History / Crime

Who killed the Crewes? Opening the book on a cold case

08:10 am on 18 November 2023

300714. Photo supplied. Harvey and Jeanette Crewe pictured on their wedding day. They were killed in their Pukekawa farmhouse on 17 June 1970. Photo: supplied

The murder of Harvey and Jeannette Crewe in their Pukekawa farmhouse in 1970 is perhaps New Zealand's most infamous unsolved crime. 

Arthur Allan Thomas was convicted twice, pardoned and compensated, after police evidence was found to be corrupt.

In The Crewe Murders - Inside New Zealand's Most Infamous Cold Case investigative journalist Kirsty Johnston and Associate Professor of Journalism at Massey University James Hollings take a fresh look at the case. 

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