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1862, Charles Thatcher gives first NZ performance
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18 February
18 February
1957
New Zealand's last execution
Walter Bolton, a 68-year-old Whanganui farmer, became the last person executed in New Zealand.
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1982
'Queen of Crime' Ngaio Marsh dies
Ngaio Marsh, one of the 'Queens of Crime' in the 1920s and 1930s, died just weeks after submitting her 32nd detective novel,
Light thickens
, to her publishers.
She was also an artist, playwright, actor and director.
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This Week in History
1 March
1862
Charles Thatcher gives first NZ performance
2 March
1865
Missionary Carl Völkner killed at Ōpotiki
3 March
1960
Barry Crump publishes
A good keen man
4 March
1855
Legendary sheep rustler James Mackenzie caught
5 March
2013
Census held after two-year delay
6 March
1830
Outbreak of the 'Girls' War' at Kororāreka
7 March
1842
New Zealand's first official execution