1963 Bassett Road machine-gun murders
The bullet-ridden bodies of Frederick George Walker and Kevin James Speight were found in a house at 115 Bassett Rd, Remuera, Auckland. Ron Jorgensen and John Gillies were convicted of the killings. Read more...
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This Week in History
9 May
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1907
First School Journal published
10 May
1897
NZ's first woman barrister and solicitor appointed
11 May
1945
Upham presented with VC
12 May
1971
Anti-Vietnam War protests in Queen Street, Auckland
13 May
1995
NZ wins the America's Cup for the first time
14 May
1941
NZ minesweeper sunk off Bream Head
15 May
1920
Whanganui mayor shoots poet