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19 November
19 November
2010
Pike River mine explosion kills 29
The mine exploded at 3.44 p.m. on Friday 19 November 2010. Twenty-nine of the 31 men underground died immediately or soon afterwards from the blast or because of the toxic atmosphere this generated.
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25 September
1819
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26 September
1865
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27 September
1974
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28 September
1899
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29 September
1862
New Zealand's first professional opera performance
30 September
1878
Great Flood hits South Island
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1923
First Chatham Cup football final