Crimes NZ Radio New Zealand

The 1992 murder of English tourist, Margery Hopegood, stunned the country.
She was in New Zealand to discover her roots, but was stabbed to death in a Hamilton toilet block.

On August 16, 1980, 6 year-old Alicia O’Reilly was found dead in her bed, in the room she shared with her 8-year-old sister. For years the case has gone unsolved, but police are currently following up new leads  

In May 2009, three Napier police officers entered Jan Molenaar's home searching for drugs.
The execution of a simple search warrant turned into a three day stand-off and ended with two deaths.

Chris and Cru Kahui were just 84 days old when they were fatally injured in their Auckland home. Their father, also Chris, was charged with murder but eventually acquitted of the crime.

On September 1, 1983 Kirsa Jensen saddled up her horse for a ride along Awatoto beach, near her home in Napier and was never seen again.

Lorraine Cohen and her son Aaron spent much of the 80's locked up in a Malaysia prison facing the death penalty.