Steve Braunias: On four weeks at the Polkinghorne trial
OPINION: The most controversial case he's written about? No. But it is the most Auckland.
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The surgeon is accused of having murdered his wife and staged a suicide.
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The pair exchanged letters a year before Hanna was found dead in their Remuera home.
Jurors peek into Polkinghorne's laptop: Spousal letters and extra-marital sex videos
The eye surgeon is accused of having murdered his wife then staging a suicide scene.
‘You do spoil me’: Private letters between Polkinghorne and wife released
The Auckland eye surgeon is accused of having murdered his wife Pauline Hanna.
Polkinghorne murder trial: finances and sex workers
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Kiwi study says meth users twice as likely to assault partner, trial hears
The Auckland eye surgeon is accused of having fatally strangled wife Pauline Hanna.
Steve Braunias: Polkinghorne goes shopping at the sex supermarket
OPINION: Steve Braunias on a spending spree on sex workers at the Polkinghorne trial.
Police never found the 450kg of meth; Hells Angels member pleads guilty anyway
Police were able to trace back Brandon Cole's extravagant purchases after the P windfall.
$106k to a sex worker, $5k on hair: Extravagant spending revealed at Polkinghorne murder trial
The Auckland eye surgeon is accused of having fatally strangled wife Pauline Hanna.
Pauline Hanna spent tens of thousands of dollars on hair, beauty, skin cream and dry cleaning
The eye surgeon is accused of murdering his wife Pauline Hanna in their Remuera home.
Polkinghorne paid Aussie escort Madison Ashton over $100k, trial hears
The Auckland eye surgeon is accused of murdering his wife Pauline Hanna.
Unmarked car: Company quietly tested surgeon's office after wife's suspicious death
The Auckland eye surgeon is accused of having murdered wife Pauline Hanna.
Police forensic accountant gives evidence on Polkinghorne's finances
The eye surgeon is accused of having strangled his wife before staging a suicide.
Meth detected on air con in Polkinghorne's consult room, jury hears
The jury weren't required in the High Court yesterday.
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Bailey Messervy, 20, is charged with the murder of Nigel Wilson in Christchurch.
Jurors in Philip Polkinghorne murder trial given day off as halfway point reached
The eye surgeon is accused of having strangled wife Pauline Hanna.
Undercover cop spends $60,000 in meth deals over six weeks
The King Cobra gang member offered or exchanged 182g of the drug to the officer.
How an $8m meth empire was busted as final four sentences handed down
Operation Freya netted about 17kg of meth in the large-scale Northland bust.
'Very odd exchange': Co-worker called out Polkinghorne for erratic behaviour weeks before wife's death
Meth use has become a recurring topic at the Auckland eye surgeon's murder trial.
Court rules iwi was wrong to assert minister has to consult on proposed MACA legislation
Judge rules: "Minister is entitled to consult as much, or as little, as he wishes".
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Polkinghorne trial: Third week comes to end, witness on accused's comments about sex life and drugs
The eye surgeon is accused of having strangled wife Pauline Hanna.
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Pauline Hanna considered driving into a truck, GP reveals
Today the trial shifts to a new venue as Pauline Hanna's GP faces questions.
Man accused of murdering young promising rugby league player appears in court
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‘Help, my daughter isn't breathing’: Dad’s desperate efforts to save toddler heard in murder trial
He pounded on his neighbour’s door and asked for her to do CPR on the girl.
Prozac and a Christmas crisis: Pauline Hanna's GP quizzed at Polkinghorne murder trial
The surgeon is acccused of having strangled his wife then masked the death as a suicide.
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'She had to be very careful around him': What Hanna told worried friend about husband
The Auckland eye surgeon is accused of having strangled wife Pauline Hanna.
Polkinghorne trial: Pauline Hanna's friend says Polkinghorne tried to strangle her
Pauline Hanna's friend John Riordan put his hands around his neck as he gives evidence in the Philip Polkinghorne murder trial.
'Justice for Pauline': Friend grilled on motivation for murder trial testimony
Pauline Hanna's friend continues giving evidence on day 14 of the murder trial.
Steve Braunias: Sex and ghouls at the Philip Polkinghorne murder trial
OPINION: Claims of strangulation, sex and suicide notes.
Pauline Hanna planned to 'see a lawyer and write a will' prior to her death, friend tells court
The eye surgeon is accused of murdering his wife then staging a suicide.
'He tried to strangle me': What Pauline Hanna told friends before she died
The eye surgeon is accused of strangling his wife then staging it to look like a suicide.
Polkinghorne previously put hands around wife's neck as a threat, trial hears
The eye surgeon is accused of strangling his wife then staging a suicide.