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1906, Domestic workers call for 68-hour week
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30 July
1979
Carless days introduced
Carless days for motor vehicles were introduced to combat the second ‘oil shock’ (petrol shortage) of the 1970s. They did little to reduce consumption and were scrapped in May 1980.
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This Week in History
18 September
1937
First state house opened in Miramar
19 September
1893
Women win the right to vote
20 September
1954
Mazengarb report released
21 September
1834
Rescue of
Harriet
survivors begins
22 September
1906
Domestic workers call for 68-hour week
23 September
1887
Tongariro mountains protected
24 September
1905
Racist killing in Wellington's Haining St