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1Jan1859New Zealand’s first lighthouse lit
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1Jan1951Legislative Council abolished
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2Jan1938First official airmail flight to San Francisco
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3Jan1930First New Zealand-made 'talkie' screened
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4Jan1869Te Kooti defeated at Ngātapa
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4Jan1958Hillary leads New Zealand party to South Pole
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5Jan1977Occupation of Bastion Point begins
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6Jan1953Godfrey Bowen sets world sheep-shearing record
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7Jan1931Bumpy landing for Tasman’s first solo flyer
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8Jan1863Haast begins West Coast expedition
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9Jan1923Death of Katherine Mansfield
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10Jan1838Catholic missionaries arrive in Hokianga
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10Jan1902World's first state-registered nurses
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10Jan1928Pioneer aviators vanish over the Tasman
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11Jan1846Ruapekapeka pā occupied by British and Māori forces
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12Jan1954Queen Elizabeth II opens Parliament
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13Jan1890'Torpedo Billy' Murphy wins world featherweight boxing title
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14Jan1891Bob Fitzsimmons wins world middleweight boxing title
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14Jan194814-year-old finds New Zealand’s oldest fossils
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15Jan1970Vietnam War protesters greet US Vice-President
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16Jan1941Women's Auxiliary Air Force founded
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17Jan1853New Zealand Constitution Act comes into force
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18Jan1980'Montego Bay' hits number one
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19Jan1845Hōne Heke cuts down the British flagstaff - again
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19Jan1967Nineteen killed in Strongman mine explosion at Rūnanga
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20Jan1957Scott Base opens in Antarctica
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21Jan1859Ice comes to Nelson
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21Jan1889American daredevil parachutes from balloon
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21Jan1944New Zealand and Australia sign the Canberra Pact
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22Jan1840European settlers arrive in Wellington
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22Jan1863Slave trader competes in Wellington Anniversary Regatta
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23Jan1855Massive earthquake hits southern North Island
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23Jan1951Tragic centennial yacht race begins
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24Jan1865British troops invade south Taranaki
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24Jan1980Soviet ambassador expelled
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25Jan1974First day of competition at Christchurch Commonwealth Games
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26Jan1844Governor FitzRoy arrives in Wellington to investigate Wairau incident
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26Jan1984Floods devastate Southland
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27Jan1962Peter Snell breaks world mile record
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28Jan1827D'Urville sails through 'French Pass'
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28Jan1901Hardham wins Victoria Cross in South Africa
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29Jan1842Auckland's first Anniversary Day Regatta
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30Jan1911Bookies take last bets on New Zealand racecourses
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31Jan1921New Zealand's first regular airmail service begins