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| c. 800 |
| | | Seafarers colonize New Zealand, the last great island region in the Pacific to be reached by human beings | |
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| 1642 |
| | | The Dutch explorer Abel Tasman attempts to land in Golden Bay, New Zealand, resulting in a clash with the Maoris | |
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| 1769 |
| | | Captain Cook reaches New Zealand and sets off to chart its entire coastline | |
|  | Hodges Dusky Bay, New Zealand (detail)
National Maritime Museum
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| 1907 |
| | | New Zealand becomes independent as a self-governing dominion | |
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| 1911 |
| | | In a German Pension is New Zealand author Katherine Mansfield's first collection of stories | |
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| 1916 |
| | | New Zealand surgeon Harold Gillies sets up a plastic surgery unit at Aldershot, a British military base | |
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| 1920 |
| | | New Zealand surgeon Harold Gillies publishes a pioneering text book, Plastic Surgery of the Face | |
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| 1930 |
| | | The New Zealand racehorse Phar Lap wins huge popularity after an easy victory in the Melbourne Cup | |
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| 1931 |
| | | The Statute of Westminster defines and formalizes the concept of the British Commonwealth | |
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| 1960 |
| | | Keith Holyoake begins twelve unbroken years as New Zealand's prime minister | |
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