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1Apr1773First beer brewed in New Zealand
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1Apr1965TEAL becomes Air New Zealand
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1Apr1974ACC comes into operation
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1Apr1978Thermal insulation required in NZ homes
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1Apr1981New Zealand Film Archive launched
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1Apr1987State-owned enterprises are born
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2Apr1915Anzac soldiers riot in Cairo's Wazzir brothel district
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2Apr1916Arrest of Rua Kēnana
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3Apr1943Battle of Manners Street
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4Apr1921First school dental nurses begin training
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4Apr2001Silvia Cartwright becomes governor-general
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5Apr1871NZ's first overseas diplomatic post created
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5Apr1932Death of Phar Lap
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6Apr1864Pai Mārire ambush in Taranaki
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6Apr1919Maori (Pioneer) Battalion returns from war
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7Apr1856First state secondary school opens
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8Apr1873Julius Vogel becomes premier
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8Apr1913Smallpox epidemic kills 55
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9Apr1850Sisters of Mercy arrive in New Zealand
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9Apr1932Unemployed disturbances in Dunedin
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10Apr1919New Zealand votes for prohibition – until soldiers’ votes are counted
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10Apr1968Wahine wrecked in Wellington Harbour
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10Apr1973Labour government cancels Springbok rugby tour
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10Apr1984Susan Devoy wins British Open squash tournament
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11Apr1869New Zealand's first royal visit
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11Apr1916New Zealand Division arrives in France
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12Apr1902Railway accident in South Africa kills 16 New Zealand soldiers
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12Apr1913HMS New Zealand begins tour of nation’s ports
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13Apr1896National Council of Women formed
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13Apr1982First kōhanga reo opens
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14Apr1932Unemployed riot rocks Queen Street
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14Apr2018Black Sticks Women win Commonwealth gold
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15Apr1868First Māori MPs elected to Parliament
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15Apr1885First sod turned for North Island main trunk line
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15Apr2008Mangatepopo canyoning disaster
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15Apr2018Black Ferns Sevens win Commonwealth gold
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16Apr1892NZ Rugby Football Union founded
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16Apr1912News of Titanic sinking reaches New Zealand
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16Apr1973Arthur Allan Thomas convicted of Crewe murders – again
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17Apr1820General Gates sent to Sydney under guard
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17Apr1880First inter-city brass band contest
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18Apr1840Samuel Revans prints first newspaper
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18Apr1847Gilfillan killings near Whanganui
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19Apr1884First royal honour for New Zealand woman
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19Apr1893State buys Cheviot Estate
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19Apr1967Dave McKenzie wins the Boston Marathon
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20Apr1958Mormon temple opens in Hamilton
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20Apr1981Allison Roe wins Boston Marathon
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21Apr1971Court Theatre stages first play
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22Apr1936Rātana and Labour seal alliance
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23Apr1979Blair Peach killed in London
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23Apr1983Prince William meets 'buzzy bee'
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24Apr1920Prince of Wales arrives for New Zealand tour
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24Apr1922New Zealand's first poppy day
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24Apr1941Sinking of the Hellas
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24Apr1951First New Zealander killed in battle in Korean War
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25Apr1915Gallipoli landings
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25Apr1916First Anzac Day
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25Apr1963New Zealand medics start work in South Vietnam
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26Apr1943New Zealand ship torpedoed in Tasman Sea
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26Apr1945Death of John Mulgan
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26Apr2005Civil unions come into effect
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27Apr1806Moehanga becomes first Māori to visit England
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27Apr1893Death of Premier John Ballance
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28Apr1888First British rugby tourists take the field
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28Apr1941Jack Hinton awarded the Victoria Cross
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28Apr199514 die at Cave Creek
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29Apr1864Assault on Gate Pā
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29Apr1881131 perish in worst civilian shipwreck in New Zealand waters
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29Apr1952ANZUS treaty comes into force
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30Apr1864Pai Mārire defeated at Sentry Hill, Taranaki
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30Apr1865Former Governor FitzRoy dies by suicide
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30Apr1917William Sanders awarded New Zealand's only naval VC