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29 January
29 January
1842
Auckland's first Anniversary Day Regatta
Auckland’s Anniversary Day commemorates the arrival of Lieutenant-Governor William Hobson in the Bay of Islands in 1840.
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This Week in History
6 February
1840
Treaty of Waitangi signed
7 February
1963
Fifteen die in Northland bus tragedy
8 February
1915
Turkish ambush kills New Zealand seaman
9 February
1770
Cook completes circumnavigation of North Island
10 February
1967
End of free school milk
11 February
1864
Charles Heaphy earns Victoria Cross
12 February
1909
SS
Penguin
wrecked in Cook Strait