Episodes

  • Trailer: Collapse
    Feb 9 2021
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    3 mins
  • 1: The mountain and the cave
    Feb 9 2021
    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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    43 mins
  • 2: Call me Louis
    Feb 10 2021
    Rescuers tunnel into the rubble and find what was left of a school cafeteria with 22 students trapped – dead and alive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    48 mins
  • 3: Need help, need help
    Feb 11 2021
    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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    58 mins
  • 4: Boom and bust
    Feb 12 2021
    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? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    52 mins
  • 5: Vagabond
    Feb 13 2021
    The CTV story descends into controversy and farce: a fake engineer and New Zealand’s biggest homicide investigation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    54 mins
  • 6: Tragedy, travesty
    Feb 14 2021
    Police announce the results of their investigation. Will anyone be held accountable over 115 deaths? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • Introducing: The Trial - Philip Polkinghorne
    Aug 2 2024
    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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    29 mins