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New Zealand

1,010 entries quoted from the Wikipedia articles written per year for New Zealand, 1800 CE to 2021 CE. Each century below shows a sample spread across it; the year link on a line opens everything held for that year.

19th century

549 entries, 1800 CE to 1899 CE — 25 shown, spread across the century

  • 1800March: HMS Reliance, Captain Henry Waterhouse, discovers and charts the Antipodes Islands.New Zealandsource
  • 180527 November – HMS Buffalo arrives at Port Jackson. Governor King is impressed by Te Pahi, whom he mentions to Joseph Banks, and makes plans to visit New Zealand. These plans are cancelled when King receives news that he is to be relieved as Governor by William Bligh. Te Pahi also visits Samuel Marsden at Parramatta and is sufficiently taken with the farm and various other aspects of European culture to want to bring them to New Zealand. Marsden in turn is also impressed by the Maori and passes this on to the Church Missionary Society. (see 1806)New Zealandsource
  • 1808Thomas Kendall applies to the Church Missionary Society to be a missionary/settler in New Zealand.New Zealandsource
  • 181024 February: (in England): William Mason, architect.New Zealandsource
  • 181422 August – The Active arrives in Sydney.New Zealandsource
  • 181711 January – Hannah King Hansen (later Letheridge, then Clapham) is born at Oihi, Rangihoua Bay. She is the second female European child born in New Zealand. Her gravestone at Christ Church in Russell claims she was the first female child, and she is certainly the first female child to attain her majority and whose subsequent history is known. (see 1815)New Zealandsource
  • 182120 July – Grass is sown for the first time in New Zealand, on land cleared from fern at Kerikeri.New Zealandsource
  • 182431 August - The Revd. Henry Williams lays the keel for the 55-ton schooner Herald 1826 ship, the first sailing ship (schooner) built in New Zealand.New Zealandsource
  • 183031 July – William Yate returns from 6 months 'training' in printing at Sydney with a printing press. His attempts at printing are not particularly successful. (see also 1834 & 1835)New Zealandsource
  • 1834The house for James Busby is completed. After the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi there in 1840 it will be known as the Treaty House.New Zealandsource
  • 183724 October – George Hempleman occupies Peraki Bay under licence from Clayton. Later, after Clayton leaves for Sydney, Hempleman is forces to make further payments for the right to occupy the land. (for the occupation at Peraki Bay see History of Canterbury, New Zealand#Whalers and sealers)New Zealandsource
  • 184018 April — The New Zealand Gazette and Britannia Spectator prints its second issue in Britannia, becoming the first newspaper published in New Zealand. The first issue was printed in England the previous year. The paper publishes weekly, changing its name to The New Zealand Gazette and Wellington Spectator a few months later.New Zealandsource
  • 184412 October: The New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian begins publishing in Wellington. It publishes weekly until its demise in 1865.New Zealandsource
  • 18494 January: The Māori language magazine, The Maori Messenger or Ko te Karere Maori publishes its first issue, replacing Te Karere o Nui Tireni which stopped publishing in 1846. The magazine continues under several titles until 1863.New Zealandsource
  • 1856A choral society performance of Handel's Messiah is given in Auckland. This the first known performance by such a musical ensemble in New Zealand.New Zealandsource
  • 18637 February: HMS Orpheus is wrecked at the entrance to Manukau Harbour with the loss of 189 lives.New Zealandsource
  • 18675 February: Opening of New Zealand's third railway line: 27 km connecting Invercargill and Bluff.New Zealandsource
  • 18711 February: The Daily Telegraph begins publishing in Napier. It continues until 1999, when it merges with The Hawke's Bay Herald Tribune to form Hawke's Bay Today.New Zealandsource
  • 1876A combined side from Canterbury toured Nelson, Wellington (at Lower Hutt), and Auckland (at Ellerslie)New Zealandsource
  • 18815 November – The invasion of Parihaka by a colonial militia aiming to clear the non-violent resistance movement and enable the subdivision of land for European settlementNew Zealandsource
  • 1885New Zealand Cup winner: FusiladeNew Zealandsource
  • 1888Mixed doubles – No competitionNew Zealandsource
  • 1891Ballinger Belt – Private C. Kruse (Wanganui Rifles)New Zealandsource
  • 1895New Zealander Alexander von Tunzelmann becomes the first person to set foot on Antarctica, at Cape AdareNew Zealandsource
  • 189714 May: Pigeon post is introduced between Auckland and Great Barrier Island.New Zealandsource

