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19 September
19 September
1893
Women win the right to vote
When the governor, Lord Glasgow, signed a new Electoral Act into law, New Zealand became the first self-governing country in the world in which women had the right to vote in parliamentary elections.
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This Week in History
2 October
1941
New Zealand pilot saves Scottish village
3 October
1888
New Zealand Natives team plays first game in UK
4 October
1957
Morris Yock trademarks the jandal
5 October
2011
Shipwrecked
Rena
spills oil into Bay of Plenty
6 October
1769
Young Nick sights land
7 October
1917
German 'Sea Devil' imprisoned in New Zealand
8 October
1941
Stan Graham's killing spree on West Coast