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A Moment In Crime
by NZ Herald
From the NZ Herald newsroom comes A Moment in Crime - a podcast delving into some of New Zealand’s biggest cases.Anna Leask has been a crime and justice reporter at the Herald for more than a decade.Each month she'll take you inside some of our most infamous incidents, notorious offenders and behind the scenes of high profile trials and events to show you what’s really happening in your backyard.
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Switched at birth: Inside New Zealand's most infamous baby swap
In March 1990, two mothers walked out of Timaru Hospital believing they were taking home their newborn daughters. But somewhere inside the hospital, the babies had been switched. The mistake went undiscovered for five years, leaving two families to grapple with an extraordinary situation and...
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The deadly doctor: the murder of Dunedin teen Amber-Rose Rush
In 2020, Dunedin doctor Venod “Vinny” Skantha was jailed for life with a minimum non-parole period of 19 years for murdering teenager Amber-Rose Rush. In 2018 the 16-year-old said she was going to police and the defendant’s Dunedin Hospital bosses with allegations of Skantha sexually assaulting...
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The babysitter's secret: serial baby killer Lise Turner's terrible crimes
For years, baby killer Lise Turner hid in plain sight — shielded by medical uncertainty, misplaced trust and the tragedy of so-called cot death. Her crimes were only uncovered after the death of 8-month-old Michael Tinnion in Christchurch in 1984 exposed a deadly pattern authorities had missed....
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From violent stalker to killer: Nathan Boulter's 'brazen' crimes
This episode includes graphic descriptions of violent acts, which some listeners may find distressing or triggering. Listener discretion is strongly advised. If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence or distress, support is available. Scroll down for a list of support services....
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Diagnosis? Deception (part two): Inside Nicola Flint's fake cancer fraud
This is the second part of a two-part A Moment In Crime special. Christchurch woman Nicola Flint told friends she was dying, even showing them the spot where her ashes would be scattered. They grieved and gave thousands to help her fight cancer. But police say there is no evidence of any cancer...
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Diagnosis? Deception (part one): Inside Nicola Flint's fake cancer fraud
This is part one of a two-part A Moment In Crime special. Christchurch woman Nicola Flint told friends she was dying, even showing them the spot where her ashes would be scattered. They grieved and gave thousands to help her fight cancer. But police say the terminal diagnosis was all a lie – and...
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Justice in doubt: The killing of Brian Hilton
In 2016, 77-year-old pensioner Brian Hilton was found on the floor of his Ōpōtiki home — brutally beaten, barely conscious, and covered in blood. He died five days later. Police launched a major homicide investigation, first zeroing in on one local man before turning their attention to another:...
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Diary of a Killer (part two): Murder, prison and the 'gangster granny'
(Contains strong language and references to violence and sexual assault.) In 1991, Bronwyn Warwick crossed a line that would define her forever. The transgender former sex worker murdered a Ponsonby pensioner during a botched antiques robbery. But the story didn’t end with her arrest. Decades...
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Diary of a killer (part one): Becoming Bronwyn Warwick
(Contains strong language and references to violence and sexual assault.) Before she was a convicted killer, Bronwyn Warwick was a child who never stood a chance. Growing up in a family that didn't understand or accept her and facing violence, addiction, and rejection, Warwick’s early years set…
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Paerata's darkest day: The Schlaepfer family massacre
In May 1992 Brian Schlaepfer shot or stabbed six members of his family to death at their South Auckland farm. The 64-year-old murdered his wife, three sons, daughter in law and grandson. His nine-year-old granddaughter, Linda, was the sole survivor, having hidden in a wardrobe and providing…
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NZ's most brutal killer? The story of RSA triple murderer William Bell
In December 2001, William Bell stormed into the Mt Wellington-Panmure Returned Services Association premises and brutally attacked four innocent people. Club president Bill Absolum, club member Wayne Johnson and cleaner Mary Hobson died. Susan Couch survived - just. Bell left the mother-of-one…
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NZH Presents - Rainbow Warrior: A Forgotten History
40 years ago, two bombs went off in Auckland's harbour when French agents targeted a Greenpeace ship. It was meant to be a warning against anti-nuclear protests, but the death of a photographer on board sparked a major police and political response. From the NZ Herald and Bird of Paradise...
