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 Auckland days after the double murder. The crime, later dubbed 'the bedroom murders' shocked the country. If there is a case you want to hear more about email [email protected] READ MORE ON THE...

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 the scene. Alan Hall was convicted of murder in 1986 and spent 19 years in prison for the crime. However Hall was not the person who killed Easton. He maintained his innocence for almost four...

This episode contains strong language. In 2001 Bruce Thomas Howse murdered his stepdaughters Olympia Jetson and Saliel Aplin as they lay in their beds at their Masterton home. The girls - aged just 11 and 12 - had suffered years of physical and sexual abuse at the hands of Howse and despite their cries for help, it never came. Today A Moment In Crime is about the tragic deaths of the young sisters and the impact on their family, particularly their older sister Alicia.  This episode of A...

In January 2020 Rena Joyce walked into a Christchurch police station and made a startling confession.  She told officers she had killed her partner Martin Berry and that his body was buried in the compost heap at his home.  Following a trial in March 2022 Joyce - who had previous convictions for assaulting her partner - was found guilty of murdering Berry and in May she was sentenced to life in prison.  In this bonus episode of A Moment In Crime, Herald senior journalist Anna Leask goes...

In January 2020 Rena Joyce walked into a Christchurch police station and made a startling confession.  She told officers she had killed her partner Martin Berry and that his body was buried in the compost heap at his home.  Following a trial in March 2022 Joyce - who had previous convictions for assaulting her partner - was found guilty of murdering Berry and in May she was sentenced to life in prison.  In this bonus episode of A Moment In Crime, Herald senior journalist Anna Leask goes...

In 2007 Christchurch woman Emma Louise Agnew was found dead - murdered by a man she met while trying to sell her car. The 20-year-old was reported missing on November 15 and her body was found 12 days later, hidden beneath vegetation and pine needles near a holiday park in the north of the city. Emma's death was shocking and tragic - but when details emerged of what happened to her and who was responsible, there was outrage.  Liam James Reid was arrested the day after Emma was found and...

In 1992 Susan Burdett was found dead in her South Auckland home. The 39-year-old had been sexually assaulted and beaten to death with a baseball bat she kept by her bed for protection.  Susan's story was awful and tragic but would become much more so when the wrong man was convicted of her murder and jailed for more than 20 years. In this month's episode of Herald podcast A Moment In Crime senior journalist Anna Leask looks into the death of Susan Burdett and the botched police...

In September 2003 Helen Meads was gunned down at her Matamata home by her husband Greg.  She was shot at close range, her body found soon after by police in the stables at the property she shared with her racehorse breeder husband Greg Meads.  Meads was charged with Helen's murder and it later emerged that their marriage had been rife with domestic violence and the last fatal assault came after she announced she was leaving.  Meads denied that he meant to kill Helen. While he admitted to...

On February 8 1997 Stephen Lawrence Anderson gunned down six people and wounded five others during a rampage at a ski lodge just out of Raurimu in the central North Island. The tragedy remains one of the worst mass shootings in New Zealand history. In...

On a Monday morning in June 2004 Jim Donnelly got up and went to work at a steel mill south of Auckland. But he never came home. The metals scientist has been missing every since and his wife has never given up hope that one day the mystery will be solved. For a full feature on this case visit nzherald.co.nz If you have information about what happened to Jim Donnelly contact Inspector Dave Glossop at the Counties Manukau Police [email protected] or A Moment In Crime host Anna...

Peter Holdem was a prolific sex offender and told police when he was arrested in the early 80s that the next little girl he targeted would die. In 1986 he grabbed Louisa Damodran as she walked home from school and his horrific promise came true. For more on this case and others mentioned in the podcast visit: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/author/anna-leask/ SEXUAL HARM - DO YOU NEED HELP? If it's an emergency and you feel that you or someone else is at risk, call 111.​ If you've ever...

