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1923, Main Trunk Line express train disaster
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30 June
30 June
1939
First issue of
New Zealand Listener
published
The
New Zealand Listener
soon expanded beyond its original brief to publicise radio programmes to become the country’s only national weekly current affairs and entertainment magazine.
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This Week in History
4 July
1868
Te Kooti escapes from the Chathams
5 July
1881
Poll tax imposed on Chinese
6 July
1923
Main Trunk Line express train disaster
7 July
1916
New Zealand Labour Party founded
8 July
1862
New Zealand’s first prize fight?
9 July
1986
Homosexual Law Reform Bill passed
10 July
1967
New Zealand adopts decimal currency