The Christchurch Civic Creche Case
	News Reports Index
	1993 June-Dec
	Television New Zealand June 6 1993 Creche Crisis Part 1 60 Minutes Presenter: Joanna Paul Reporter: Jo Malcolm Director: Paul Cutler Producer: Heaton Dyer TPA: Shege Johnson Precis Part one of a two part story. Profile of Peter Ellis, convicted child sex offender involved in the Christchurch Civic Child Care Centre scandal Shotlist 00:00 TITLES 60 Minutes, TEASE . 01:24 PRESENTER Joanna Paul to CAMERA. 02:19 (FF) GVs SFX SLOW MOTION Peter Ellis, child sex offender, walking to Christchurch high court INTERSPERSED I/V Janice Buckingham, Gaye Davidson, Lyn Aitken, Peter Johnson re Peter Ellis. 03:12 (FF) Peter Ellis walking to court. 03:21 GRAPHICS dossier of Peter Ellis . 03:44 GVs primary school teacher Lyn Aitken in classroom teaching children. 03:53 STILLS Peter Ellis as a teenager with Lyn Aitken's children. 04:05 I/V Lyn Aitken re Peter Ellis (as a teenager) had a need to draw attention to himself and always tried to prove to me that he was a homosexual, children loved him very much and gravitated to him like a moth to a candle . 04:29 (LF) GVs children playing at a creche . 04:47 REPORTER Jo Malcolm to CAMERA. 05:04 MS LA Peter Ellis walking down street . 05:09 GVs INT Civic Child Care Centre (creche), Christchurch, empty . 05:23 TRACKING SHOT Stephanie Hauiti, childcare worker, in her living-room . 05:37 I/V Stephanie Hauiti re trained as a childcare worker with Peter Ellis, I felt the kids really benefited from him being at the centre . 05:53 GVs mother and child playing with jigsaw puzzle, convinced her child was abused by Peter Ellis. 06:03 I/V parent re he (Peter Ellis) was over the top but at the time I felt staff kept the lid on his wackiness . 06:12 (FF) SLOW MOTION Janice Buckingham and Gaye Davidson walking to court. 06:26 I/V Janice Buckingham, childcare worker, re Peter Ellis is not a child abuser, there is no cruelty in him . 06:44 GVs TS Gaye Davidson and REPORTER. 06:51 I/V Gaye Davidson, creche supervisor, re Peter Ellis had a drinking problem and I had to warn him at work once but I would never have anyone in my creche who I didn't think was responsible. 07:11 I/V parent re we (parents) knew about Peter Ellis behaviour but were led to believe it was okay. 07:26 CU court portrait, Peter Ellis in the witness stand . 07:33 REPORTER to CAMERA. 07:50 (FF) Peter Ellis getting out of car. 07:57 I/V Janice Buckingham re Peter Ellis loved telling a good story. 08:01 I/V Gaye Davidson re a lot of what Peter Ellis said was meant to shock people. 08:21 GVs TRACKING SHOTS REPORTER being shown into Peter Ellis bedroom by ex boyfriend Barry in a house they used to share, I/V Barry re I think they (the allegations that child sex offences took place in the house) are absurd, I found him very conservative, he liked to tease people . 08:59 GVs TS REPORTER walking with Peter Johnson . 09:13 I/V Peter Johnson, supervisor of a child sex offender rehabilitation unit, re many of these offenders are very skilled at presenting themselves as normal individuals. 09:30 (SFX) SLOW MOTION Peter Ellis walking, INTERSPERSED I/V Janice Buckingham re I will definitely continue to support him, I/V Gaye Davidson re I hope something will release him from the trauma he will have to go through, I/V Lyn Aitken re I don't think he will survive, I/V parent re I want him kept away from children because he is sick. 10:23 END.