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1943, New Zealand ship torpedoed in Tasman Sea
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15 November
15 November
1861
First issue of
Otago Daily Times
published
Dunedin became the first New Zealand town with a daily newspaper when the first issue of the
Otago Daily Times
was published.
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This Week in History
22 April
1936
Rātana and Labour seal alliance
23 April
1979
Blair Peach killed in London
24 April
1920
Prince of Wales arrives for New Zealand tour
25 April
1915
Gallipoli landings
26 April
1943
New Zealand ship torpedoed in Tasman Sea
27 April
1806
Moehanga becomes first Māori to visit England
28 April
1888
First British rugby tourists take the field