Today in NZ history- 27/05/1909 - Amy Bock sentenced in Dunedin Supreme Court The Tasmanian-born confidence trickster had topped off a long career impersonating well-off men for financial gain by posing as a sheepfarmer and bishop’s nephew.
- 27/05/1987 - Death of Colin McCahonColin McCahon was one of New Zealand's greatest painters. A risk-taker and non-conformist, he engaged with questions of religion, faith and the human condition through his art.
- 28/05/1920 - Fingerprints help convict murdererIn what may have been a world first for a capital crime, the conviction of Dennis Gunn was based almost entirely on fingerprint evidence.
- 29/05/1905 - The world’s first state-run maternity hospital opensIn addition to providing care for expectant mothers, the new St Helens hospital in Wellington trained midwifery students.
- 27/05/1909 - Amy Bock sentenced in Dunedin Supreme Court
