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- 1890 'Torpedo Billy' Murphy wins world featherweight boxing title
- 1890 Sutherland Falls climbed
- 1890 First Labour Day celebrations
- 1890 First 'one man one vote' election
- 1891 Bob Fitzsimmons wins world middleweight boxing title
- 1891 Women's suffrage petitions presented to Parliament
- 1892 NZ Rugby Football Union founded
- 1892 Steam locomotive sets world speed record
- 1892 First women's cycling club in Australasia formed
- 1892 Suzanne Aubert appointed Mother Superior
- 1893 State buys Cheviot Estate
- 1893 Death of Premier John Ballance
- 1893 'King Dick' Seddon becomes premier
- 1893 Meri Te Tai Mangakāhia addresses Kotahitanga Māori parliament
- 1893 New Zealand Racing Conference meets
- 1893 Massive women’s suffrage petition presented to Parliament
- 1893 Women win the right to vote
- 1893 Women vote in first general election
- 1893 First woman mayor in British Empire elected
- 1893 Women vote in Māori seats for first time
- 1894 'Aerial Queen' crashes in Hamilton
- 1894 Death of second Māori King
- 1894 Arbitration Act becomes law
- 1894 SS Wairarapa wrecked on Great Barrier Island
- 1894 First ascent of Mt Cook
- 1895 Winton baby-farmer Minnie Dean hanged
- 1896 Brunner mine disaster kills 65
- 1896 National Council of Women formed
- 1896 Mount Tongariro erupts
- 1897 New Zealand's first woman doctor registered
- 1897 NZ's first woman barrister and solicitor appointed
- 1897 Tasmania sinks off Māhia with suitcase of jewels
- 1898 Dog Tax War narrowly averted
- 1898 Old-age Pensions Act becomes law
- 1898 First movie shot in New Zealand
- 1899 New Zealand answers the empire's call to arms