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This Week in History

First flight from North Cape to Bluff

1 December 1933 First flight from North Cape to Bluff

'Six o'clock swill' begins

2 December 1917 'Six o'clock swill' begins

Bluff Island Harbour opened

3 December 1960 Bluff Island Harbour opened

Radio Hauraki rules the waves

4 December 1966 Radio Hauraki rules the waves

First 'one man one vote' election

5 December 1890 First 'one man one vote' election

First Labour government takes office

6 December 1935 First Labour government takes office

Bassett Road machine-gun murders

7 December 1963 Bassett Road machine-gun murders

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