Talk:Capital punishment in New Zealand
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It would be interesting to know how many of the executed were Maori. Rmhermen 04:56, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
Point taken. When I have time, I'll incorporate a list of the eighty five executed individuals, so you can see for yourself.
User: Calibanu 14.01, 01 October 2006
As there is now a page entitled List of people executed in New Zealand, there would seem to have been twenty four Maori in all, judging from the names listed. User: Calibanu 14.22, 23 April 2007
[edit] Pre-Settlement
I don't suppose there's any way we could know the Maori's execution practices(?)LaFoiblesse (talk) 23:21, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] John Roberton, not Richard Roberton
Maketu's victims were the family of John Roberton not Richard. Sources to support this are:
- Creswell J.C.M. (1998) Murder in paradise: The strange adventures of the Roberton brothers Whangarei: J.M. Glover ISBN 187613500X (viewable at http://books.google.com/books?id=FP6bAAAACAAJ&dq=%22murder+in+paradise%22+roberton)
- Auckland Herald 27 November 1842 cited in The Auckland Journal Vol III, p114 London: Henry Hobbs Chambers ( viewable at <http://books.google.com/books?id=I7UNAAAAQAAJ&printsec=titlepage#PPA114,M1> column 2 Paragraph 1
