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1957, Scott Base opens in Antarctica
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29 September
29 September
1862
New Zealand's first professional opera performance
Dunedin's Royal Princess Theatre was the venue for a performance of Donizetti's
Daughter of the regiment
by the visiting English Opera Troupe, supplemented by local performers.
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1947
Greymouth beer boycott provoked
West Coast publicans soon regretted increasing the price of a beer by 1d.
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This Week in History
18 January
1980
'Montego Bay' hits number one
19 January
1845
Hōne Heke cuts down the British flagstaff - again
20 January
1957
Scott Base opens in Antarctica
21 January
1859
Ice comes to Nelson
22 January
1840
European settlers arrive in Wellington
23 January
1855
Massive earthquake hits southern North Island
24 January
1865
British troops invade south Taranaki