<p>As more and more children come forward with accounts of abuse, we look at what the role the parents, police and expert child interviewers may have played.</p><p><em>This series was first released on 3 October 2023.</em></p><p><strong>To see more images and details about Peter Ellis and the series, vist the RNZ <a href="https://shorthand.radionz.co.nz/e6255440-238e-47c9-81d5-8efa847a4a2b/index.html"><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/conviction-the-christchurch-civic-creche-case">website here.</a></a></strong></p><p>What's happening for the 3 to 5 year old children at the centre of the investigation, some of whom are put through hours of questioning by professionals feeling their way in a relatively new field?</p><p>How could happy, healthy, innocent kids come up with such distressing, and at times wildly fantastical stories? Memory specialists and child psychologists discuss the merits of children's testimony.</p><p><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/motive?share=60a16137-7323-4af2-92e3-9b99728a3876">Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details</a></p>