In 1970 Harvey and Jeannette Crewe were killed at their farm in Pukekawa and several decades later this case remains as New Zealand’s most infamous cold case. It spawned two trials, two appeals, several books, a film (Beyond Reasonable Doubt), and eventually a Royal Commission finding of police corruption.

It also resulted in a pardon, the only time a New Zealand government has bypassed the courts to set a convicted murderer free. And still, the Crewes’ murderer has not been found.

Jared Savage speaks with award-winning investigative journalist Kirsty Johnston and Associate Professor of Journalism James Hollings and digs deep into the findings within their meticulously researched book, providing a fresh perspective on one of Aotearoa’s most chilling and mystifying murders.

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Day Passes are available for our Sunday Speaker sessions. Attend all four events on Sunday 20 October at The Cargo Shed for a discounted price of $75.

About the Speakers
Jared Savage is an investigative reporter for the New Zealand Herald who has won more than a dozen journalism awards, including twice being named the Reporter of the Year. He is also the author of two books, Gangland and Gangster’s Paradise, about the evolution of organised crime in New Zealand.

Kirsty Johnston is an investigative journalist with an interest in inequality, gender and social justice. She was awarded Reporter of the Year in 2022. She has made two documentaries and she now works for RNZ. Kirsty lives in Auckland.

James Hollings is Associate Professor of Journalism at Massey University, Wellington.