The death of Christie Marceau in November 2011 shook New Zealand. The 18-year-old was fatally stabbed in her own home and died in her mother's arms. The man responsible for the attack was on bail for previously kidnapping and assaulting Christie and had been released on bail 32 days before he killed her. He had been ordered to stay away from Christie and her family. This episode of A Moment In Crime marks the 10-year anniversary of Christie's tragic death. If you are worried about your or...

Herald journalist Anna Leask looks back at the case of Colin Mitchell - the man behind an attack on a Auckland woman in 2017. What started as an apparent random attack soon unravelled as four decades of offending by a serial rapist who was finally revealed. If it's an emergency and you feel that you or someone else is at risk, call 111.​ If you've ever experienced sexual assault or abuse and need to talk to someone contact the Safe to Talk confidential crisis helpline by texting 4334 and...

Who killed Chris and Cru Kahui? The twin brothers were only 84 days old when they died, within hours of each other, after being violently assaulted. Their deaths remain one of New Zealand's worst child abuse cases. Are you worried about the safety of a child? If you have concerns about the immediate safety of a child, call 111. Alternatively contact your local police station. Or, contact Oranga Tamariki, Ministry for Children on 0508 326 459 for advice or...

In 1998 Auckland woman Claire Hills didn't make it to work. The 30-year-old was murdered, burned alive in her own car. Her killer left clues - DNA even - but after 23 years police are still no closer to finding him. If you can help police phone 0800 OP HILLS. SEXUAL HARM - DO YOU NEED HELP? If it's an emergency and you feel that you or someone else is at risk, call 111.​ If you've ever experienced sexual assault or abuse and need to talk to someone contact the Safe to Talk confidential...

In this episode of Herald true-crime podcast A Moment In Crime we look into the beginnings of Gloriavale and the ongoing list of men brought to justice for sex crimes against children within the confines of the religious community. And podcast host Anna Leask speaks about her own time at Gloriavale, reflecting on all she saw and experienced during a visit to the place often referred to as a cult or sect.

Ben Smart and Olivia Hope went missing over New Year 1997. Their bodies were never found but a man was convicted of their murders and jailed for life. In today's episode of A Moment In Crime we revisit the enduring mystery,

In this month's episode of A Moment In Crime, senior journalist Anna Leask looks back a the murder of Grace Millane, a young backpacker from the UK who died in Auckland, New Zealand in 2019.

In 1992 toddler Amber-Lee Cruickshank disappeared from a small South Island town. Despite exhaustive searches spanning almost 30 years, there has never been any sign of the 2-and-a-half-year-old. The Herald re-investigated the case in 2017 and episode 15 of A Moment In Crime goes back to a podcast that ran about the toddler and her family's journey since she vanished.

After a high profile trial in November this year, Christchurch engineer Joseph McGirr was acquitted by a jury of giving ecstasy to a US polo player before she died in his spa bath. But he was found guilty of attempting to pervert the course of justice by burying her clothing after her death.

A 9.51am on September 1 2014 a balaclava-clad man stormed into the Work and Income New Zealand office in Ashburton and opened fire. In just 61 seconds he gunned down and killed two women and almost murdered two more. Then he calmly walked back out of the office, unlocked his bike and peddled away into the distance - leaving bloody carnage and chaos in his wake. The man was Russell John Tully and his horrendous, deliberate and planned actions that day shook New Zealand.

In episode 11 of NZME podcast A Moment In Crime we look back at the front line deaths and revisit some of the stories that have shocked and saddened New Zealand. The episode comes two days before the annual police Remembrance Day - a date marked internationally to pay tribute to cops killed while on duty, and others who have passed during the year.

The murders of Christine Lundy and her young daughter Amber in their own home in 2000 is still a case that New Zealanders find shocking. And it's a case everyone has an opinion on - even more so after two decades of hearing the facts in various trials, appeals and other court settings. This is because Christine's husband - the father of her only child - was charged with the grisly murders. But after 20 years he maintains his innocence.

In August 1980 six-year-old Alicia O'Reilly was raped and killed in her bed by an intruder. Her sister was sleeping less than a metre away. Forty years on, the offender has never been found and her family are still desperate for answers.