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1920, Prince of Wales arrives for New Zealand tour
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24 February
24 February
1902
Battle of Langverwacht Hill
Twenty-four New Zealanders were killed in this battle during the South African (Boer) War. A total of 230 New Zealanders died while serving in New Zealand's first overseas war.
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1912
TSS
Earnslaw
launched on Lake Wakatipu
For more than a century, the TSS
Earnslaw
has carried freight and people to and from remote settlements on the shores of Lake Wakatipu.
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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