Peter Ellis, the Creche Case & Me
4.5/5
Critic Rating
In never-before-heard interviews, this gripping new series takes you inside one of New Zealand’s most controversial legal cases, when a kind of madness gripped Christchurch, resulting in a miscarriage of justice that would take 30 years to put right. Peter Ellis, the Creche Case & Me is an 8-part Newsroom Investigates podcast presented by Melanie Reid - or watch the series at Newsroom.co.nz Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Critic Reviews
Score: 4.5
Ximena Smith • Stuff NZ • Jan 28, 2023
"Reid could have easily portrayed her own reporting of Ellis’ case as always being on the right side of history, but to her credit, she doesn’t do this – instead, she casts a critical eye over her work, presenting a lot of it warts-and-all to the listener, including some of the uncomfortable questions she asked Ellis about his sexuality. If I am to nitpick, the only drawback with the series would be in relation to its dual-medium release as both a podcast and video series: while an understandable decision due to wider audience reach, it did feel as though both outputs didn’t quite make the most of each medium’s potential."
