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January
1 Jan 1859
New Zealand’s first lighthouse lit
1 Jan 1951
Legislative Council abolished
2 Jan 1938
First official airmail flight to San Francisco
3 Jan 1930
First New Zealand-made 'talkie' screened
4 Jan 1869
Te Kooti defeated at Ngātapa
4 Jan 1958
Hillary leads New Zealand party to South Pole
5 Jan 1977
Occupation of Bastion Point begins
6 Jan 1953
Godfrey Bowen sets world sheep-shearing record
7 Jan 1931
Bumpy landing for Tasman’s first solo flyer
8 Jan 1863
Haast begins West Coast expedition
9 Jan 1923
Death of Katherine Mansfield
10 Jan 1838
Catholic missionaries arrive in Hokianga
10 Jan 1902
World's first state-registered nurses
10 Jan 1928
Pioneer aviators vanish over the Tasman
11 Jan 1846
Ruapekapeka pā occupied by British and Māori forces
12 Jan 1954
Queen Elizabeth II opens Parliament
13 Jan 1890
'Torpedo Billy' Murphy wins world featherweight boxing title
14 Jan 1891
Bob Fitzsimmons wins world middleweight boxing title
14 Jan 1948
14-year-old finds New Zealand’s oldest fossils
15 Jan 1970
Vietnam War protesters greet US Vice-President
16 Jan 1941
Women's Auxiliary Air Force founded
17 Jan 1853
New Zealand Constitution Act comes into force
18 Jan 1980
'Montego Bay' hits number one
19 Jan 1845
Hōne Heke cuts down the British flagstaff - again
19 Jan 1967
Nineteen killed in Strongman mine explosion at Rūnanga
20 Jan 1957
Scott Base opens in Antarctica
21 Jan 1859
Ice comes to Nelson
21 Jan 1889
American daredevil parachutes from balloon
21 Jan 1944
New Zealand and Australia sign the Canberra Pact
22 Jan 1840
European settlers arrive in Wellington
22 Jan 1863
Slave trader competes in Wellington Anniversary Regatta
23 Jan 1855
Massive earthquake hits southern North Island
23 Jan 1951
Tragic centennial yacht race begins
24 Jan 1865
British troops invade south Taranaki
24 Jan 1980
Soviet ambassador expelled
25 Jan 1974
First day of competition at Christchurch Commonwealth Games
26 Jan 1844
Governor FitzRoy arrives in Wellington to investigate Wairau incident
26 Jan 1984
Floods devastate Southland
27 Jan 1962
Peter Snell breaks world mile record
28 Jan 1827
D'Urville sails through 'French Pass'
28 Jan 1901
Hardham wins Victoria Cross in South Africa
29 Jan 1842
Auckland's first Anniversary Day Regatta
30 Jan 1911
Bookies take last bets on New Zealand racecourses
31 Jan 1921
New Zealand's first regular airmail service begins
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