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Speaker 1: Suggest how much Polkinghorn is enough polking Horn. Today it

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Speaker 1: was announced that South Pacific Pictures, together with UK based

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Speaker 1: production companies, are developing an original limited drama series. It's

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Speaker 1: called The Mysterious Death of Pauline Hannah. I wonder what

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Speaker 1: Pauline would say if she could see the outcome of

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Speaker 1: her death. Firstly, her life was laid bare, her personal

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Speaker 1: life forensically picked apart, discussed and judged in an eight

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Speaker 1: week court trial, a court case that was thoroughly covered

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Speaker 1: by the media. Since then, it was announced that there

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Speaker 1: would be a three part documentary series funded by New

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Speaker 1: Zealand on air to screen at some point on three

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Speaker 1: Now then we had the twoey Billboards and now we

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Speaker 1: have the dramatization. It's a lot of people making money

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Speaker 1: off the tragic story of the death of one woman.

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Speaker 1: I totally understand why this is happening. Going to get

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Speaker 1: the appeal, you only have to look at how much

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Speaker 1: this case captivated the nation. It's a universally appealing story

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Speaker 1: for with intriguing characters and scandals and sex and drugs.

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Speaker 1: And let's be honest, you couldn't have come up with

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Speaker 1: this story if you tried. But there needs to be

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Speaker 1: more to it than capitalizing on a scandalous story. As

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Speaker 1: I said after the documentary was made public, there is

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Speaker 1: a fine line between examining the facts and revealing something

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Speaker 1: meaningful and preying on a victim's tragedy for entertainment's sake.

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Speaker 1: The line in the press release that caught my attention

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Speaker 1: was this, by presenting the facts of the case in

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Speaker 1: a responsible, forensic and non judgmental way, the mysterious death

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Speaker 1: of Pauline Hannah will let the audience decide. Is that

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Speaker 1: not what the court case was for? Okay, quite a

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Speaker 1: bit of judgment was passed in that court case. But

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Speaker 1: if you followed the court case, and you must remember

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Speaker 1: mister Pokinhorn was found not guilty, you've already probably made

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Speaker 1: up your own mind about what happened. Do we need

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Speaker 1: a dramatization? Haven't we had enough? There is a place

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Speaker 1: for true crime documentaries, podcasts, andatizations. They can be a

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Speaker 1: powerful way to tell cautionary tales and question our justice

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Speaker 1: system and the treatment of victims. Just look at the

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Speaker 1: Grace Meline documentary currently screening on Netflix. It's called The

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Speaker 1: Lie the Murder of Grace Melane. I suggest you watch it,

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Speaker 1: It's very good. This is a documentary that adds context

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Speaker 1: to the story. It reveals new information and footage was

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Speaker 1: delivered a respectful time after Grace's death and most importantly,

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Speaker 1: respected the victim and their family. Look at a time

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Speaker 1: when local production industry is hurting, it is good to

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Speaker 1: hear about new productions with international funding. But if some

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Speaker 1: specific pictures goes ahead with this ratings winner, there is

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Speaker 1: still an ethical obligation to do it with care and

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Speaker 1: consideration for the victim, their families and friends. For more

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