By feasting on freshly killed pork from the ship's menagerie washed down with ‘extra rations of wine’
With a meal of ‘Goose pye’ (made with gannet)
With a reading from the bible
With a programme of Christmas carols followed by an early night
2 November 1942 NZ Division helps Allies break through at El Alamein
3 November 1886 Birth of iconic Anchor butter brand
4 November 1930 Phar Lap wins the Melbourne Cup
5 November 1881 Attack on pacifist settlement at Parihaka
6 November 1908 Last spike for North Island main trunk line
7 November 1970 Aoraki/Mt Cook route conquered by hippies
8 November 1936 NZers march into a besieged Madrid
