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1Dec1898First movie shot in New Zealand
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1Dec1933First flight from North Cape to Invercargill
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1Dec2018Bronze medal won by young New Zealanders in Uruguay
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2Dec1917'Six o'clock swill' begins
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2Dec1928First Bishop of Aotearoa consecrated
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3Dec1863Land confiscation law passed
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3Dec1910First female ascent of Aoraki/Mt Cook
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3Dec1960Bluff Island Harbour opened
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3Dec2013Alexia Pickering inducted into the Attitude Awards Hall of Fame
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4Dec1928Luna Park opens in Auckland
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4Dec1966Radio Hauraki rules the waves
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5Dec1890First 'one man one vote' election
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6Dec1905Special votes cast in general election
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6Dec1922Chatham Islanders vote in first election
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7Dec1963Bassett Road machine-gun murders
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7Dec1984Queen Street concert ends in riot
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8Dec1932First issue of New Zealand Woman's Weekly
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8Dec1941New Zealand at war with Japan
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8Dec1942Deadly fire at Seacliff Mental Hospital
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8Dec1972Whetu Tirikātene-Sullivan becomes first Māori woman Cabinet minister
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9Dec1867First passengers traverse Lyttelton rail tunnel
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9Dec2019Whakaari / White Island eruption kills 22
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10Dec1908Rutherford wins Nobel Prize
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10Dec1918Anzac troops kill Arab civilians at Surafend
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10Dec1962Maurice Wilkins wins Nobel Prize
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10Dec1999Georgina Beyer becomes first transgender woman elected to Parliament
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10Dec2016Joseph Parker wins world heavyweight boxing title
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11Dec1907Parliamentary Library escapes fire
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11Dec1931Statute of Westminster enacted
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12Dec1961First Golden Kiwi draw
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13Dec1642First recorded European sighting of New Zealand
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13Dec1939Battle of the River Plate
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14Dec2009Cabinet endorses Tino Rangatiratanga flag
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15Dec1915Evacuation of Gallipoli begins
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15Dec1944Poll tax on Chinese immigrants abolished
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15Dec1951Belmont viaduct blown up
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15Dec1995OMC release ‘How bizarre’
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16Dec1905All Blacks' non-try hands Wales historic win
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16Dec1977Contraception, Sterilisation, and Abortion Act passed
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17Dec1773Ten crew from the Adventure killed
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17Dec1889New Zealand’s Eiffel Tower opens
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17Dec1944Major Major, mascot of 19 Battalion, dies of sickness
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18Dec1642First known encounter between Māori and Europeans
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18Dec1988Air New Zealand women cabin crew win anti-discrimination case
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19Dec1843First Auckland A and P Show
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19Dec1879Universal male suffrage introduced
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19Dec1941HMS Neptune lost in Mediterranean minefield
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20Dec1832New Zealand’s first cricket match
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20Dec1893Women vote in Māori seats for first time
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20Dec1913Waterfront strike ends
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21Dec1964New Zealand whalers harpoon their last victim
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21Dec1971Full steam ahead for Kingston Flyer
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22Dec1916Future prime minister charged with sedition
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23Dec1953Queen Elizabeth II arrives for royal tour
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24Dec1953Tangiwai railway disaster
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25Dec1814First Christian mission established
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25Dec1894First ascent of Aoraki/Mt Cook
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26Dec1879Sectarian violence in Canterbury
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27Dec1987Death of Rewi Alley
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28Dec1929'Black Saturday' in Samoa
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29Dec1880Tuhiata hanged for murder of Mary Dobie
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29Dec1931Floating dock breaks moorings in Wellington Harbour
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30Dec1834Colenso arrives with a printing press
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30Dec1835Charles Darwin leaves New Zealand after nine-day visit
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31Dec1853Grey leaves New Zealand after first term as governor
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31Dec1996First Gathering dance festival held