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1911, Bookies take last bets on New Zealand racecourses
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22 January
22 January
1840
European settlers arrive in Wellington
The New Zealand Company's first settler ship, the
Aurora
, arrived at Petone to found the settlement that would become Wellington.
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1863
Slave trader competes in Wellington Anniversary Regatta
Slave trader Captain Thomas McGrath skippered the winning whaleboat in a race on Lambton Harbour which carried a £10 prize
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This Week in History
30 January
1911
Bookies take last bets on New Zealand racecourses
31 January
1921
New Zealand's first regular airmail service begins
1 February
1842
New Zealand Company settlers arrive in Nelson
2 February
1939
Welfare plan gets baptism of fire
3 February
1868
Killer storm sweeps the country
4 February
1975
First woman swims Cook Strait
5 February
1867
Opening of railway from Invercargill to Bluff