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1886, Eruption of Mt Tarawera
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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
5 June
1847
Auckland Savings Bank opens for business
6 June
1823
Wesleyan mission established
7 June
1917
Battle of Messines
8 June
1987
New Zealand goes nuclear-free
9 June
1868
Beginning of Tītokowaru's war
10 June
1886
Eruption of Mt Tarawera
11 June
1901
Cornwall Park gifted to Auckland