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1916, HMS
New Zealand
fights at Jutland
May
31
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1769
Young Nick sights land
1769
Cook observes transit of Mercury
1770
Cook completes circumnavigation of North Island
1770
Cook sights Banks 'Island'
1770
Kidnapped Ngāti Kahu chief Ranginui dies on French ship
1772
Marion du Fresne arrives in the Bay of Islands
1773
First beer brewed in New Zealand
1773
New Zealand's first sheep released
1773
Ten crew from the
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