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1 Mar 1862
Charles Thatcher gives first NZ performance
1 Mar 1916
New Zealand Division formed
2 Mar 1865
Missionary Carl Völkner killed at Ōpōtiki
3 Mar 1960
Barry Crump publishes
A good keen man
4 Mar 1855
Legendary sheep rustler James Mackenzie caught
5 Mar 2013
Census held after two-year delay
6 Mar 1830
Outbreak of the 'Girls' War' at Kororāreka
6 Mar 1947
National Orchestra debuts
6 Mar 1966
Country calendar
goes to air
7 Mar 1842
New Zealand's first official execution
7 Mar 1941
New Zealand troops arrive in Greece
7 Mar 1988
Cyclone Bola strikes
8 Mar 1929
First 'talkie' draws crowds in Wellington
9 Mar 1890
Sutherland Falls climbed
9 Mar 1956
Death of Opo the friendly dolphin
9 Mar 1961
First Golden Shears competition
10 Mar 1869
New Zealand Cross created
10 Mar 1995
Auckland Warriors debut
11 Mar 1845
The fall of Kororāreka
11 Mar 1884
New Zealand Freethought Association founded
12 Mar 1864
Arthur's Pass 'discovered'
12 Mar 1975
New Zealand Red Cross worker killed in Vietnam
13 Mar 1956
New Zealand's first test cricket victory
14 Mar 1980
Split Enz hit no. 1
15 Mar 1919
New Zealand troops riot in England
15 Mar 1944
New Zealand forces capture Castle Hill at Cassino
15 Mar 2019
51 killed in mosque shootings
16 Mar 1940
Jockey Y-fronts hit New Zealand shops
16 Mar 1999
NZHistory website launched
17 Mar 1860
First Taranaki War erupts at Waitara
17 Mar 1905
Only surviving Maungatautari Bank cheque issued
18 Mar 1983
Waitangi Tribunal rules on Motunui claim
19 Mar 1839
Honey bees brought to New Zealand
19 Mar 1946
Main body of Jayforce lands in Japan
20 Mar 1834
New Zealand's first recognised flag chosen
21 Mar 1994
Kiwis win Oscars for
The piano
21 Mar 2003
Race Relations Day celebrated for first time
22 Mar 1902
George von Zedlitz arrives in Wellington
23 Mar 1848
Scottish settlers arrive in Otago
24 Mar 1770
Kidnapped Ngāti Kahu chief Ranginui dies on French ship
24 Mar 1894
'Aerial Queen' crash-lands in Hamilton East
24 Mar 1989
RainbowYOUTH formed
25 Mar 1847
Wakefield and Featherston duel
25 Mar 1940
John A. Lee expelled from Labour Party
25 Mar 2020
New Zealand enters nationwide lockdown in fight against COVID-19
26 Mar 1896
Brunner mine disaster kills 65
27 Mar 1883
The 'Sallies' come to New Zealand
27 Mar 1984
Trades' Hall bombing
28 Mar 1923
Forest and Bird founded
28 Mar 1955
NZ cricketers skittled for 26
28 Mar 1983
Signing of CER agreement strengthens trans-Tasman trade ties
28 Mar 2004
Māori Television launched
29 Mar 1901
Skippers Bridge opened
29 Mar 1942
Nazi sabotage hoax
29 Mar 1959
Evangelist Billy Graham arrives for 11-day crusade
30 Mar 1940
Funeral procession for Prime Minister Savage
30 Mar 2004
Historian Michael King dies
31 Mar 1864
Rewi's last stand?
31 Mar 1910
Hocken Library opens at Otago Museum
31 Mar 1967
Fred Ladd flies under Auckland Harbour Bridge
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