While attending Christchurch Girls' High School, Pauline Parker met Juliet Hulme and formed the friendship that was to radically change the course of both their lives. In 1954, the pair were convicted of murder in a sensational case.
Pauline Parker
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Pauline Yvonne Parker
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28 August 1954
Pauline Parker, aged 16, and Juliet Hulme, 15, were convicted of the murder of Pauline's mother Honora at Christchurch on 22 June. Their story was later the subject of Peter Jackson's acclaimed film, Heavenly creatures.
22 June 1954
Armed with a brick in a stocking, 16-year-old Pauline Parker and her best friend Juliet Hulme, 15, became two of New Zealand's most notorious female murderers when they killed Pauline's mother, Honorah, in Victoria Park, Christchurch.
Main image: Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme
Pauline Parker (16) and Juliet Hulme (15) who were convicted of murdering Pauline's mother in 1954
