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Kōrero: Marlborough places

Murderers Rock

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Murderers Rock

The 40-kilometre Maungatapu track goes from Pelorus Bridge on State Highway 6, up the Pelorus River, then over the Maungatapu Saddle to the Maitai valley and through to Nelson. Murderers Rock (foreground), a short distance below the Marlborough side of the saddle, marks the place where a criminal gang assaulted, robbed and killed five travellers in June 1866.

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Paul Webster Photographer

by Paul Webster

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Malcolm McKinnon, Marlborough places – Pelorus valley, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/31822/murderers-rock (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Malcolm McKinnon, i tāngia i te 9 May 2011, updated 18 June 2015.