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• The Execution of the Maungatapu Murderers

  Nelson's First Hanging At 8.30am, on Friday 5 October, 1866, the twang of three hangmen's ropes brought an end to the grisliest episode in Nelson's early European history. The...

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• The Murder of James Flood

  The port town of Picton was once a quiet, working town with little to generate too much excitement beside New Year's day and the comings and goings of...

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• Seaview Cemetery

  Seaview Cemetery was opened in 1916 at the end of Seaview Road in Stoke. It was developed to cater for the growing population of the Stoke area. Since the...

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• The Tetley Affair

  Joseph Tetley, a swindler and a gentleman Marlborough was shaken by a scandal in the 1860s, when a Member of Parliament ran off to South America with £40,000 of...

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• The SS Janie Seddon – laid to rust

  The steamship Janie Seddon was built in 1901 by Fleming & Ferguson Ltd at Paisley in Scotland. A vessel of 125 tons, she was powered by two horsepower steam...

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