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Depraved, brutal and callous: The murder of Yanfei Bao
On June 13, Chinese national Tingjun Cao was jailed for life for the murder of Christchurch real estate agent and mother Yanfei Bao. Bao, 44, was stabbed to death in July 2023 and buried in a shallow grave on a farm outside Christchurch. She was not found for more than a year. The crime shocked…
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The Peter Ellis case: Inside the Christchurch Civic Creche scandal
Warning: this episode refers to child sex abuse and is intended for a mature audience only. The Christchurch Civic Creche child sex abuse scandal rocked the South Island city in the early 90s - and went on to become one of the most significant legal battles in New Zealand's history. Childcare...
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NZ's worst youth offender? The life and many crimes of Paddy the 'baddy'
Youth crime is a constant issue in New Zealand – and in the last few years, stories of ram raids, violent attacks and spree offending have dominated the headlines. Successive governments have tried to tackle the problem – introducing various policies, programs and plans and even changing...
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My father, the sex offender: Sisters speak about years of abuse
In 2015 a 43-year-old man was jailed for more than 15 years for the premeditated, prolonged and persistent sexual abuse of his two young daughters - filming much of the abuse of the youngest and uploading it to vile websites. He was also convicted of sexual offending against another two little...
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Sick or twisted? The story of violent offender Anthony Wheble
Anthony John Wheble is not as well-known as many of the criminals previously covered by A Moment in Crime - but he is considered of New Zealand’s most violent criminals. He has been in prison for more than a decade and he is serving as sentence with no end date, due to the severity and nature of...
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Bad cops: New Zealand's deviant, murderous and offending police officers
From the start of 2021 to November 2023 a total of 333 police staff - constabulary and non-sworn - were investigated for alleged criminal offending. The constabulary includes all of those from recruits right up to senior inspectors and top cops. Non sworn staff are in admin or support roles…
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Monsters among us: Ghastly tales of lesser known Kiwi crimes and criminals
In the 19 years I have been a crime and justice reporter I have told countless stories about offending in New Zealand - who is behind it, who is hurt by it and the lasting impact. I’ve covered a lot of the really high-profile cases during that time - including more than 130 murders, and dozens…
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Death in the street: The murder of Connor Morris
In August 2014 Connor Morris was fatally injured during a street fight in West Auckland. He was struck in the head with a sickle-like tool and died instantly. Morris, 27, was a patched gang member, the son of a senior leader and was in a relationship with the daughter of one of New Zealand's most...
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Bad teachers: New Zealand's most prolific sex offending educators revealed
It is not a rare occurrence for teachers to be investigated or charged with sexual offending against the children and young people they are supposed to be educating, guiding and nurturing. But some cases are significantly worse than other and in this episode of A Moment In Crime host Anna Leask...
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The Dickason Family Tragedy - Part Two: Very Sick or Very Wicked?
This is the second in a two-part episode. In 2023 South African doctor Lauren Anne Dickason was found guilty of murdering her daughters Liane, 6, and 2-year-old twins Maya and Karla at their Timaru home. She and her husband Graham - an ortopaedic surgeon - had emigrated to New Zealand just weeks...
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The Dickason Family Tragedy - Part One: Three Dead at the Scene
In 2023 South African doctor Lauren Anne Dickason was found guilty of murdering her daughters Liane, 6, and 2-year-old twins Maya and Karla at their Timaru home. She and her husband Graham - an ortopaedic surgeon - had emigrated to New Zealand just weeks earlier seeking a better, safer life for...
