1) The Christchurch City Libraries maintains an extensive data base of newspaper clippings on the Parker-Hulme case available on line at http://library.christchurch.org.nz/Heritage/ParkerHulme/
Included in the collection are the following articles:
Page 1: "Woman's body found," Press, 23 June 1954, p.10.
Page 2: "Two teenagers face charge of killing woman,", "Discovery of body described" and "Court told about families" Star-Sun, 23 August 1954, p.1.
Page 3: "Called to Park" "Had operations" Star-Sun, 23 August 1954. p.1. PDF
Page 4. "Murder trial - Mother cross-examined" Star-Sun, 24 August 1954, p.3. PDF
Page 5."Murder trial - continued" Star-Sun, 24 August 1954, p.4. PDF
Page 6. "Murder trial - continued" Star-Sun, 24 August 1954, p.5. PDF
Page 7. "Supreme Court Trial - Witnesses tell of finding body" Star-Sun, 24 August 1954, p.12. PDF
Page 8. "Crown rebuts opinions about girls' insanity" Star-Sun, 27 August 1954, p.1. PDF
Page 9. "Crown rebuts opinions, Belief in hereafter, traversed at length" Star-Sun, 27 August 1954, p.2. PDF
Page 10. "Murder trial" Star-Sun, 27 August 1954, p.3. PDF
Page 11. "Closing stages of teenagers' murder trial" Star-Sun, 28 August 1954, p.1. PDF
Page 12. "Murder trial: Symptoms enumerated" Star-Sun, 28 August 1954, p.3. PDF
Page 13. "Murder charge. Hearing of evidence completed. Addresses to jury today" The Press, 28 August 1954, p.8. PDF
Page 14. "Murder charge.....continued" The Press, 28 August 1954, p.8. PDF
Page 15. "Ministers to decide future of murderesses" Star-Sun, 30 August 1954, p.1. PDF
Page 16. "Teenagers sentenced to detention for murder" Star-Sun, 30 August 1954, p.4.
Page 17. "Girls guilty of murder" The Press, 30 August 1954, p.12.
Page 18. "Girls guilty of murder... continued" The Press, 30 August 1954, p.12. PDF
Page 19. "Girls guilty of murder..continued" The Press, 30 August 1954, p.12. PDF
Page 20. "Detention of murderesses is problem" Star-Sun, 31 August 1954, p.11. PDF
Page 21. "Girl murderers sentence" Star-Sun, 1 September 1954. PDF
Page 22. "Girl murderers' sentence - decision on place of detention" Star-Sun, 2 September 1954. PDF
The trial reports as a single PDF (8837 kb) - doesn't include items below.
Later Coverage
Page 23. Furneaux, Rupert. "New Zealand girl murderers." Famous criminal cases V.2 [London:Wingate, 1955]. p.32-49
Page 24. Gurr, Thomas Stuart and Cox, H. H. "Death in a cathedral city." Famous Australasian crimes. [London: Muller, c1957]. p.148-167.
Page 25. Clarkson, Neil. "Separation threat trigger for a brick attack." Press, 17 June 1989, p.23.
Page 26. "Murder without remorse," Press Weekend, 5 October 1991, p.5
Page 27. "Solved: Hulme's greatest secret," Press Weekend, 6 August 1994, p.3-4
Page 28. "Hulme describes teenage plot to kill friends mother." Press, 20 September 1994, p.3.
2) In addition, Adam Abrams "Heavenly Creatures" website: (http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Studio/2194/index.html ) contains wealth of information about the film and the case, including John D. Porter's lengthy treatise answering Frequently Asked Questions about the case.
3) Art King's Heavenly Creatures Web Site at www. heavenly-creatures.com
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