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1928, Luna Park opens in Auckland
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17 September
1941
Flogging and whipping abolished
As well as (temporarily) doing away with capital punishment for murder, the Crimes Amendment Act 1941 abolished judicial provision for flogging and whipping.
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This Week in History
4 December
1928
Luna Park opens in Auckland
5 December
1890
First 'one man one vote' election
6 December
1905
Special votes cast in general election
7 December
1963
Bassett Road machine-gun murders
8 December
1932
First issue of
New Zealand Woman's Weekly
9 December
1867
First passengers traverse Lyttelton rail tunnel
10 December
1908
Rutherford wins Nobel Prize