 1863 British capture Rangiriri
- 1863 Land confiscation law passed
- 1864 Charles Heaphy earns Victoria Cross
- 1864 Arthur's Pass 'discovered'
- 1864 Rewi's last stand?
- 1864 Pai Mārire ambush in Taranaki
- 1864 Assault on Gate Pā
- 1864 Pai Mārire defeated at Sentry Hill, Taranaki
- 1864 Battle of Te Ranga
- 1865 British troops invade south Taranaki
- 1865 Missionary Carl Völkner killed at Ōpōtiki
- 1865 Former Governor FitzRoy dies by suicide
- 1865 Loss of City of Dunedin with all hands
- 1865 Capture of Weraroa pā
- 1865 Parliament moves to Wellington
- 1865 Native Rights Act declares Māori British subjects
- 1865 Native Land Court created
- 1866 Wreck of the General Grant
- 1866 Te Kooti exiled to Chathams
- 1866 Murder on the Maungatapu track
- 1866 Telegraph line laid across Cook Strait
- 1866 Maungatapu murderers hanged in Nelson
- 1867 Opening of railway from Invercargill to Bluff
- 1867 First passengers traverse Lyttelton rail tunnel
- 1868 Killer storm sweeps the country
- 1868 First Māori MPs elected to Parliament
- 1868 First shipment of salmon and trout ova arrives
- 1868 Beginning of Tītokowaru's war
- 1868 Te Kooti escapes from the Chathams
- 1868 Von Tempsky killed at Te Ngutu-o-te-manu
- 1868 New Zealand becomes first country to adopt a standard time
- 1868 Te Kooti attacks Matawhero
- 1869 Te Kooti defeated at Ngātapa
- 1869 Killings at Pukearuhe
- 1869 New Zealand Cross created
- 1869 New Zealand's first royal visit
- 1869 Colonial troops invade the Urewera
- 1869 University of Otago founded
- 1869 First game of rugby played in NZ?
- 1869 New Zealand ensign proclaimed
- 1869 Hamiora Pere executed for treason