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The Last Advocate: Top pathologist delves into Kiwi murders, mysteries and the macabre
Cynric Temple-Camp is one of New Zealand's top pathologists - and he has just published his third book about his work. The Final Diagnosis is a collection of stranger-than-fiction stories of death, disease and murder - as well as Temple-Camp sharing new perspectives on high-profile cases…
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The House of Bain - Part Two: I Am Innocent
To mark the 30 year anniversary of the mass killing A Moment In Crime presents The House of Bain, a two-part telling of the case. On June 20 1994 Margaret and Robin Bain, their teenage daughters Arawa and Laniet and son Stephen were all shot dead in the family home at 65 Every Street, Dunedin.…
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The House of Bain - Part One: They're All Dead
On June 20 1994 five members of the Bain family were found shot dead in their home at 65 Every Street, Dunedin. Margaret and Robin Bain, their teenage daughter Arawa and Laniet and their son Stephen were all shot at close range. Just after 7am David Bain - Margaret and Robin's oldest child…
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The 'Heavenly Creatures' murder: The story of teen killers Juliet Hulme and Pauline Parker
In 1954 Christchurch woman Honorah Parker was murdered while on a walk in the Port Hills. The culprits? Her daughter Pauline, 15 and best friend Juliet Hulme, 16. With “animal ferocity” they hit her over and over again with a brick inside a stocking. Police would later say the 46-year-old had…
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Missing and murdered: The disappearance of Marice McGregor
In 2011 Dean Richard Mulligan was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his girlfriend Marice McGregor. Marice was reported missing by her family in April 2010 and it emerged she had not been seen or heard from in the 10 days before they approached police. For weeks police searched and...
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Not guilty: The murder trials of George Gwaze
George Gwaze was tried and acquitted in 2008 and 2012 after the death of his adopted daughter 10-year-old Charlene Makaza. Charlene was rushed to hospital in a terrible state in January 2007 and died after her little body effectively shut down due to massive infection - doctors and experts unable...
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Operation Darlia: Finding Jane Furlong - and her killer
Jane Furlong was 17 when she went missing from Auckland's Karangahape Rd in May 1993. Her partner Dani Norsworthy reported her missing two days after she was last seen. She was a new mum and a part time sex worker and while she'd had a troubled and turbulent life, was doing her best to carve out…
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On the run: New Zealand's greatest prison escapes
In this episode of A Moment In Crime - the last for 2023 - senior journalist Anna Leask looks back at some of the country’s most brazen prison escapes, and speaks to one of the most high-profile escapees in history. Arthur Taylor spent almost a month on the run with two murderers and a robber…
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Disgusting and degrading: The life and death of 'New Zealand's Fritzl' - horrendous sex offender Ronald Van Der Plaat
In 2000 Ronald Van Der Plaat became one of the country’s most infamous sex offenders when he was jailed for a litany of horrific abuse against his daughter spanning 23 years. He started raping, sexually violating and indecently assaulting his daughter Tanjas when she was just 9 when the family…
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Life without parole: The sentencing of the Christchurch mosque gunman
This episode of A Moment In Crime is a follow-up from the very first episode I produced about the Christchurch terror attack. As the Coronial inquest into the mass murder begins, it's important to remember what happened and who was responsible. It's important to remember who was killed, wounded…
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The Patron - Part Three: The bravery that ended James Wallace's reign of abuse
A Moment In Crime - The Patron - looks back at the life and crimes of disgraced knight and serial sex attacker James Hay Wallace. Behind his money, philanthropy and resplendence, Wallace was a serial sex offender who lured men to his mansion on the premise of discussing funding proposals or…
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The Patron - Part Two: Bribery, scandal, secrecy, justice - inside the Wallace trials
A Moment In Crime - The Patron - looks back at the life and crimes of disgraced knight and serial sex attacker James Hay Wallace. Behind his money, philanthropy and resplendence, Wallace was a serial sex offender who lured men to his mansion on the premise of discussing funding proposals or…
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The Patron - Part One: The two faces of James Hay Wallace
A Moment In Crime is presenting a three part episode - The Patron - which looks back at the life and crimes of disgraced knight and serial sex attacker James Hay Wallace. Until his spectacular fall from grace, the Auckland rich lister was considered one of the biggest supporters of New Zealand…
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Murder or Infanticide: The trial of Lauren Dickason
In September 2021, Lauren Dickason killed her three daughters, six year old Liane, and two year old twins Maya and Karla, shortly after the family moved to Timaru from South Africa. For the last five weeks, Anna has been covering the trial, which this week saw a guilty verdict delivered on all...
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Abandoned: The tragic and twisted killing of Javed Mills
In 2011 an incomplete skeleton was found at a derelict property in Auckland by a demolition crew tasked with dismantling the buildings on site. It took police months to work out who the remains belonged to - and then they had to work out who had killed the young man, and why. In this episode of A...
