Events In History
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5 October 1866Maungatapu murderers hanged in Nelson
Burgess, Kelly and Levy were hanged. Joseph Sullivan, the fourth member of the 'Burgess gang', received a life sentence after turning Queen's evidence and helping convict his co-accused. Read more...
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13 June 1866Murder on the Maungatapu track
The murder of five men on the Maungatapu track, south-east of Nelson, in June 1866 shocked the colony. Read more...