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. J…
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 - cal…
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 b…
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 afte…
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 wer…
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 a…
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 helpin…