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1862, New Zealand's first professional opera performance
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9 January
1923
Death of Katherine Mansfield
Internationally acclaimed author Katherine Mansfield revolutionised 20th-century English short-story writing. She died from tuberculosis in France, aged just 34.
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25 September
1819
New Zealand's first grapevines planted?
26 September
1865
Native Rights Act declares Māori British subjects
27 September
1974
William Sutch charged with spying
28 September
1899
New Zealand answers the empire's call to arms
29 September
1862
New Zealand's first professional opera performance
30 September
1878
Great Flood hits South Island
1 October
1923
First Chatham Cup football final