Number of Executions By Location
Initially, executions were carried out in public, and could be conducted at any suitable location — in at least one case (Joseph Burns, 1848) the prisoner was taken to the scene of the crime for execution. Executions from 1862 were carried out in private. Later, the number of locations was reduced to only two — Auckland (generally Mount Eden Prison) and Wellington (generally Mount Crawford Prison). In total, ten cities were the sites of executions.
| Location | Number of executions |
|---|---|
| Auckland | 41 |
| Wellington | 17 |
| Lyttelton | 7 |
| Dunedin | 4 |
| Napier | 4 |
| Nelson | 4 |
| Hokitika | 2 |
| Invercargill | 2 |
| New Plymouth | 2 |
| Picton | 2 |
| Europe (in World War I) | 5 |
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