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16 February
16 February
1770
Cook sights Banks 'Island'
Lieutenant James Cook sighted Banks Peninsula from the
Endeavour
. The following day he decided it was an island, which he named for the expedition's botanist, Joseph Banks.
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1986
Sinking of the
Mikhail Lermontov
At 5.37 p.m. on 16 February 1986, the Soviet cruise liner
Mikhail Lermontov
hit rocks off Cape Jackson in the Marlborough Sounds.
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This Week in History
18 March
1983
Waitangi Tribunal rules on Motunui claim
19 March
1839
Honey bees brought to New Zealand
20 March
1834
New Zealand's first recognised flag chosen
21 March
1994
Kiwis win Oscars for
The piano
22 March
1902
George von Zedlitz arrives in Wellington
23 March
1848
Scottish settlers arrive in Otago
24 March
1770
Kidnapped Ngāti Kahu chief Ranginui dies on French ship