On February 22, 2011, a devastating earthquake shook Christchurch, killing 185 people. One hundred and fifteen of those people were in the CTV building. The building should never have been built.
A lethal virus. A drastic lockdown. A nation turned upside down.
From the makers of acclaimed podcasts The Commune, True Story and Witi Underwater, this eight-part narrative series revisits the Covid-19 pandemic with the benefit of hindsight and powerful interviews. Adam Dudding and Eugene Bingham delve into what really happened – and what it taught us about ourselves.
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Made with the support of NZ on Air for Stuff by Te Pūrongo Productions.
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2 Aug 2024
Introducing: The Trial - Philip Polkinghorne
On Easter Monday 2021, police were called to the home of a successful professional couple in the affluent Auckland suburb of Remuera. They found the body of Pauline Hanna.
In his emergency call, her husband, Philip Polkinghorne, said she killed herself. Sixteen months later he was charged with her murder. As this podcast is released, he's currently on trial at the High Court in Auckland.
Stuff's groundbreaking series returns to take you inside the Polkinghorne trial: Hear the witnesses, follow the evidence, wait for the verdict.
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14 Feb 2021
6: Tragedy, travesty
Police announce the results of their investigation. Will anyone be held accountable over 115 deaths?
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13 Feb 2021
5: Vagabond
The CTV story descends into controversy and farce: a fake engineer and New Zealand’s biggest homicide investigation.
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12 Feb 2021
4: Boom and bust
The CTV building was born in the 1980s construction boom. It had profound design flaws that were flagged at the time. How did it even get built?
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11 Feb 2021
3: Need help, need help
Senior Constable Stuart Martindale gets a tap on the shoulder and is handed a phone number. A trapped survivor is calling from underneath the rubble.
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10 Feb 2021
2: Call me Louis
Rescuers tunnel into the rubble and find what was left of a school cafeteria with 22 students trapped – dead and alive.
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9 Feb 2021
1: The mountain and the cave
Topi Emery and Marion Hilbers were among the 149 people in the CTV building when it collapsed. Their families kept vigil at the site for hours, hoping for a miracle.
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9 Feb 2021
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