NZ Detectives S01 E01 Telling Tales

The purpose of any investigation is to establish the truth. In many cases that can be quite problematic. Telling Tales explores one of the most fundamental skills a detective needs – the ability to communicate effectively on many levels. ‘To get a rapport with people – to have them tell you things that sometimes they’ve never told anybody else.’ Detective Senior Sergeant Tusha Penny When a handless corpse is found at Red Rocks in Wellington detectives are faced with an immense task. Detective Inspector Mike Arnerich heading the team remembers going to the scene ‘ There’s just a beach with a drag mark coming out of the beach and we had a special search group doing the search. And there’s about 10 of these guys on the ground, freezing cold southerly coming in, all suited up in protective cross-contamination clothing and they’re going through stone by stone every piece of pebble along these drag marks.