Travel Reference
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A severe earthquake strikes Christchurch, killing 185 people and badly damaging the central busi-
ness district.
2011
NZ hosts (and wins!) the Rugby World Cup.
2013
New Zealand becomes one of just 15 countries in the world to legally recognise same-sex marriage.
2013
Eleanor Catton wins the Man Booker prize for her novel
The Luminaries
, only the second New Zealander
(and the youngest author ever) to win.
