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1923, First Chatham Cup football final
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18 November
18 November
1874
Cospatrick
fire kills 470
En route to Auckland laden with immigrants, the
Cospatrick
caught fire off the Cape of Good Hope. The tragedy has been described as New Zealand's worst civil disaster.
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1947
41 die in Ballantynes fire
The fire in Christchurch’s prestigious department store was the deadliest in New Zealand’s history.
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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
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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