In 1956, Auckland mobsters might have pulled off the heist of the century, after breaking into the Waterfront Industry Commission offices and making off with the equivalent of a million dollars.
Scott Bainbridge - The Great New Zealand Robbery Photo: Allen & Unwin, NZ
In his book The Great New Zealand Robbery, Scott Bainbridge tells the rollicking story of how robbers blew up a safe in the Waterfront Industry Office which was full with the week's wages.
A man named Trevor Nash was eventually arrested, tried and jailed for the offence.
Then he escaped and only a stroke of luck enabled police to recapture him.
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