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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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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 eventsNew Zealand crime timeline

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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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