Midday Report Essentials for Wednesday 7 October 2026
David Tamihere will not face a retrial over the 1989 murders of two Swedish backpackers. Our reporter Finn Blackwell was at court. RNZ deputy political editor Craig McCulloch had the latest from the campaign trail. And we continued our series on how our politicians view AI with NZ First spokesman D…
No retrial for David Tamihere over Swedish backpacker murders
David Tamihere appeared in the Auckland High Court this morning, where Crown prosecutors said they would not retry him for the murders of Urban Höglin and Heidi Paakkonen. Reporter Finn Blackwell spoke to Guyon Espiner.
David Tamihere has murder charges thrown out after three decades
After nearly 36 years, David Tamihere has had the charges against him for murdering a pair of Swedish backpackers thrown out. Tamihere already had his convictions quashed by the Supreme Court earlier this year, but it was left to the Crown to decide whether to hold another trial - and this morning …
Murray Gibson: David Tamihere's lawyer on Tamihere not getting a retrial for 1990 murders of Swedish backpackers
The Crown has cited troubles with evidence - in deciding not to retry David Tamihere for the murders of Swedish backpackers Urban Hoglin and Heidi Paakkonen.
He served 20 years in prison - but in March the Supreme Court ruled his original 1990 trial was unfair.
The court didn't allow a full exon…
The Huddle: Chris v Chris - who won the first leaders debate?
Tonight on The Huddle, NZ Herald senior reporter Katie Bradford and Jack Tame from ZB's Saturday Mornings and Q&A joined in on a discussion about the following issues of the day - and more!
The first leaders debate of the 2026 election campaign took place last night - who do we think spoke better?…
David Tamihere speaks to John Campbell
David Tamihere walked out of Auckland's High Court yesterday, a free man. The Crown solicitor concluded there was no longer enough evidence to support Tamihere being retried over the killing of two Swedish backpackers - Heidi Paakkonen and Urban Höglin, in 1989. David Tamihere spoke to John Campbel…
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