Hangman’s Noose Tour – SOLD OUT

Karori Cemetery 76 Old Karori Road, Wellington, New Zealand

Apologies but this tour has now sold out. In total, 85 people have been executed for crime in New Zealand with the first in 1842 and the last in 1957. Seventeen of those men were executed in Wellington and 11 are buried in Karori Cemetery.  This walking tour will visit some of their graves to...

S.S. Penguin Tour

Karori Cemetery 76 Old Karori Road, Wellington, New Zealand

On the 12 February 1909, the SS Penguin sank in Cook Strait in a raging southerly storm with the loss of 72 lives, one of the worst maritime disasters in NZ history. Many of those who died were woman and children, as their lifeboats capsized in the wild sea. To commemorate this tragedy the Friends...

Hangman’s Noose Tour – SOLD OUT

Karori Cemetery 76 Old Karori Road, Wellington, New Zealand

Apologies but this tour has now sold out. In total, 85 people have been executed for crime in New Zealand with the first in 1842 and the last in 1957. Seventeen of those men were executed in Wellington and 11 are buried in Karori Cemetery.  This walking tour will visit some of their graves to...