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1642, First recorded European sighting of New Zealand
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10 July
10 July
1967
New Zealand adopts decimal currency
Pounds, shillings and pence were replaced by dollars and cents − 27 million new banknotes and 165 million new coins.
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1985
Rainbow Warrior
sunk in Auckland
One crew member died when French secret agents mined the Greenpeace vessel
Rainbow Warrior
in Waitematā Harbour, Auckland.
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1961
First Golden Kiwi draw
13 December
1642
First recorded European sighting of New Zealand
14 December
1843
First Auckland A and P Show
15 December
1915
The evacuation of Gallipoli begins