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1905, All Blacks' non-try hands Wales historic win
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10 July
10 July
1967
New Zealand adopts decimal currency
Pounds, shillings and pence were replaced by dollars and cents − 27 million new banknotes and 165 million new coins.
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1985
Rainbow Warrior
sunk in Auckland
One crew member died when French secret agents mined the Greenpeace vessel
Rainbow Warrior
in Waitematā Harbour, Auckland.
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This Week in History
16 December
1905
All Blacks' non-try hands Wales historic win
17 December
1773
Ten crew from the
Adventure
killed
18 December
1642
First known encounter between Māori and Europeans
19 December
1843
First Auckland A and P Show
20 December
1832
New Zealand’s first cricket match
21 December
1964
New Zealand whalers harpoon their last victim
22 December
1916
Future prime minister charged with sedition