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    Jack Lovelock

    One of our greatest athletes, Berlin Olympic gold medallist Jack Lovelock led a remarkably full life before his tragic death in 1949, just a few days shy of his 40th birthday.

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Murder on the Maungatapu track

1866 Murder on the Maungatapu track

Having killed George Dobson a fortnight earlier, and a prospector the day before, the Burgess gang continued their killing spree on the track between Canvastown and Nelson. Four men were ambushed and murdered in a crime that stunned the colony. more...

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The Maungatapu murdersNew Zealand crime timeline

External links

  • Maungatapu Murders (Crime NZ)
  • Letter from George Dobson (Archives NZ Christchurch)
  • Former Provincial Buildings Fire Engine House (Historic Places Trust)
  • Richard Burgess biography (DNZB)
  • Maungatapu mountain killings (1966 encyclopaedia)
  • Philip Levy biography (1966 encyclopaedia)
  • Joseph Sullivan biography (1966 encyclopaedia)
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