Motive: Conviction – Details, episodes & analysis

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Motive: Conviction

RNZ

True Crime

Frequency: 1 episode/7d. Total Eps: 31

In 1991, Peter Ellis was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the sexual abuse of more than a dozen children. What really went on at the Christchurch Civic Creche? Who can you believe?

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Nark 17 | Faith

Season 1 · Episode 17

Tuesday, December 2, 2025 • Duration 58:21

You've reached the final episode of Nark, but it's far from the end of the story. Mike Wesley-Smith looks at all the pieces uncovered during his investigation, all the bits still missing and discovers the hopes Suzanne Young and Julie Appelgren hold for resolution.

Read more stories and see images from Nark on the RNZ website

Special thanks to everyone who helped bring this podcast to life, especially Julie Appelgren and Suzanne Young.

And thanks to Ngā Taonga and Mediaworks for some of the archival audio.

AI was used to recreate the voice of Ross Appelgren. The only words used were those he wrote or said during his lifetime.

If you have any further information on this case, please email nark@rnz.co.nz

Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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Nark 16 | Fire and Fallout

Season 1 · Episode 16

Sunday, November 30, 2025 • Duration 01:01:53

For years after the trials of Ross Appelgren, Ernie* had lived a quiet and crime-free life in Australia. But his domestic bliss didn’t last and the fallout resulted in a trans-Tasman diplomatic row. In this episode, Ernie* answers some of Mike’s lingering questions.

*Names have been changed as they have name suppression or to protect their identity

Read more stories and see images from Nark on the RNZ website

Special thanks to everyone who helped bring this podcast to life, especially Julie Appelgren and Suzanne Young.

And thanks to Ngā Taonga and Mediaworks for some of the archival audio.

AI was used to recreate the voice of Ross Appelgren. The only words used were those he wrote or said during his lifetime.

If you have any further information on this case, please email nark@rnz.co.nz

Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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Nark 07 | Operation Icing

Season 1 · Episode 7

Sunday, November 9, 2025 • Duration 31:26

In return for his testimony Ernie* was moved from a cell to motel room, and promised money, relocation and early release from his sentence. His witness protection would become the most intricate covert police operation of its kind in New Zealand history.

*Names have been changed as they have name suppression or to protect their identity

Read more stories and see images from Nark on the RNZ website

Special thanks to everyone who helped bring this podcast to life, especially Julie Appelgren and Suzanne Young.

And thanks to Ngā Taonga and Mediaworks for some of the archival audio.

AI was used to recreate the voice of Ross Appelgren. The only words used were those he wrote or said during his lifetime.

If you have any further information on this case, please email nark@rnz.co.nz

Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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Nark 06 | Blurred Lines

Season 1 · Episode 6

Thursday, November 6, 2025 • Duration 38:29

Ernie’s* journey from suspect to eye-witness is shrouded in secrecy and controversy. We look at how police came to place their entire case on Ernie’s* shoulders. And for the first time, Ernie* himself describes his role in the case against Ross Appelgren, and the terror of being in prison and labelled a Nark.

*Names have been changed as they have name suppression or to protect their identity

Read more stories and see images from Nark on the RNZ website

Special thanks to everyone who helped bring this podcast to life, especially Julie Appelgren and Suzanne Young.

And thanks to Ngā Taonga and Mediaworks for some of the archival audio.

AI was used to recreate the voice of Ross Appelgren. The only words used were those he wrote or said during his lifetime.

If you have any further information on this case, please email nark@rnz.co.nz

Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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Nark 05 | Ross & Ernie

Season 1 · Episode 5

Tuesday, November 4, 2025 • Duration 49:23

Let’s properly meet the two main characters in this story. Ross, the accused. A car thief and bank robber who’d spent a third of his life behind bars. And Ernie* the accuser. A fraudster whose arrest culminated in a police chase and with Ernie* dangling off Auckland’s Harbour Bridge. One would end up behind bars while the other became the Crown’s star witness.

