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1923, First Chatham Cup football final
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9 November
9 November
1769
Cook observes transit of Mercury
James Cook helped his astronomer Charles Green observe the transit of Mercury at Te Whanganui-o-Hei (Mercury Bay), Coromandel Peninsula.
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1920
White New Zealand policy introduced
The Immigration Restriction Amendment Act 1920 required intending immigrants to apply for a permanent residence permit before they arrived in New Zealand.
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This Week in History
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