Events
- 1 January: the status of New Zealand Citizen comes into existence.
- 9 March: Referendums on gambling (passed) and extending hotel hours (failed).
- 3 August: Referendum on military training (passed)
- 29 November: Elections to the four Māori seats
- 30 November: General election won by National Party under Sidney Holland
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Famous quotes containing the word events:
“At all events there is in Brooklyn
something that makes me feel at home.”
—Marianne Moore (1887–1972)
“The return of the asymmetrical Saturday was one of those small events that were interior, local, almost civic and which, in tranquil lives and closed societies, create a sort of national bond and become the favorite theme of conversation, of jokes and of stories exaggerated with pleasure: it would have been a ready- made seed for a legendary cycle, had any of us leanings toward the epic.”
—Marcel Proust (1871–1922)
“I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)