1882 - 1898 (15 years)
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| 1 | 1882 | - 15 Feb 1882: 1st Frozen Meat Export
The first frozen meat shipment was exported from New Zealand on 15 February 1882 aboard the Dunedin. The ship had been fitted with a coal-powered Bell Coleman freezing plant, which cooled the entire hold to 22 degrees celsius below the outside temperature. About 5000 carcasses were on board the Dunedin when it sailed from Port Chalmers to London. The new technology ultimately enabled the owner-operated (family) farm to become the standard economic unit in rural New Zealand for the next century.
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| 2 | 1886 | - 10 Jun 1886: Tarawera eruption
On 10 June 1886 the volcanic Mt Tarawera, south-east of Rotorua, erupted spectacularly, killing perhaps 120 people and burying the famed Pink and White Terraces on Lake Rotomahana.
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| 3 | 1893 | - 19 Sep 1893: NZ Universal Female Suffrage
Universal Female Suffrage in New Zealand was achieved when a new Electoral Act was signed into law in 1893. New Zealand became the first self-governing country in the world in which women had the right to vote in parliamentary elections. The passage of the Act was the culmination of years of agitation by the Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) and other organisations. As part of this campaign, a series of massive petitions were presented to Parliament; those gathered in 1893 were together signed by almost a quarter of the adult female population of New Zealand.
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| 4 | 1894 | - 29 Oct 1894: Wairarapa shipwreck
On 29 October 1894, in a heavy fog, the liner Wairarapa steamed into cliffs on Great Barrier Island, about 100 km out from Auckland, and sank with the loss of 121 of its 251 passengers and crew. SS Wairarapa was a New Zealand ship plying the route between Auckland, New Zealand and Australia.
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