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1642, First recorded European sighting of New Zealand

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Waitangi treaty copy
Anzac Day quiz
The golden age of Crown Lynn pottery
Waikato-Manukau treaty copy
Maori land loss, 1860-2000
He Whakaputanga - Declaration of Independence, 1835
The 1981 Springbok tour schedule (map)
Christmas card slide show
The creeping barrage
Wahine disaster map
Passchendaele interactive map
Santa parades
Stretcher-bearers on the Western Front
Quail Island, Lyttelton used by Antarctic expeditions
Henry Williams treaty copy
Classic Wellington cafes map
Gallipoli casualties by country
Santa goes to the Chathams
Claus in stores slide show
Sites of shared Antarctic and NZ significance
Christmas in wartime
Memorial oak to Robert Falcon Scott, Oamaru
Confession of Burgess - Maungatapu murders
Library fashion slideshow

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