Mazengarb Report

The Mazengarb Report of 1954, formally titled the Report of the Special Committee on Moral Delinquency in Children and Adolescents, is the well-known report of a ministerial inquiry (the Special Committee on Moral Delinquency in Children and Adolescents) sparked primarily by two infamous and well-publicised events in New Zealand's history, one being the Parker-Hulme murder (subject of the 1994 Peter Jackson film Heavenly Creatures), the other the June 1954 'Petone incident'. It became known for the inquiry chairperson, stipendary magistrate Oswald Mazengarb.

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1954 - Ministerial inquiry - New Zealand - Parker-Hulme murder - 1994 - Peter Jackson - Heavenly Creatures - June - Petone incident - Stipendary magistrate - Oswald Mazengarb

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The committee was appointed on 23 July 1954, and could be seen as hastily convened -- it reported on 20 September, barely 10 days after it completed hearing evidence, 59 days after its appointment, or 55 days after hearings began. On the other hand, it can be often seen, cited, in parts of examples of moral panics both in New Zealand and overseas.

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23 July - 1954 - 20 September - Moral panic - New Zealand

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