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Story: Violent crime

All images and media

From page 1 - Trends in violent crime

Types of violent crime, 2020

Types of violent crime, 2020

People marching along road holding signs, banners, and flags.

Protest against family violence

Sentences for violent crime

Sentences for violent crime

Man holding white cross with a photograph of a woman with a badly bruised face attached to it.

Highlighting violence in New Zealand

From page 2 - Murder and manslaughter

Murders, 1930s–2010s

Murders, 1930s–2010s

Water colour painting of young Māori man

The first execution

Tom Long, hangman

Tom Long, hangman

Portrait photograph of elderly man wearing suit jacket and white collared shirt

The last execution

From page 3 - Controversial murder trials, 1840–1939

Drawings and names of men and women printed on a newspaper page

Murder among the elite

Woman holding hand to her mouth following by two policemen in uniform

Minnie Dean (1st of 2)

Group of people gathered in a cemetery beside covered headstone on overcast day

Unveiling Minnie Dean's headstone, 2009 (2nd of 2)

Painting of man with long hair and beard wearing a white suit

Self-portrait of Lionel Terry

From page 4 - Controversial murder trials since 1940

Two young women, one in a headscarf and the other smiling at the camera

Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme

Book cover with The fate of Arthur Thomas in red text and a picture of a bullet casing

The fate of Arthur Thomas (1st of 2)

Poster with Beyond Reasonable Doubt in black text and three people standing in a grass paddock

Beyond reasonable doubt – the movie (2nd of 2)

Man wearing glasses and blue suit smiling outside door of house with a set of microphones in the foreground

From page 5 - Mass murders, 1840–1989

Newspaper clipping with black text

Execution of James Stack

Burgess gang killing

Burgess gang killing

Man with moustache seated in suit and tie

Constable Thomas Heeps

Man in police uniform speaking from lectern next to a stone and concrete memorial covered in brass plaques

Stanley Graham killings

From page 6 - Mass homicides since 1990

Elderly couple in the cross hairs of a gunsight

Out of the blue

Person covering themselves with a blanket escorted by police officers in uniform

Raymond Ratima murders, 1992

Group of smiling people in suits standing behind a lectern and microphone

Cover of newspaper with heading Hotel Hell and a photograph of a building on fire

Empire Hotel fire, 1995

Line of people looking at ground covered in coloured flowers, handwritten cards and messages in front of a metal spiked fence

Remembering Christchurch mosque attack victims

From page 7 - Robberies and assaults

Fatal shooting at liquor store

Fatal shooting at liquor store

Increase in reported robberies

Increase in reported robberies

Three men talking next to police car and behind Police Emergency crime scene tape

North Shore assault

From page 8 - Sexual assault

Black text about the Crimes Amendment Act 1985 on a white page

Crimes Amendment Act 1985

Four women laughing and smiling under pink text Safe in the City

Safe in the city

From page 9 - Violent crime and the media

Woman on front cover of book above title Louise Nicholas My Story

Louise Nicholas

Man wearing glasses and a suit

How to cite this page:

Greg Newbold, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/violent-crime/media (accessed 4 July 2024)

Story by Greg Newbold, published 5 May 2011, reviewed & revised 3 May 2024 with assistance from Greg Newbold