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Writer and presenter of Heaven's Helpline pod documentary. Past: @BBCPanorama, @guardian @AOAV. NY Festival x2Gold winner, Amnesty New Journalist finalist 2022

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3 years
My latest research for @aoav via @BBCNews Saddening. Shocking still it has taken this long for @DefenceHQ to acknowledge these publicly. At least 64 children killed in UK military Afghan operations https://t.co/29C4iHw9BH
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The government has paid compensation for four times as many deaths than previously admitted.
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Thanks again to all those whistleblowers who bravely spoke to me as well as the inimitable Kirsten Johnstone and Adam Dudding who made this all possible and to my editor Victoria Young for backing me from day one.
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Excited to announce that Heaven’s Helpline won Gold in TWO categories at the NY Festivals Radio Awards - Narrative Documentary and Investigative Journalism. Incredible to be up alongside the best investigative storytellers from all over the world.
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1 year
Over the moon to see Heaven's Helpline shortlisted in two categories (Investigative Journalism and Narrative/Documentary) at the NY Festivals Radio Awards. Up against entrants from all over the world so really honoured to be nominated. Listen here: https://t.co/6nN7wJx5DB
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Buzzing to have made it into @australian top global podcasts of the year https://t.co/RUDal6wOnI
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1 year
Have always considered @tortoise and @AlexiMostrous to be the best in class for investigative podcasts so quite surreal to be up next to them on Apple's Bingeworthy Series https://t.co/OhqZbhRjgc
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1 year
Great to see Heaven's Helpline, my six part investigation into the Mormon church, be selected as a featured show on Apple Podcasts
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1 year
In the sixth and final episode, I meet campaigners inside and outside of the Mormon church who are pushing to change the way it handles sexual abusers. And I ask: does the law need to be changed to force the church to do the right thing? https://t.co/RzK0BB6CV7
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1 year
In episode five, I call the church's NZ abuse helpline. In Northland I meet a couple who made a very different kind of call. They blew the whistle on a predator in their midst – only to find that others in their ward would prefer to keep on protecting him.
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In episode four, the seizure of a video from a NZ paedophile sparks a dizzying chain of events in faraway Arizona, incl revelations that a serial child rapist had confessed to his Mormon bishop seven years before he was arrested. And there's a helpline... https://t.co/wpGbubfPS9
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In episode three, I hear tale after tale of abuse within Mormon congregations and at the centre of every story, there’s a “bishop”. Who are these men? Why are they so involved in members’ lives? And do their actions help the church keep crimes secret? https://t.co/tEMzNH18xd
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1 year
In episode two, I hear Caroline's experience of growing up in the church. When her marriage descends into extreme abuse, Caroline is rescued by a church leader, but others up the ranks are not so supportive. Whose side are they really on? https://t.co/6FpTNFREu4
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1 year
We take a brief pause to ask: What do Mormons actually believe? And how did this mega-wealthy American church gain such a foothold in New Zealand? (This is an optional episode for history lovers, so you can safely skip it without losing the thread.) https://t.co/Hsqvphczqs
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1 year
In episode one, as I began looking into the vast wealth of the Mormon church in New Zealand, an intriguing Facebook post alerted me to a scandal that’s much bigger, and much, much darker. https://t.co/fRd9f7m2qc
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1 year
How far has the Mormon church gone to cover up abuse? My six-part podcast investigation into the LDS church in New Zealand has gone live today. https://t.co/QIooV6L677
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Listen now to Heaven's Helpline - a six-part investigation into the Mormon church in NZ.
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Murray Jones
2 years
Great to be interviewed for today's @nzherald Frontpage podcast by @CK_Daniels on the murky topic of CEO pay
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2 years
💵 Premium: The country’s highest-paid CEO has set a new record for remuneration, a Herald survey reveals. 📈 New Zealand’s top chief executives are being paid more than ever, although the recession has put the brakes on average pay rises.
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2 years
Latest investigation into NZ universities out today
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2 years
The nation’s universities have paid more than $110 million in the past five years to agents who recruit international students, a BusinessDesk investigation has found. @MurrayReports reports. #BusinessofEducation
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2 years
Mixed martial arts fighter Israel Adesanya's property company is behind a new residential development in Mount Wellington, BusinessDesk can reveal. @MurrayReports reports.
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Mixed martial arts fighter Israel Adesanya's property company is behind a new residential development in Mount Wellington, BusinessDesk can reveal.Stylebend...
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2 years
My latest investigation, more on NZ links to modern slavery coming in 2024
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2 years
The nation’s newest and largest solar farm is made up of panels from a supplier that has a "very high" exposure to forced labour in China, research alleges. @MurrayReports reports.
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2 years
After a tricky year, it was great to be a finalist again in this year's Business Journalism Awards, in the Features Category, for my piece on corporate lobbying. https://t.co/dnfNCt2Ots Didn't win this year round but congrats to Nicholas Pointon for his incredible work
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