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1908, Rutherford wins Nobel Prize
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1 July
1988
Bastion Point land returned
The government announced that it had agreed to the Waitangi Tribunal’s recommendation that Takaparawhā (Bastion Point) on the southern shore of Auckland’s Waitematā Harbour be returned to local iwi Ngāti Whātua.
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1978
Beatrice Tinsley made professor of astronomy at Yale
Tinsley became the first woman to be appointed as Professor of Astronomy at Yale University in the United States
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This Week in History
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1928
Luna Park opens in Auckland
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First 'one man one vote' election
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1905
Special votes cast in general election
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1963
Bassett Road machine-gun murders
8 December
1932
First issue of
New Zealand Woman's Weekly
9 December
1867
First passengers traverse Lyttelton rail tunnel
10 December
1908
Rutherford wins Nobel Prize