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1962, Picton ferry
Aramoana
enters service
Aug
11
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24 March
24 March
1770
Kidnapped Ngāti Kahu chief Ranginui dies on French ship
Ranginui was a Ngāti Kahu chief from Doubtless Bay who was kidnapped by the French explorer Jean François Marie de Surville.
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1894
'Aerial Queen' crashes in Hamilton
‘One of the most courageous feats ever performed in Waikato’ almost ended in tragedy when Leila Adair’s hot-air balloon burst several hundred feet above Hamilton East.
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1989
RainbowYOUTH formed
RainbowYOUTH was conceived at a Gay and Lesbian Conference held in Auckland on 24 March 1989
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This Week in History
8 August
1915
Wellington Battalion captures Chunuk Bair
9 August
1908
US 'Great White Fleet' arrives in Auckland
10 August
1840
British proclaim sovereignty as French head for Akaroa
11 August
1962
Picton ferry
Aramoana
enters service
12 August
1816
New Zealand’s first mission school opens
13 August
1914
First fatal NZ casualty of the First World War
14 August
1891
Women's suffrage petitions presented to Parliament