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The Bain Family Murders
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The Murder of Grace Millane
British traveler Grace Millane was killed in Auckland in December 2018 while visiting New Zealand during a backpacking trip.
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Solved
The Aramoana Massacre
In November 1990, David Gray killed 13 people in the small coastal settlement of Aramoana near Dunedin.
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The Harvey and Jeannette Crewe Murders
Harvey and Jeannette Crewe disappeared from their Pukekawa farmhouse in 1970 and were later found dead, leaving behind an infant daughter.
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The Lundy Murders
Christine Lundy and her daughter Amber were killed in their Palmerston North home in 2000. Christine’s husband, Mark Lundy, became the focus of the investigation.
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Minnie Dean and the Winton Baby-Farming Case
Minnie Dean was convicted of murdering infant Dorothy Carter in 1895 and became the only woman executed in New Zealand.
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The Murder of Teresa Cormack
Advances in DNA analysis led to a 2002 conviction fifteen years after six-year-old Teresa Cormack was murdered in Napier.
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The Ben Smart and Olivia Hope Case
Scott Watson’s murder convictions remain in force while a limited Supreme Court appeal is scheduled for October 2026.
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The Murder of Kirsty Bentley
Ashburton teenager Kirsty Bentley disappeared on New Year’s Eve 1998. Her homicide remains unresolved.
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The Raurimu Massacre
Six people were killed at a Raurimu lodge in February 1997. Stephen Anderson was later found not guilty by reason of insanity.
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The Schlaepfer Farm Murders
Six members of the Schlaepfer family were killed near Paerātā in 1992; a nine-year-old granddaughter survived.
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The Stanley Graham Killings
Seven people died in shootings near Kōwhitirangi in October 1941 before a twelve-night manhunt ended with Stanley Graham’s death.
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The Bassett Road Machine-Gun Murders
The 1963 murders of Frederick Walker and Kevin Speight in Remuera led to murder convictions for Ronald Jorgensen and John Gillies.
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The Parker–Hulme Murder
Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme were convicted in 1954 of murdering Pauline’s mother, Honorah, in Christchurch’s Victoria Park.
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The Auckland RSA Murders
William Bell murdered three people and severely injured survivor Susan Couch during a robbery at the Mt Wellington-Panmure RSA in 2001.
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The Murder of Jennifer Beard
Tasmanian schoolteacher Jennifer Beard was murdered while hitchhiking through the South Island in 1969; no one has been charged.
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The Disappearance of Mona Blades
Eighteen-year-old Mona Blades vanished while hitchhiking from Hamilton toward Hastings in 1975. Her body has never been found.
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The Murder of Sophie Elliott
Sophie Elliott was murdered in Dunedin in 2008. Clayton Weatherston was convicted of murder and remains imprisoned after parole was declined in 2026.
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The Scott Guy Murder
Feilding farmer Scott Guy was shot dead in 2010. Ewen Macdonald was acquitted of murder in 2012, and no one has been convicted.
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The Murder of Coral Burrows
Six-year-old Coral-Ellen Burrows disappeared in Wairarapa in 2003. Her stepfather Steven Williams pleaded guilty to murder.
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The Murder of Karla Cardno
Thirteen-year-old Karla Cardno was kidnapped and murdered in 1989. Paul Joseph Dally received a life sentence in 1990.
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The Murder of Yanfei Bao
Christchurch real estate agent Yanfei Bao disappeared in 2023. Tingjun Cao was convicted of murder in 2024 and sentenced to life imprisonment in 2025.
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The Murder of Angela Blackmoore
Angela Blackmoore was murdered in Christchurch in 1995. A renewed investigation eventually led to three murder convictions.
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The Murder of Alicia O'Reilly
Six-year-old Alicia O'Reilly was murdered in Avondale in 1980. Police continue investigating with modern DNA techniques.
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The Maungatapu Murders
Five men were murdered near Nelson in June 1866 in crimes attributed to the Burgess Gang; three members were convicted and executed.
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