31 Oct 2019

NZ Biography: Anne Perry

From Afternoons, 2:28 pm on 31 October 2019

For today's biography section we're talking about one of the main subjects of one of the most infamous and gripping cases in New Zealand history...the subject of many plays, novels, and films - including Peter Jackson's 1994 masterpiece Heavenly Creatures.

It's the Parker-Hulme murder case.

Today's subject is Anne Perry, formerly known as Juliet Hulme, and joining us to talk about her is Joanne Drayton, author of The Search for Anne Perry.

Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme, 1954.

Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme, 1954. Photo: Christchurch City Libraries / Star-Sun