EPISODE · Mar 31, 2026 · 5 MIN
David Tamihere's double murder convictions quashed
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The man at the centre of one of the country's highest profile crimes, David Tamihere, has had his double murder convictions quashed after 36 years. Tamihere was found guilty in 1990 of the murder of young Swedish trampers Urban Hoglin and Heidi Paakkonen in a case that shook the country and went around the world. Reporter Rowan Quinn spoke to Lisa Owen.
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