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List of massacres in New Zealand - wikipedia List of massacres in New Zealand Jump to : navigation , search This list is incomplete ; you can help by expanding it . The following is a list of events that have been called massacres that have occurred in New Zealand ( numbers may be approximate ) . Massacres considered part of the campaigns of the New Zealand Wars are listed separately : Name Date Location Deaths Method Notes Ashburton Work and Income 000000002014 - 09 - 01 - 0000 1 September 2014 Ashburton , Canterbury Firearm ( pump - action shotgun ) Russell John Tully convicted of murder RSA Panmure 000000002001 - 12 - 08 - 0000 8 December 2001 Panmure , Auckland Firearm ( shotgun ) , blunt instrument William Dwane Bell convicted of murder . Bell shot dead club member Wayne Johnson , 56 , and beat to death club president William Absolum , 63 , and cleaner Mary Hobson , 44 . Raurimu Rampage 000000001997 - 02 - 08 - 0000 8 February 1997 Raurimu , King Country 6 Firearm ( shotgun ) Also 4 wounded . Stephen Anderson found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity New Empire Hotel arson 000000001995 - 02 - 04 - 0000 4 February 1995 Hamilton 6 Fire Alan Wayne Lory convicted of manslaughter Bain family murders 000000001994 - 06 - 20 - 0000 20 June 1994 Dunedin 5 Firearm (. 22lr semi-auto ) David Bain convicted , but acquitted in a re-trial . If David Bain was not the killer , evidence would suggest that the most likely culprit was Robin Bain ( one of the dead ) . Ratima family murders 000000001992 - 06 - 26 - 0000 26 June 1992 Masterton 7 Hammer , knife Raymond Wahia Ratima convicted of murder Schlaepfer family murders 000000001992 - 05 - 20 - 0000 20 May 1992 Paerata , Auckland Region 7 Shooter ( Brian Schlaepfer ) among dead Aramoana massacre 000000001990 - 11 - 13 - 0000 13 -- 000000001990 - 11 - 14 - 0000 14 November 1990 Aramoana , Otago 14 3 ( unofficially 4 ) injuries . Shooter ( David Gray ) among dead Noema Rika murders 000000001951 - 05 - 27 - 0000 27 May 1951 Otaki , Kapiti Coast 5 Shooter ( Rika ) among dead Featherston prisoner of war camp riot 000000001943 - 02 - 25 - 0000 25 February 1943 Featherston , Wairarapa 49 80 wounded 1941 Kowhitirangi Shootings 000000001941 - 10 - 08 - 0000 8 -- 000000001941 - 10 - 20 - 0000 20 October 1941 Kowhitirangi , West Coast 8 Shooter ( Stanley Graham ) among dead Henare Hona murders 000000001934 - 10 - 21 - 0000 21 October 1934 Morrinsville , Waikato 6 Shooter ( Hona ) among dead Himatangi tragedy 000000001929 - 09 - 06 - 0000 6 September 1929 Himatangi , Manawatu 7 Unsolved shooting and arson , possibly murder / suicide Maungatapu murders 000000001866 - 02 - 21 - 0000 21 February 1866 Maungatapu , Tasman 5 Three members of a gang led by Richard Burgess were hanged for the murders Finnigan family murders 000000001865 - 09 - 01 - 0000 September 1865 Otahuhu , Auckland 4 or 5 also spelt Finnegan in contemporary sources . James Stack was convicted for the crime and hanged in April 1866 Maketū Wharetōtara murders 000000001841 - 01 - 01 - 0000 1841 Kororareka , Northland 5 Maketū Wharetōtara , also known as Wiremu Kīngi Maketū , became the first person officially executed in New Zealand ( 7 March 1842 ) Boyd massacre 000000001809 - 12 - 01 - 0000 December 1809 Whangaroa Harbour , Northland 66 Revenge attacks following death of Marion du Fresne 000000001772 - 06 - 13 - 0000 13 June 1772 -- 000000001772 - 07 - 01 - 0000 July 1772 Bay of Islands , Northland 250 Death of Marion du Fresne 000000001772 - 06 - 12 - 0000 12 June 1772 Bay of Islands , Northland 26 The New Zealand Wars ( edit ) The following is a list of events that have been called massacres that occurred as part of the New Zealand Wars ( numbers may be approximate ) : Name Date Location Deaths Notes Mohaka massacre 000000001869 - 04 - 10 - 0000 10 April 1869 Mohaka , Hawke 's Bay 68 Part of Te Kooti 's War Pukearuhe massacre 000000001869 - 02 - 13 - 0000 13 February 1869 Pukearuhe , Taranaki 8 Attack on Pukearuhe Redoubt by a Ngāti Maniapoto war party Ngatapa massacre 000000001869 - 01 - 05 - 0000 5 January 1869 Ngatapa , Gisborne 120 Part of Te Kooti 's War Poverty Bay massacre 000000001868 - 11 - 10 - 0000 10 November 1868 Poverty Bay , Gisborne 54 Part of Te Kooti 's War Rangiaowhia massacre 000000001864 - 02 - 21 - 0000 21 February 1864 Rangiaowhia , Waikato 11 Part of the Waikato War Gilfillan family killings 000000001847 - 04 - 18 - 0000 18 April 1847 Wanganui An act of utu ( revenge ) for the killing of a Māori chieftain during the Wanganui Campaign Wairau Affray 000000001843 - 06 - 17 - 0000 17 June 1843 Tuamarina , Marlborough 26 8 wounded Invasion of the Chatham Islands 000000001835 - 11 - 01 - 0000 November 1835 Chatham Islands 2000 Part of the Musket Wars Siege of Pukerangiora 000000001831 - 11 - 01 - 0000 November 1831 Waitara River , Taranaki 1200 Part of the Musket Wars References ( edit ) Jump up ^ ( 1 ) Jump up ^ ( 2 ) Jump up ^ `` An early tragedy '' , Te Ara : The Encyclopedia of New Zealand , 22 April 2009 . Retrieved 5 October 2015 . Jump up ^ Oliver , S. `` Maketu Wiremu Kingi '' , Te Ara : The Encyclopedia of New Zealand , 30 October 2012 . 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