Ruapapaka
Island
(Horeke)
Place
of
the
first
execution
in
New
Zealand
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In
the
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Ruapapaka
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| In 1838 a Maori ferry man murdered a pakeha passenger in an argument over a fare. The man, a mere slave, was tried at Mangungu with the assent of Maori chiefs, and was executed and buried on the low mangrove island opposite Horeke. This was New Zealand's first murder trial. Yet the court had no legal jurisdiction at all. Both, Maori and pakeha put increasing pressure on Britain to formally claim New Zealand, so British law could apply. | |
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Chapel at Mangungu
Wairere
Boulders
Mangungu Mission, Horeke
Buildings over Water
in
Horeke