The Double Murder That Divided New Zealand for 25 Years | Historical Crime Documentary

In August 2000, Christine Lundy and her seven-year-old daughter Amber were killed in their Palmerston North home while Mark Lundy — husband and father — was in a motel 150 kilometres away. This is the full story of one of the most divisive murder cases in New Zealand history: how the Crown built its case on two tiny stains on a polo shirt. Mark Lundy has been convicted twice and remains guilty in the eyes of the law. He has maintained his innocence for twenty-five years. This documentary lays out both cases — the one the juries believed, and the one the doubters make — and lets you decide. If you care about true crime, contested convictions, and the cases that divide whole countries — this one will stay with you. 🕯️ In memory of Christine Lundy, 38, and Amber Lundy, 7. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📚 SOURCES & FURTHER READING Lundy v The Queen [2013] UKPC 28 — Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (2013 judgment quashing the original convictions) Court of Appeal of New Zealand judgment (2018) and Supreme Court of New Zealand judgment (December 2019) New Zealand Parole Board decision and RNZ coverage of Mark Lundy's 2025 release North & South / Mike White — long-form investigative reporting on the forensic evidence (immunohistochemistry and mRNA testing) NZ Herald — trial coverage (2002 and 2015), appeal coverage, and case timelines Stuff.co.nz — retrial and Supreme Court coverage RNZ — case timeline and 2025 parole reporting NZHistory.govt.nz (Manatū Taonga — Ministry for Culture and Heritage) — Lundy murders page True Crime New Zealand — Case 16: The Lundy Murders ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⚖️ DISCLAIMER This video is an educational and journalistic documentary covering a publicly reported New Zealand case. All information presented has been sourced from publicly available material, including published court judgments from the Privy Council, the New Zealand Court of Appeal, and the Supreme Court of New Zealand, along with established New Zealand news outlets and existing journalism. This content is not intended to glorify, sensationalise, or incite violence. The purpose of this video is to honour the memory of the victims, document a case of significant public and legal interest, and contribute to the ongoing public conversation around justice and forensic evidence. Mark Lundy was convicted of the murders of Christine and Amber Lundy in 2002. That conviction was quashed by the Privy Council in 2013 and a retrial ordered. He was convicted again at the retrial in 2015, and those convictions were upheld by the Court of Appeal in 2018 and the Supreme Court of New Zealand in 2019. Mark Lundy is guilty of these crimes in the eyes of the law. He has consistently maintained his innocence. This video presents both the case accepted by the courts and the criticisms raised by his defence and supporters; nothing in it should be read as asserting that Mark Lundy is innocent, nor as challenging the lawful findings of the New Zealand courts. Where this video describes forensic evidence as disputed, novel, or later ruled inadmissible, those characterisations reflect the published findings of the appellate courts and reporting in established New Zealand media. Glenn Weggery, who discovered the victims, is the brother and uncle of the deceased and was never a suspect; any speculation to the contrary is unfounded and not endorsed by this video. We do not own all archival images or footage that may appear in this video. All such material is used under fair dealing / fair use principles for the purpose of news reporting, criticism, and education. If you are a rights holder and have any concerns, please contact us directly before issuing a claim and we will respond promptly. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 💬 If this story moved you, please consider liking the video and subscribing. It genuinely helps stories like this reach the people who need to hear them. 🔔 Subscribe for more in-depth true crime documentaries. #TrueCrime #NewZealand #TrueCrimeDocumentary #ColdCase #Lundy