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1957, Morris Yock trademarks the jandal
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28 December
1929
'Black Saturday' in Samoa
New Zealand military police fired on Mau independence demonstrators in Apia, killing 11 Samoans, including the independence leader Tupua Tamasese Lealofi III.
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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