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A fatal party: The Edgeware Road murders
On May 5 2007 Lipine Sila murdered Hannah Rossiter and Jane Young and caused grievous bodily harm to eight other teens when he drove his car through a crowd outside a party in the Christchurch suburb of Edgeware. The collision took place after Sila and his brother had been involved in fights at…
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Murder of a tourist: The tragedy of Karen Aim
In January 2008 Scottish woman Karen Aim was beaten to death while she was visiting Taupō on a trip around New Zealand. The 26-year-old was murdered in the street by a local teenager who had been vandalising a nearby school with a baseball bat. He then used the weapon to murder the innocent…
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Where is Sara Niethe - the 20-year mystery and the new hunt for a missing mum
March 30 marks the 20th anniversary of Waikato mother-of-three Sara Niethe's disappearance. Her body has never been found despite her boyfriend Mark Pakenham admitting he killed her. Pakenham was charged with her murder in 2011 but before his case went to trial he pleaded guilty to a reduced…
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Finding Carmen Thomas: The mystery of the missing mother
Warning: this episode contains graphic descriptions of murder and the disposal of a body and is suitable for a mature audience only. In 2010 Auckland woman Carmen Thomas was reported missing by her ex-partner Brad Callaghan. He told police she had failed to pick up their little boy as per their...
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Women who kill: New Zealand's grisly roll of dishonour
Police figures show between mid-2012 and 2022, about 280 people were convicted of murder in Aotearoa. Of those, 9.5 per cent of offenders - 26 in total - were women.A further 47 women were convicted of manslaughter, 27 per cent of the 271 total offenders in that category. n the latest episode of…
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Under the bridge: the hidden and horrible murders of Pakeeza and Jojo
For nearly eight years Auckland woman Pakeeza Yusuf and her 3-yeard-old daughter, Juwairiyah “Jojo” Kalim, lay covered by stone and mud on Auckland’s North Shore. They were murdered as they slept in late 2006 but for many years nobody knew about their grisly fate. A decade later in 2016, Kamal...
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Murder of a good Samaritan - the tragic death of Austin Hemmings
In September 2008 New Zealanders were shocked by the killing of a man who stepped in to help a woman in danger in central Auckland. Austin Hemmings, 44, was fatally stabbed when he intervened in a confrontation as he left work. The good Samaritan was simply trying to help a woman who was in clear...
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Callous and cruel: the murder of Val Heaney
Christchurch caregiver Valerie May Heaney, 64, was found dead in the hallway of her Bromley home on April 4 2022. Initially, police said her death was unexplained but after a post-mortem examination, it became clear something violent and horrific had happened to Val. Elliot Ajay Prakash, 43, was...
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The great escape: the life and crimes of brazen killer Phillip John Smith
When Phillip John Smith left a Waikato prison on approved temporary leave in 2014 no one suspected that within days he would be leading authorities on an international man hunt. Smith, also known as Phillip John Traynor, was meant to spend his time outside the wire at an address in Auckland with…
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Searching for answers: The cold case murder of Kirsty Bentley
The 1998 murder of the Ashburton schoolgirl remains one of New Zealand's most high-profile cold cases. Kirsty disappeared on December 31, 1998, while walking the family dog Abby on the banks of the Ashburton River. The day after Kirsty went missing, the family's dog Abby was found tied to a tree...
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The bedroom murders: love, jealousy and deadly revenge in South Auckland
In 2013 Auckland couple Glenys Stanton and Trevor Waite were gunned down in bed together at his home in Opaheke south of the city. Their killer was John Mowatt, an ex of Stanton who spiralled out of control when she ended their relationship. Mowatt killed himself at Woodhill Forest north of...
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Fight for freedom: The murder of Arthur Easton and Alan Hall's wrongful conviction
In October 1985 Arthur Easton was murdered in his Papakura family home. Easton and his two teenage sons were attacked by a bayonet-wielding home invader. The 52-year-old postal worker was stabbed in his liver during the frenzied attack and died of blood loss after emergency services arrived on…
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From the NZ Herald newsroom comes A Moment in Crime - a podcast delving into some of New Zealand’s biggest cases.Anna Leask has been a crime and justice reporter at the Herald for more than a decade.Each month she'll take you inside some of our most infamous incidents, notorious offenders and behind the scenes of high profile trials and events to show you what’s really happening in your backyard.
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