*Names have been changed as they have name suppression or to protect their identity

See images and read more about the series at www.rnz.co.nz/nark

Special thanks to everyone who helped bring this podcast to life, especially Julie Appelgren and Suzanne Young.

And thanks to Ngā Taonga and Mediaworks for some of the archival audio.

AI was used to recreate the voice of Ross Appelgren. The only words used were those he wrote or said during his lifetime.

If you have any further information on this case, please email nark@rnz.co.nz

Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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Nark 04 | Convict Cluedo

Season 1 · Episode 4

Sunday, November 2, 2025 • Duration 41:36

The investigation into the murder of Darcy Te Hira kicks off in earnest, but the police are stymied by the prisoner code of silence and a lack of forensic evidence at the murder scene. That is until a mystery note that leads them to a broken kitchen paddle.

See images and read more about the series at www.rnz.co.nz/nark

Special thanks to everyone who helped bring this podcast to life, especially Julie Appelgren and Suzanne Young.

And thanks to Ngā Taonga and Mediaworks for some of the archival audio.

AI was used to recreate the voice of Ross Appelgren. The only words used were those he wrote or said during his lifetime.

If you have any further information on this case, please email nark@rnz.co.nz

Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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Nark 03 | Rock Life

Season 1 · Episode 3

Thursday, October 30, 2025 • Duration 47:57

Sometimes, where a murder happens can be just as important a factor in its investigation as who did it and why. This episode looks at life behind the bars of Mt Eden. The drugs, violence and the code of silence.

See images and read more about the series at www.rnz.co.nz/nark

Special thanks to everyone who helped bring this podcast to life, especially Julie Appelgren and Suzanne Young.

And thanks to Ngā Taonga and Mediaworks for some of the archival audio.

AI was used to recreate the voice of Ross Appelgren. The only words used were those he wrote or said during his lifetime.

If you have any further information on this case, please email nark@rnz.co.nz

Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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Nark 02 | A Kitchen Murder

Season 1 · Episode 2

Tuesday, October 28, 2025 • Duration 49:39

Darcy Te Hira’s murder in Mt Eden prison is one shrouded in controversy. The only prison guard on duty saw and heard nothing. Initially, Darcy was treated as if he was ill when he had no history of seizures and by the time the alarm was raised, the kitchen had been cleaned. Was there a cover up?

See images and read more about the series at www.rnz.co.nz/nark

Special thanks to everyone who helped bring this podcast to life, especially Julie Appelgren and Suzanne Young.

And thanks to Ngā Taonga and Mediaworks for some of the archival audio.

AI was used to recreate the voice of Ross Appelgren. The only words used were those he wrote or said during his lifetime.

If you have any further information on this case, please email nark@rnz.co.nz

Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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Nark 01 | Tony

Season 1 · Episode 1

Monday, October 27, 2025 • Duration 42:10

On 6 January 1985, Tony “Darcy” Te Hira was murdered in Mt Eden Prison. Fellow inmate Ross Appelgren was twice convicted of the killing but maintained his innocence, saying the prosecution case was based on a string of lies from inmates prepared to “nark” in return for money and early release. For decades the case has remained dormant. But now, an unheard appeal is being resurrected and two women who lost the men they love are looking for answers.

See images and read more about the series at www.rnz.co.nz/nark

Special thanks to everyone who helped bring this podcast to life, especially Julie Appelgren and Suzanne Young.

And thanks to Ngā Taonga and Mediaworks for some of the archival audio.

AI was used to recreate the voice of Ross Appelgren. The only words used were those he wrote or said during his lifetime.

If you have any further information on this case, please email nark@rnz.co.nz

Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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Introducing: Nark

Season 1

Thursday, October 23, 2025 • Duration 04:16

Listen here for a taste of what's to come in RNZ's latest true crime podcast - Nark. The pursuit of justice has never sounded so good.

Read more stories and see images from Nark on the RNZ website

AI was used to recreate the voice of Ross Appelgren. The only words used were those he wrote or said during his lifetime.

If you have any information about this case, send an email to nark@rnz.co.nz

Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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Motive: Conviction – Details, episodes & analysis

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