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1920, Prince of Wales arrives for New Zealand tour
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18 November
18 November
1874
Cospatrick
fire kills 470
En route to Auckland laden with immigrants, the
Cospatrick
caught fire off the Cape of Good Hope. The tragedy has been described as New Zealand's worst civil disaster.
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1947
41 die in Ballantynes fire
The fire in Christchurch’s prestigious department store was the deadliest in New Zealand’s history.
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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