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1806, Moehanga becomes first Māori to visit England
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9 August
1908
US 'Great White Fleet' arrives in Auckland
Sixteen American battleships arrived in New Zealand with much pomp and ceremony.
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1930
George Nepia plays last All Blacks test
Nepia was one of the stars of the 1924-5 All Blacks, playing in all 32 matches on the team's tour of the British Isles, France and Canada. He played the last of his nine tests in 1930, against the British Lions.
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This Week in History
22 April
1936
Rātana and Labour seal alliance
23 April
1979
Blair Peach killed in London
24 April
1920
Prince of Wales arrives for New Zealand tour
25 April
1915
Gallipoli landings
26 April
1943
New Zealand ship torpedoed in Tasman Sea
27 April
1806
Moehanga becomes first Māori to visit England
28 April
1941
Jack Hinton awarded the Victoria Cross