1982 'Queen of Crime' Ngaio Marsh dies
Marsh, one of 'Queens of Crime' in the 1920s and 1930s, died just weeks after submitting her 32nd detective novel, Light thickens, to publishers. She was also an artist, playwright, actor and director. Read more...
1957 New Zealand's last hanging
Whanganui farmer Walter Bolton, aged 68, was hanged at Auckland's Mt Eden Prison after being controversially convicted for the murder of his wife, Beatrice. The death penalty was abolished in 1961. Read more...
