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1907, First
School Journal
published
May
9
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16 February
16 February
1770
Cook sights Banks 'Island'
Lieutenant James Cook sighted Banks Peninsula from the
Endeavour
. The following day he decided it was an island, which he named for the expedition's botanist, Joseph Banks.
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1986
Sinking of the
Mikhail Lermontov
At 5.37 p.m. on 16 February 1986, the Soviet cruise liner
Mikhail Lermontov
hit rocks off Cape Jackson in the Marlborough Sounds.
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This Week in History
6 May
1869
Colonial troops invade the Urewera
7 May
1846
Devastating landslide at Lake Taupō
8 May
1926
New Zealand Railways Magazine
launched
9 May
1907
First
School Journal
published
10 May
1897
NZ's first woman barrister and solicitor appointed
11 May
1945
Charles Upham presented with first Victoria Cross
12 May
1971
Anti-Vietnam War protests in Auckland