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Events relating to new zealand
Seafarers colonize New Zealand, the last great island region in the Pacific to be reached by human beings
The Dutch explorer Abel Tasman attempts to land in Golden Bay, New Zealand, resulting in a clash with the Maoris
Captain Cook reaches New Zealand and sets off to chart its entire coastline
New Zealand becomes independent as a self-governing dominion
In a German Pension is New Zealand author Katherine Mansfield's first collection of stories
British and French troops, together with the Australian and New Zealander Army Corps (ANZAC), land in Gallipoli
New Zealand surgeon Harold Gillies sets up a plastic surgery unit at Aldershot, a British military base
New Zealand surgeon Harold Gillies publishes a pioneering text book, Plastic Surgery of the Face
The New Zealand racehorse Phar Lap wins huge popularity after an easy victory in the Melbourne Cup
The Statute of Westminster defines and formalizes the concept of the British Commonwealth
New Zealander Edmund Hillary and the Sherpa Tenzing Norgay stand together on the top of Everest
Keith Holyoake begins twelve unbroken years as New Zealand's prime minister
New Zealand poet Fleur Adcock publishes her first collection, The Eye of the Hurricane
Robert Muldoon is prime minister of New Zealand after a National Party ;election victory
David Lange becomes prime minister of New Zealand after a Labour election victory
French agents blow up Greenpeace's Rainbow Warrior in Auckland harbour
The New Zealand government pays compensation to the Waikato tribe in the first of several settlements for land illegally seized
Labour leader Helen Clark heads a coalition government as prime minister of New Zealand
New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark wins a second term with a landslide victory
In the New Zealand election Helen Clark wins a third term as prime minister