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9 November
9 November
1769
Cook observes transit of Mercury
James Cook helped his astronomer Charles Green observe the transit of Mercury at Te Whanganui-o-Hei (Mercury Bay), Coromandel Peninsula.
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1920
White New Zealand policy introduced
The Immigration Restriction Amendment Act 1920 required intending immigrants to apply for a permanent residence permit before they arrived in New Zealand.
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Poll tax imposed on Chinese
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Main Trunk Line express train disaster
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1916
New Zealand Labour Party founded
8 July
1862
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1986
Homosexual Law Reform Bill passed
10 July
1967
New Zealand adopts decimal currency