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1962, Picton ferry
Aramoana
enters service
Aug
11
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14 January
1891
Bob Fitzsimmons wins world middleweight boxing title
Fitzsimmons knocked out Jack Dempsey in New Orleans to become the second New Zealander to hold a world boxing title.
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1948
14-year-old finds New Zealand’s oldest fossils
In 1948, a 14-year-old Nelson schoolboy discovered the oldest fossils ever found in New Zealand.
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British proclaim sovereignty as French head for Akaroa
11 August
1962
Picton ferry
Aramoana
enters service
12 August
1816
New Zealand’s first mission school opens
13 August
1914
First fatal NZ casualty of the First World War
14 August
1891
Women's suffrage petitions presented to Parliament