Chris Crean's daughter forgives killers after TVNZ film

Stephanie Crean says she forgives the killers of her father following a Sunday Theatre film about his murder. Photo / Facebook

The daughter of the late Chris Crean says she forgives his killers after a TVNZ film on the murder screened over the weekend.

TVNZ's Resolve chronicled the story of the 27-year-old father who agreed to testify against three Black Power members who attacked Mongrel Mob members outside his home in New Plymouth.

Stephanie Crean was 2 years old the night her father died, in March 1996. His killers initially backed away when he answered the door holding Stephanie, but were ordered to return to the house and kill him. He was shot through his front door and died in hospital.

Posting on Facebook, Stephanie Crean shared a poster of Resolve and wrote that she forgave the men who shot her father.

"To all four men and the Black Power gang that were involved in the murder of my father Christopher Crean, my name is Stephanie Crean and I forgive you for murdering my father.

"For many years I have not spoken to the media about how I feel about this heartbreaking tragedy. I forgive you, not because what you did in murdering my father was right, because that was not right.

Pana Hema-Taylor plays Chris Crean in the TVNZ drama Resolve. Photo / supplied

"I forgive you even though there was mention of shooting me only at the age of two. I forgive you so that you may have peace and I too. So that our families may have peace, and so that the community may have peace also. So that the nation may have peace, because that is what is right.

"I believe that with justice comes peace. Whether or not you are changed men, I forgive you."

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Crean's family last week told Maori Television they were unhappy with the TVNZ film.

"To us, the film is like reliving his whole funeral," his brother Robert said.

Actor Pana Hema-Taylor (Westside) played Crean in the film.