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1867, Opening of railway from Invercargill to Bluff
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7 May
7 May
1846
Devastating landslide at Lake Taupō
A devastating landslide obliterated the Ngāti Tūwharetoa village of Te Rapa on the south-west shore of Lake Taupō.
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1856
Henry Sewell becomes the country’s first premier
Sewell held the position for just 14 days before being replaced by his provincialist rival William Fox, whose ministry lasted just over a week.
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1888
Anti-Chinese hysteria in Dunedin
A meeting in Dunedin presided over by the mayor unanimously called for a ban on further Chinese immigrants.
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This Week in History
30 January
1911
Bookies take last bets on New Zealand racecourses
31 January
1921
New Zealand's first regular airmail service begins
1 February
1842
New Zealand Company settlers arrive in Nelson
2 February
1939
Welfare plan gets baptism of fire
3 February
1868
Killer storm sweeps the country
4 February
1975
First woman swims Cook Strait
5 February
1867
Opening of railway from Invercargill to Bluff