On June 20 1994 five members of the Bain family were found shot dead in their home at 65 Every St, Dunedin. Margaret and Robin Bain, their teenage daughter.
The disappearance of Auckland teen mum Jane Furlong is one of New Zealand’s most enduring cold cases. The 17-year-old was last seen alive on Karangahape Rd.
In 2000 Ronald Van Der Plaat became one of the country’s most infamous sex offenders when he was jailed for a litany of horrific abuse against his daughter.
Kerre McIvor: Are there still Good Samaritans amongst us?
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You d like to think you d be the first to rush in if someone was being threatened, but there is a very real risk in these mad and crazy times that you could literally be putting your life on the line to help.
In the wake of the Dunedin Countdown stabbings, there are stories of tremendous courage on the part of the store manager and bystanders who are now in hospital recovering from their injuries.
Others said they just froze, they saw what was happening, they knew people were in trouble but they did nothing.