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Aug 16, 2024 | 
rnz.co.nz | Adam Dudding
The murder convictions of Gail Maney and Stephen Stone appear to be hanging by a thread after more stunning developments in their case. Adam Dudding reports on the day-and-a-half of understated drama at their Court of Appeal hearing this week.
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Aug 12, 2024 | 
rnz.co.nz | Adam Dudding
A woman's 27-year battle to prove she is innocent of murder will enter a crucial phase at the Court of Appeal today. Gail Maney was twice found guilty of the 1989 murder of Deane Fuller-Sandys, first at a trial in 1999, then again at retrial in 2000. She has spent 15 years in jail and is now on life parole. Her story was told in the 2018 RNZ/Stuff podcast Gone Fishing. Maney and one-time associate Stephen Stone - who was also convicted of the murder in 1999 - are seeking a full acquittal.
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Aug 10, 2024 | 
rnz.co.nz | Adam Dudding
At the Waikato cafe where Gail Maney works as head chef, there's an open kitchen, meaning diners can get up close and watch as meals are prepared. More and more, though, the cafe's owner Paul is noticing people are taking a peek into the kitchen to see who is back there throwing together the kūmara hash, or poaching the eggs for the spinach-sauced "Green Benny". Is that really Gail Maney? Paul doesn't mind that people are curious about his head chef. "If she's happy, I'm happy.
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Jul 9, 2024 | 
nzherald.co.nz | Adam Dudding
By Adam Dudding of RNZThere was a miscarriage of justice in the trials that saw Gail Maney and Stephen Stone convicted of murder, the Crown has admitted. The case, which was investigated in the hit RNZ/Stuff podcast Gone Fishing, is due to be considered by the appeal court in Wellington next month.
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Jul 9, 2024 | 
waikatotimes.co.nz | Adam Dudding
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Jul 9, 2024 | 
stuff.co.nz | Adam Dudding
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Dec 8, 2023 | 
thepost.co.nz | Adam Dudding
Catch me if you can: prime minister Christopher Luxon gives the press gallery some quotes during the famous “bridge run” in Parliament. ROBERT KITCHIN / THE POSTAs a newborn government staggers to its feet, Adam Dudding visits the capital to learn how Parliament works - and finds his answer in the pool. This past Wednesday, just before 1.30pm, in one of the many near-identical circular lobbies of the Beehive, a lift’s doors slid open.
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Dec 2, 2023 | 
thepost.co.nz | Adam Dudding
The mood today is tetchy: councillors on the doughnut’s northern edge are unhappy about the imminent sale of the council’s Downtown Carpark and are calling out “point of order!” and “transparency!”, and a councillor from the doughnut’s south side is suggesting “Can we chill?” – which is precisely as aggravating as it sounds.
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Nov 18, 2023 | 
thepost.co.nz | Adam Dudding
Kim Hill and Walter. Sometimes he appears to have a limp, but Hill believes he’s just looking for attention. Abigail Dougherty / Sunday Star-TimesA couple of Thursdays ago, at a book launch in Parnell, Auckland, a publisher took the mic and shared a small boast with the assembled cheese-nibblers and wine-sippers: she could reveal that the book’s co-authors had been confirmed as guests on one of Kim Hill’s final Saturday Morning shows on RNZ. An audible “oooooh” passed through the room.
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Nov 11, 2023 | 
thepost.co.nz | Adam Dudding
Murray Ball at home in Gisborne, 2007. Sunday StarTimes / John Cowpland / John CowplandMurray Ball wanted to leave the world a better place. So does his son Mason think that he achieved that? Absolutely, says Mason. “I think he succeeded – but perhaps not in the ways that he wanted to specifically.”On the phone from his home in Wellington, Mason is remembering the life of his brilliant and loving father – with all his foibles and complexities.
