The Christchurch Civic Creche Case

News Reports Index

1993 June-Dec



Television New Zealand
June 9 1993

Crèche Report
Primetime
Reporter
Ainslie Talbot

Precis
A Christchurch City Council report on the Christchurch Civic Child Care Centre creche says management should have had doubts about Peter Ellis' suitability for childcare, but former Civic creche workers say it's not that simple. They say there was no clear indication that Peter Ellis was involved in child abuse

Shotlist

00:00      (LCT) WS EXT Civic Child Care Centre

V/O REPORTER re a Christchurch City Council report on the Christchurch Civic Child Care Centre creche says management should have had doubts about Peter Ellis' suitability for childcare, but former Civic creche workers say it's not that simple, they say there was no clear indication that Peter Ellis was involved in child abuse.

00:06      (LCT) SLOW MOTION Peter Ellis walks towards CAMERA in front of the Christchurch court

00:11      (LCT)  GVs EXT Civic Child Care Centre playground

00:32      I/V Rosemary Smart, psychologist re I would not think that saying in front of a child it has a nice bum or nice tits was very appropriate, or commenting on the the size of a child's penis .

00:44      (SF) INT Civic Child Care Centre

01:00      I/V Stephanie Hauiti, former creche staff re heterosexual men are the main group that abuse children

01:14      I/V Martin Maguire, Christchurch City Council re we need to look at how childcare is offered in this country, training and management practices

01:22      (SF) EXT creche

01:30      END.