A Moment In Crime

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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.

Recent Episodes
  • The Peter Ellis case: Inside the Christchurch Civic Creche scandal 
    May 14, 2025 – 39:17
  • NZ's worst youth offender? The life and many crimes of Paddy the 'baddy'
    Apr 16, 2025 – 01:10:55
  • My father, the sex offender: Sisters speak about years of abuse
    Mar 12, 2025 – 41:22
  • NZH Presents - Mr Asia: A Forgotten History
    Feb 18, 2025 – 02:06
  • Sick or twisted? The story of violent offender Anthony Wheble
    Feb 12, 2025 – 59:47
  • Bad cops: New Zealand's deviant, murderous and offending police officers
    Jan 8, 2025 – 58:44
  • Monsters among us: Ghastly tales of lesser known Kiwi crimes and criminals
    Dec 11, 2024 – 59:02
  • Death in the street: The murder of Connor Morris
    Oct 23, 2024 – 01:08:17
  • Bad teachers: New Zealand's most prolific sex offending educators revealed
    Sep 25, 2024 – 01:22:31
  • The Dickason Family Tragedy - Part Two: Very Sick or Very Wicked?
    Aug 21, 2024 – 01:34:04
  • The Dickason Family Tragedy - Part One: Three Dead at the Scene
    Aug 7, 2024 – 59:59
  • NZH Presents - Accused: The Polkinghorne Trial
    Jul 28, 2024 – 00:44
  • The Last Advocate: Top pathologist delves into Kiwi murders, mysteries and the macabre
    Jul 10, 2024 – 50:04
  • The House of Bain - Part Two: I Am Innocent
    Jun 4, 2024 – 01:45:15
  • The House of Bain - Part One: They're All Dead
    May 22, 2024 – 01:09:39
  • The 'Heavenly Creatures' murder: The story of teen killers Juliet Hulme and Pauline Parker
    Apr 12, 2024 – 01:55:03
  • Missing and murdered: The disappearance of Marice McGregor
    Mar 13, 2024 – 58:10
  • Not guilty: The murder trials of George Gwaze
    Feb 10, 2024 – 01:02:09
  • Operation Darlia: Finding Jane Furlong - and her killer
    Jan 9, 2024 – 42:17
  • On the run: New Zealand's greatest prison escapes
    Dec 29, 2023 – 01:11:39
  • Disgusting and degrading: The life and death of 'New Zealand's Fritzl' - horrendous sex offender Ronald Van Der Plaat
    Nov 21, 2023 – 01:11:18
  • Life without parole: The sentencing of the Christchurch mosque gunman
    Oct 19, 2023 – 01:37:26
  • The Patron - Part Three: The bravery that ended James Wallace's reign of abuse
    Oct 5, 2023 – 01:07:29
  • The Patron - Part Two: Bribery, scandal, secrecy, justice - inside the Wallace trials
    Sep 28, 2023 – 44:09
  • The Patron - Part One: The two faces of James Hay Wallace
    Sep 21, 2023 – 46:19
  • Murder or Infanticide: The trial of Lauren Dickason
    Aug 17, 2023 – 12:18
  • Abandoned: The tragic and twisted killing of Javed Mills
    Jul 3, 2023 – 43:52
  • A fatal party: The Edgeware Road murders
    May 25, 2023 – 58:13
  • Murder of a tourist: The tragedy of Karen Aim
    Apr 16, 2023 – 50:28
  • Where is Sara Niethe - the 20-year mystery and the new hunt for a missing mum
    Mar 28, 2023 – 44:42
  • Finding Carmen Thomas: The mystery of the missing mother
    Feb 17, 2023 – 56:47
  • Women who kill: New Zealand's grisly roll of dishonour
    Dec 26, 2022 – 01:09:27
  • Under the bridge: the hidden and horrible murders of Pakeeza and Jojo
    Dec 11, 2022 – 51:48
  • Murder of a good Samaritan - the tragic death of Austin Hemmings
    Oct 31, 2022 – 39:46
  • Callous and cruel: the murder of Val Heaney
    Oct 6, 2022 – 32:39
  • The great escape: the life and crimes of brazen killer Phillip John Smith
    Sep 28, 2022 – 41:40
  • Searching for answers: The cold case murder of Kirsty Bentley
    Aug 26, 2022 – 46:11
  • The bedroom murders: love, jealousy and deadly revenge in South Auckland
    Aug 5, 2022 – 36:13
  • Fight for freedom: The murder of Arthur Easton and Alan Hall's wrongful conviction
    Jul 4, 2022 – 30:53
  • Evil stepfather: Bruce Howse and the murders of Saliel Aplin and Olympia Jetson
    Jun 23, 2022 – 53:34
  • The body in the compost: The awful murder of Martin Berry
    May 27, 2022 – 39:13
  • Callous and despicable acts: the depraved offending of Liam James Reid
    May 17, 2022 – 40:16
  • Miscarriage of justice: the murder of Susan Burdett
    Apr 22, 2022 – 57:01
  • Murder in the stables: The cruel killing of Helen Meads
    Mar 31, 2022 – 44:33
  • Gunshots at breakfast: The Raurimu massacre
    Feb 26, 2022 – 38:26
  • Mystery at the mill: The vanishing of scientist Jim Donnelly
    Jan 15, 2022 – 58:56
  • Little girl lost: The kidnapping and murder of Louisa Damodran
    Dec 12, 2021 – 39:49
  • Death of an angel - the brutal killing and lasting legacy of Christie Marceau
    Nov 6, 2021 – 57:04
  • Auckland's night stalker - The Riverhead quarry attack and the unmasking of a monster
    Oct 7, 2021 – 01:03:18
  • The Kahui Twins: Who killed Chris and Cru
    Aug 30, 2021 – 01:00:18
Recent Reviews
  • Watchathink
    Fantastic
    True crime junkie here to confirm this is a great podcast.
  • EikonKtizoBallou
    Well done
    Aussies and NZers really know how to spin a story with sharpness and compassion. Good stuff here.
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