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    Ngaio Marsh

    The magazine Newsweek described her novels as 'the best whodunits ever written'. Marsh was also an artist, playwright, actor and director. The New York Times called her New Zealand's best-known literary figure.

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Baby-farmer Minnie Dean hanged

1895 Baby-farmer Minnie Dean hanged

In 1895 Minnie Dean became the first (and only) woman to be hanged by law in New Zealand. Known as the 'Winton baby farmer', she had been convicted of the murder of baby Dorothy Edith Carter after a sensational trial in Invercargill. more...

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Capital punishment in New ZealandMinnie Dean

External links

  • Minnie Dean (Crime.co.nz)
  • The Ballad of Minnie Dean (NZ folksong)
  • Williamina Dean biography (DNZB)
  • Minnie Dean: The Winton baby farmer (1966 encyclopaedia)
  • Notable trials: The Winton baby farmer (1966 encyclopaedia)
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