(When was the first Māori Language Week?)
1965
1975
1985
1995
6 October 1769 Young Nick sights land
7 October 1917 German 'Sea Devil' imprisoned in NZ
8 October 1941 Stan Graham runs amok on West Coast
9 October 1967 The end of the 'six o'clock swill'
10 October 1975 Treaty of Waitangi Act passed
11 October 1861 First Cobb and Co coach service runs to Otago goldfields
12 October 1918 Niagara's arrival blamed for flu pandemic
