The 50 Year Secret
School teacher Jennifer Beard disappeared on New Zealand's West Coast while hitchhiking on New Year's Eve 1969. Nearly three weeks later her body was found under a bridge outside the tiny township of Haast. Now a Herald investigation has uncovered new evidence that could identify her killer.
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Now a Herald investigation has uncovered new evidence that could identify her killer.
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Now a Herald investigation has uncovered new evidence that could identify her killer.
We take a look at the background of this 50-year-old cold case, and speak to the nephew of the police's main suspect, Gordon Br...
We speak to Michael Hines, who was just four years old when he unknowingly stumbled across the crime scene.
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Ian Molloy speaks about the day his friend Reg Wildbore showed up on his porch and confessed to the unthinkable.
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We take a look at the twists in his story and speak to his daughter, who reveals it's not the first she's heard of a confession to the murder.
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Had nobody tried to bring this to light before?
As it turns out, they did.
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We retrace the route Jennifer took in her last hour alive.
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On Easter Monday 2021, Paulina Hanna was found dead at the Remuera home she shared with her husband of 30 years, Philip Polkinghorne.
For 16 months, her death was treated as “unexplained”. That’s until it emerged Polkinghorne had been charged with murder. He pleaded not guilty in August 2022.
From the team behind The Front Page, the New Zealand Herald's daily news podcast, comes Accused: The Polkinghorne Trial.
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