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Policing the War: New Zealand Police 1914–1918 | The Invisible Military MachineAugust 2017During World War One, while the boys in khaki were battling the enemy overseas, the boys in blue were facing a very different kind of war back home. The role of New Zealand Police on the home front was the subject of a presentation by Police Museum Director Rowan Carroll to the three day ‘Dissent and the First World War’ conference at Victoria University of Wellington in August.
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Return of remains allows Huntly couple to rest in peace
October 2015
Dignity and respect were the drivers of a ceremony in the north Waikato in which Police laid to rest the remains of Samuel Pender Lakey alongside his wife, Christobel. The couple were murdered at their Ruawaro farm near Huntly in October 1933 and a small number of Samuel’s remains had been part of the New Zealand Police Museum collection placed in storage following their use for investigative training last century.
'Couple reunited 82 years after double murder' on Radio New Zealand news
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Human Remains Collection
June 2015
Rowan Carroll, the Director of the New Zealand Police Museum, discusses the Museum's recent 3 year Human Remains project on Radio New Zealand. The project laid to rest a collection of forensically interesting human remains which were gathered for Police training purposes between 1906 and 1956.
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Secret Museums of New Zealand
August 2015
Radiolive showcases the New Zealand Police Museum in an interview with Museum Director, Rowan Carroll.
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Forced to Strike: Waihi 1912
November 2012
Rowan Carroll, Museum Director, discusses the Museum exhibition 'Forced to Strike: Waihi 1912' on Radio New Zealand.
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Suspicious Looking
October 2012
One of the mug shots in our collection that was featured in our online exhibition 'Suspicious Looking' has gone viral! Here's an article that featured the lovely Daniel Tohill.
'Arresting photo gets half a million viral hits' in 'The New Zealand Herald'
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The Museum's Expert Knowledge Exchange
August 2012
Rowan Carroll, the Director of the New Zealand Police Museum, discusses the Museum's Expert Knowledge Exchange which is facilitated by National Services Te Paerangi.
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Free public programme - The Junior Detective Mystery
Rowan Carroll, the Director of the New Zealand Police Museum, talks about the Museum's free public programme, the Junior Detective Mystery on National Radio.