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1769
Cook observes transit of Mercury
James Cook helped his astronomer Charles Green observe the transit of Mercury at Te Whanganui-o-Hei (Mercury Bay), Coromandel Peninsula.
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1920
White New Zealand policy introduced
The Immigration Restriction Amendment Act 1920 required intending immigrants to apply for a permanent residence permit before they arrived in New Zealand.
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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