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  •   Home > News > Law and Order

    A court's likely to hear the remainder of Phillip Polkinghorne's police interview today as his murder trial continues

    A court's likely to hear the remainder of Phillip Polkinghorne's police interview today as his murder trial continues


    He's accused of murdering his wife, Pauline Hanna, in 2021 - who the defence claims took her own life.

    Yesterday, about two thirds of Polkinghorne's interview with police on the day of Hanna's death was played - he ran through the what happened that morning and how she was found.

    © 2026 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

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