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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 Daniel Cooper hanged

1923 Baby-farmer Daniel Cooper hanged

A generation after the execution of the infamous Minnie Dean, the murder trial of Daniel and Martha Cooper revealed that 'baby farming' was still considered a solution to the problem of unwanted children in 1920s New Zealand. more...

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Capital punishment in New ZealandThe Newlands baby farmers1923 - key events

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  • The Newlands baby farm murders (Crime NZ)
  • Daniel and Martha Cooper biographies (DNZB)
  • Baby farming at Newlands (1966 encyclopaedia)
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