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Death of the first Māori King
1860
First Taranaki War erupts at Waitara
1861
The
Press
goes to press
1861
First Cobb & Co. coach service runs to Otago goldfields
1861
First issue of
Otago Daily Times
published
1861
First major gold rush in Otago
1862
Charles Thatcher gives first NZ performance
1862
Wreck of the
White Swan
1862
New Zealand’s first prize fight?
1862
First Albertland settlers arrive in Auckland
1862
New Zealand's first professional opera performance
1863
The wreck of the
Delaware
1863
Land confiscation law passed
1863
British capture Rangiriri
1863
Floods kill 25 miners in Central Otago
1863
British forces invade Waikato
1863
New Zealand’s worst shipwreck
1863
Slave trader competes in Wellington Anniversary Regatta
1863
Haast begins West Coast expedition
1864
Charles Heaphy earns Victoria Cross
1864
Arthur's Pass 'discovered'
1864
Rewi's last stand?
1864
Pai Mārire ambush in Taranaki
1864
Assault on Gate Pā
1864
Pai Mārire defeated at Sentry Hill, Taranaki
1864
Battle of Te Ranga
1865
Native Land Court created
1865
Native Rights Act declares Māori British subjects
1865
Parliament moves to Wellington
1865
Loss of
City of Dunedin
with all hands
1865
Former Governor FitzRoy dies by suicide
1865
Missionary Carl Völkner killed at Ōpōtiki
1865
British troops invade south Taranaki
1865
Capture of Weraroa pā
1866
Wreck of the
General Grant
1866
Te Kooti exiled to Chathams
1866
Murder on the Maungatapu track
1866
Telegraph line laid across Cook Strait
1866
Maungatapu murderers hanged in Nelson
1867
Opening of railway from Invercargill to Bluff
1867
First passengers traverse Lyttelton rail tunnel
1868
Beginning of Tītokowaru's war
1868
Te Kooti attacks Matawhero
1868
New Zealand becomes first country to adopt a standard time
1868
Von Tempsky killed at Te Ngutu-o-te-manu
1868
Te Kooti escapes from the Chathams
1868
First shipment of salmon and trout ova arrives
1868
First Māori MPs elected to Parliament
1868
Killer storm sweeps the country
1869
Te Kooti defeated at Ngātapa
1869
Killings at Pukearuhe
1869
New Zealand Cross created
1869
New Zealand's first royal visit
1869
Colonial troops invade the Urewera
1869
University of Otago founded
1869
First game of rugby played in NZ?
1869
New Zealand ensign proclaimed
1869
Hamiora Pere executed for treason
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