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Maketū Wharetōtara
On 7 March 1842 Maketū Wharetōtara, the 17-year-old son of the Ngāpuhi chief Ruhe of Waimate, became the first person officially executed in New Zealand.
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Hōne Heke, Kawiti and Hariata Rongo