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1897, NZ's first woman barrister and solicitor appointed
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14 March
1980
Split Enz hit no. 1
The Kiwi group’s first New Zealand no. 1 hit, from their album
True colours
, also topped the charts in Australia and Canada. It reached no. 12 in Britain and no. 53 in the United States.
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This Week in History
6 May
1869
Colonial troops invade the Urewera
7 May
1846
Devastating landslide at Lake Taupō
8 May
1926
New Zealand Railways Magazine
launched
9 May
1907
First
School Journal
published
10 May
1897
NZ's first woman barrister and solicitor appointed
11 May
1945
Charles Upham presented with first Victoria Cross
12 May
1971
Anti-Vietnam War protests in Auckland