Revealed: The extraordinary police powers to demand edits to Tom Phillips documentary

Tom Phillips: Dunedin film company agreed to police control

An 'access agreement' outlines what the Dunedin film company and police signed in March.

Revealed: The extraordinary police powers to demand edits to Tom Phillips documentary

Police have extraordinary powers to preview and demand edits to a documentary on the Tom Phillips case if they have concerns, according to the contract...

Tom Phillips filmmakers agreed police could edit documentary

The documentary makers' 'access agreement' outlines exactly what the filmmakers and police signed up to back in March.

The Marokopa Project: Tom Phillips documentary may never air

Wide-ranging suppression orders issued by Hamilton Family Court Judge Garry Collin place severe restrictions on what can be published about the Phillips children. Photo supplied By Jane Nixon, Franklin Times A feature-length documentary that has followed New Zealand Police during the search for Tom Phillips and his children may never be broadcast, despite months of filming and exclusive access to the investigation. The documentary, provisionall…

Police given significant edit rights over Marokopa manhunt documentary

Police were granted the right to preview and require changes to a feature-length documentary about the Marokopa manhunt under a formal access agreement with the film’s producers, newly released documents show. Dunedin-based NHNZ Productions, working with UK company Grain Media, has been filming a long-running documentary on the search for Tom Phillips and his children, after securing “exclusive access” to the police investigation. Phillips was l…