Name Edward Te | Died 1955, New Zealand | |
Edward Thomas Te Whiu (1935–1955) was a notable New Zealand criminal and murderer. Of Māori descent, he identified with the Nga Puhi iwi. He was born in Waipapakauri, Northland, New Zealand in 1935. Te Whiu was hanged at Mount Eden Prison in August 1955, after he had killed an elderly widow in Ngararatunua, near Kamo, when an attempted burglary went wrong.
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