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1806, Moehanga becomes first Māori to visit England
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8 April
1873
Julius Vogel becomes premier
Julius Vogel was the dominant political figure of the 1870s, serving as colonial treasurer and premier on several occasions, and launching massive programmes of immigration and public works.
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1913
Smallpox epidemic kills 55
By the end of the year the epidemic, which was intoduced by a Mormon missionary, had killed 55 New Zealanders, all of them Māori.
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22 April
1936
Rātana and Labour seal alliance
23 April
1979
Blair Peach killed in London
24 April
1920
Prince of Wales arrives for New Zealand tour
25 April
1915
Gallipoli landings
26 April
1943
New Zealand ship torpedoed in Tasman Sea
27 April
1806
Moehanga becomes first Māori to visit England
28 April
1888
First British rugby tourists take the field