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Events on Saturday 27 October 1990 1
1990New Zealand elects first female PMJenny Shipley takes powerNew Zealand's National Party won the general election on October 27, 1990, beginning a nine-year period of National government. Jim Bolger became PM; Jenny Shipley later became NZ's first female PM in 1997.