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1770, Kidnapped Ngāti Kahu chief Ranginui dies on French ship
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18 April
1840
Samuel Revans prints first newspaper
The first newspapers published in New Zealand were printed by Samuel Revans a month after he arrived in Port Nicholson (Wellington).
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1847
Gilfillan killings near Whanganui
A Māori raid on the Gilfillan farm at Matarawa, just east of Whanganui, left four members of the family dead. The artist John Gilfillan and one of his daughters were severely wounded.
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