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Pasifika labourers arrive in Auckland
1870
First game of rugby played in NZ?
1871
First public girls' secondary school
1871
NZ's first overseas diplomatic post created
1871
Telegraph Department cleared of 'hacking' charges
1872
Anthony Trollope begins New Zealand tour
1873
'The Russians are coming!'
1873
Julius Vogel becomes premier
1874
Cospatrick
fire kills 470
1877
First woman graduates from a New Zealand university
1877
Education Act passed into law
1877
Chief Justice declares treaty 'worthless' and a 'simple nullity'
1877
Former Governor Grey becomes Premier
1878
Wellington steam-tram service opened
1878
Great Flood hits South Island
1879
Kaitangata mining disaster
1879
Parihaka ploughing campaign begins
1879
Universal male suffrage introduced
1879
Sectarian violence in Canterbury
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