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6 December
6 December
1905
Special votes cast in general election
For the first time in New Zealand’s electoral history, registered voters who were away from their electorate on polling day were able to cast a ‘special’ absentee vote at any polling booth in the country.
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This Week in History
12 April
1902
Railway accident in South Africa kills 16 New Zealand soldiers
13 April
1896
National Council of Women formed
14 April
1932
Unemployed riot rocks Queen Street
15 April
1868
First Māori MPs elected to Parliament
16 April
1892
NZ Rugby Football Union founded
17 April
1820
General Gates
sent to Sydney under guard
18 April
1840
Samuel Revans prints first newspaper