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1862, New Zealand's first professional opera performance
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22 June
22 June
1954
Parker-Hulme murder in Christchurch
Armed with a brick in a stocking, 16-year-old Pauline Parker and her best friend Juliet Hulme, 15, became two of New Zealand's most notorious female murderers when they killed Pauline's mother, Honorah, in Victoria Park, Christchurch.
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25 September
1951
Māori Women's Welfare League established
26 September
1865
Native Rights Act declares Māori British subjects
27 September
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