{"id":66916,"date":"2024-09-24T08:44:11","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T23:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2024\/sep\/24\/philip-polkinghorne-murder-trial-pauline-hanna-new-zealand-ntwnfb"},"modified":"2024-09-24T08:44:11","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T23:44:11","slug":"the-murder-trial-that-captivated-new-zealand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=66916","title":{"rendered":"The murder trial that captivated New Zealand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Philip Polkinghorne found not guilty of killing his wife in a case that has attracted huge interest amid claims of drug use and infidelity<\/p>\n<p>A successful eye surgeon accused of having a habit for methamphetamine and sex-workers. His wife, found dead at their home in an affluent Auckland suburb.<\/p>\n<p>For eight weeks, the trial captivated New Zealand. On Monday, the jury found 71-year-old ophthalmologist Philip Polkinghorne not guilty, bringing an end to a case that gripped the country, filling newspapers and TV bulletins for months.<\/p>\n<p><em>Lifeline Aotearoa can be reached in New Zealand on <\/em>0800 543 354<em>. <\/em>In the US, you can call or text the <a href=\"https:\/\/988lifeline.org\/\">National Suicide Prevention Lifeline<\/a> on 988, chat on <a href=\"https:\/\/988lifeline.org\/chat\/\">988lifeline.org<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crisistextline.org\/\">text HOME<\/a> to 741741 to connect with a crisis counselor. In the UK and Ireland, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.samaritans.org\/\">Samaritans<\/a> can be contacted on freephone 116 123, or email <a href=\"mailto:jo@samaritans.org\">jo@samaritans.org<\/a> or <a href=\"mailto:jo@samaritans.ie\">jo@samaritans.ie<\/a>. In Australia, the crisis support service <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifeline.org.au\/\">Lifeline<\/a> is 13 11 14. Other international helplines can be found at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.befrienders.org\/\">befrienders.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2024\/sep\/24\/philip-polkinghorne-murder-trial-pauline-hanna-new-zealand-ntwnfb\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Philip Polkinghorne found not guilty of killing his wife in a case that has attracted huge interest amid claims of drug use and infidelityA successful eye surgeon accused of having a habit for methamphetamine and sex-workers. His wife, found dead at th&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4423,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41,56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-new-zealand"],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4423"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=66916"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66916\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66917,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66916\/revisions\/66917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=66916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=66916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=66916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}