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It has housed axe murderers and baby killers, but now Dunedin’s old prison is being transformed into a world-class tourist attraction.

Dunedin Prison guard Ken Burt spent 28 years locking up criminals in the prison’s cells. Now he’s locking up tourists.

“Back in 1966, this is the general area where Constable Donald Stokes was murdered by two prisoners trying to escape.”