20th century

442 entries, 1900 CE to 1999 CE — 25 shown, spread across the century

  • 190015 January —The New Zealand Mounted Rifles rout a Boer assault at Slingersfontein, South Africa.New Zealandsource
  • 190228 October – The SS Ventnor sinks off the coast of Hokianga with the loss of 13 lives. The ship was carrying the remains of 499 Chinese men, most of whom had been involved in the Otago gold rush, back to China.New Zealandsource
  • 1905Bantamweight – E. Baird (Christchurch)New Zealandsource
  • 1907The first Home of Compassion is opened, at Island Bay in Wellington, by Mother Suzanne Aubert who had founded the congregation of the Sisters of Compassion in Jerusalem on the Whanganui River in 1892.New Zealandsource
  • 190914 February: The first North Island Main Trunk passenger express train leaves Auckland for Wellington, an overnight trip scheduled to take 19 hours 15 minutes, with a sleeping car, day cars with reclining seats, postal/parcels vans, and a dining car for part of the way.New Zealandsource
  • 191224 February – The TSS Earnslaw launched at Kingston on Lake Wakatipu.New Zealandsource
  • 191514 February – The first contingent of 500 Māori soldiers sails for Egypt aboard SS Warrimoo. Earlier policy had been against 'native peoples' fighting in a European war.New Zealandsource
  • 1916Auckland Trotting Cup – Admiral WoodNew Zealandsource
  • 1919Wellington Cup – Red Ribbon / Rewi Poto (dead heat)New Zealandsource
  • 1923March – The inflation rate in New Zealand reaches its lowest recorded value, −15.3 per centNew Zealandsource
  • 1926The Chatham Cup is won by Sunnyside (Christchurch)New Zealandsource
  • 192911 November: Edmonds Band Rotunda is formally opened in Christchurch.New Zealandsource
  • 19318 February – A Desoutter aircraft of Dominion Airline crashed near Wairoa, killing all three people aboard. This is the first fatality on a scheduled air service in New Zealand.New Zealandsource
  • 19346 February: Treaty house and grounds at Waitangi dedicated as a national reserve.New Zealandsource
  • 1938New Zealand Trotting Cup – MorelloNew Zealandsource
  • 1941Increase since 31 December 1940: -2400 (-0.15%).New Zealandsource
  • 194320 June – Several U.S. Marines drown during landing exercises at Paekākāriki.New Zealandsource
  • 194719 January –The TSMV MS Wanganella, completing her first trans-tasman crossing since World War II, runs aground on Barrett Reef at the entrance to Wellington Harbour. All 400 passengers are safely evacuated. The ship is refloated on 6 February but is out of service for a further 22 months.New Zealandsource
  • 1951New Zealand Trotting Cup – Van DiemanNew Zealandsource
  • 1956Increase since 31 December 1955: 44,400 (2.05%).New Zealandsource
  • 1961An English FA XI tours New Zealand, handing out two heavy defeats to the national men's team.New Zealandsource
  • 196511 April – Qantas launches the first trans-Tasman jet service, between Christchurch and Sydney using Boeing 707 aircraft.New Zealandsource
  • 1968Males per 100 females: 99.8 – This was the first year (other than during a major war) in which the number of females exceeded the number of males.New Zealandsource
  • 1976New Zealand Trotting Cup: Stanley RioNew Zealandsource
  • 19831 July – The Official Information Act 1982 replaces the 1951 Official Secrets Act.New Zealandsource

21st century

19 entries, 2000 CE to 2021 CE