ARAMOANA

This is the story of the events of November 13th and 14th, 1990 during which 14 people died in the seaside village of Aramoana near Dunedin after a shooting spree.

Includes police phone and radio calls and personal stories from the settlements’ inhabitants: Julie-Anne Bryson, Rewa’s mother; Warren Wilson, Leo’s father; Chiquita Holden, Jasmine’s sister and Garry and Julie Holden’s daughter; Dot Crimp, Vic’s wife; Julie Holden, Jasmine and Chiquita’s mother; Brian Wilson, Leo’s uncle; Niki Boon, neighbour and friend of David Gray; Ron Braithwaite, Tim and David’s neighbour; Helen Dickson, Jim’s mother; Cathi Ellis, Leo’s mother; Adria Morgan and Nicholas Myhre; Scott Guthrie, Stu’s son.

Also accounts from police: Ian Simpson, ambulance officer; Const. Russell Anderson, fireman and off-duty policeman; Const. Rene Aarsen, first back- up unit; Sen. Sgt. Dave Campbell, Commander, Armed Offenders Squad; Const. Nick Harvey, Armed Offenders Squad; Det. Paul Knox, first back-up unit; Const. Dave Weir, Armed Offenders Squad; Const. Terry Van Turnhout, Armed Offenders Squad; Cheryl Hewson, ambulance officer; Jim Mora from a “Holmes” show segment; Leigh Spencer, Otago Daily Times; National radio broadcast; Kate Winstanley, Radio New Zealand; John Banks, Police Minister; John Jamieson, Police Commissioner.