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1974, William Sutch charged with spying
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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 by French secret agents
A crew member died when French secret agents mined the Greenpeace vessel
Rainbow Warrior
in Waitematā Harbour, Auckland.
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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