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Maketū Wharetōtara

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Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme

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Sound clip: executions at Mt Eden Prison

Sound clip: executions at Mt Eden Prison

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Introduction
The first execution
Mokomoko and Völkner
The last execution
List of executions
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The death penalty

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punishment

death penalty

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