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The District is a seven-part podcast from the Stuff Circuit investigative team. It’s a story about injustice, but mostly it’s a story about people. People who are trying to get on with their lives, but can’t. It centres on an infamous unsolved murder case, in a rural district of New Zealand: examining the colourful characters involved and their unending search for justice, the kicks in the guts, the suspicions, and the fresh clues - could they hold the answer to New Zealand’s most notorious cold case? The District is also about another strange death; another family gripped by a sense of injustice, desperately seeking answers. The two cases end up colliding in the most unexpected way. Injustice is like a disease. There’s always a starting point, patient zero. But it never stops there.

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Trailer: Quarantine Nation

2026/03/03

A lethal virus. A drastic lockdown. A nation turned upside down. From the makers of acclaimed podcasts The Commune, True Story and Witi Underwater, this eight-part narrative series revisits the Covid-19 pandemic with the benefit of hindsight and powerful interviews. Adam Dudding and Eugene Bingham delve into what really happened – and what it taught us about ourselves. Subscribe to "Quarantine Nation" wherever you get your podcasts, or follow the links here: ⁠Quarantine Nation Player Links⁠, Made with the support of NZ on Air for Stuff by Te Pūrongo Productions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bonus Episode 3 - The Other Murder

2019/02/11

The District centred around a controversial unsolved murder tracing back almost 50 years - but it turns out there was another murder in the district dating back even further. Producers Eugene Bingham and Paula Penfold discuss this intriguing case - which has spooky echoes in the Crewe murders. 9biu9iz9 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bonus Episode 2 - The Gun

2019/02/11

A crucial witness who emerged in The District has had a surprising change of mind about some of his recollections. Producers Eugene Bingham and Paula Penfold reveal this new twist - which centres on a gun - and discuss the implications. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bonus Episode 1 - The Aftermath

2019/02/11

Following the release of The District, plenty of people came forward with feedback and theories. Producers Eugene Bingham and Paula Penfold discuss some of them - and reveal some new information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode Seven - The End of the Ride

2018/12/08

Answers to some of the key questions are proving elusive - or is the silence telling in itself? We talk to the man who started this all off and discover he has secrets. How can any of this bring closure for the families desperately seeking justice? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode Six - Old Leads, Fresh Leads

2018/12/08

We’re on the hunt for answers about one of those guns. And tensions rise as we track down a key witness. Is he the villain he’s been built up as? Does he have the answers we need? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode Five - More Sleeping Dogs

2018/12/08

Guns, guns, and more guns. And this time, the way the police deal with yet another mystery rifle, is utterly confounding. Plus - and this is awkward - could the murderer be someone we’ve come to know well? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode Four - The Tale of Ted Tickle

2018/12/08

Accusations fly about who had connections and motive for the murders. We learn of strange omissions from the police file. We discover another mystery gun. And what does a larger-than-life character and former rodeo identity have to do with the murders? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode Three - The Review

2018/12/08

The police launch the “review to end all reviews” of their investigation. A farmer finds a gun not far from the crime scene - and he gives it to us! Could it be the murder weapon? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode Two - The Brother

2018/12/08

A secret witness, police corruption, an unsolved murder, and mysterious goings-on around Lynette’s brother’s death. Are they linked? And Lynette introduces us to another family fighting injustice - for almost 50 years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode One - The Sister

2018/12/08

We meet Lynette Stevens who, in the process of investigating the death of her brother, finds an intriguing connection to one of New Zealand’s most notorious cold case murders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The District - Trailer

2018/12/06

This is a crime podcast with a difference. It centres on an infamous, unsolved murder case in rural New Zealand. But it's a story mostly about people, people who are trying to get on with their lives but can't. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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★★★★★

oabeler 2018/12/12

SO good.

Great reporting and an interesting story to be sure. I binged this whole podcast in one day and was SO sad when I got to the end. Keep up the good wor...

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