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1770, Kidnapped Ngāti Kahu chief Ranginui dies on French ship
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29 June
29 June
1862
Wreck of the
White Swan
No human lives but many irreplaceable government records were lost when the steamer was wrecked on the Wairarapa coast
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1990
First female Anglican diocesan bishop appointed
Dr Penny Jamieson’s rise through church ranks was rapid. The first women were ordained to the Anglican priesthood in New Zealand in 1977. Jamieson was ordained and appointed to a Wellington parish in 1985.
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Scottish settlers arrive in Otago
24 March
1770
Kidnapped Ngāti Kahu chief Ranginui dies on French ship
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Wakefield and Featherston duel
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Brunner mine disaster kills 65