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original lead detective in the
case. Certainly, new informa-
tion came to light in last year’s
series, although sadly, there
is no movement in the cases
of Mona Blades (1975), Do
Trieu (2008), Kayo Matsuzawa
(1998) and Tuitania Barclay
(2002). The new season begins
with the case of Jayne Furlong,
who went missing from
Karangahape Rd, Auckland, in- Nearly 20 years later, her
remains were found at a beach
in Port Waikato.
MONDAY JUNE 10
Big Little Lies (SoHo, Sky 010,
1.00pm and SoHo2, Sky 210,
8.30pm). Acting royalty joinsBig Little Lies, Monday.Honey). If you need a catch-up,
a season one marathon screens
on Saturday (SoHo2 from
2.15pm).2019 Tony Awards (Sky Arts, Sky
020, 8.00pm). Bryan Cranston,
Jeff Daniels, John Lithgow,
Laurie Metcalf, Adam Driver
and Annette Bening have all
been treading the boards in
the past year and are now up
for awards at the 73rd Tonys,
which will be hosted by
James Corden at Radio City
Music Hall in New York. The
production with the most
nominations is Hadestown, aThe new season of Beneath
New Zealand (Prime, Sunday,
8.30pm) begins with the scary
prospect of Mt Taranaki going
bang and covering its sur-
rounds with ash and lava. The
mountain erupts about every
300 years, we are told, so “a
destructive volcanic event is
more than 100 years overdue”.We know we live in an
active volcanic region, and
the first episode looks at how
we’ve learnt to live with this.
In the 19th century, when
the going got tough, the
tough went bathing. Tour-
ists and locals flocked to
the famous Pink and White
Terraces on Lake Rotomahana,Documentaries
Beneath New Zealand, Sunday.the cast of Big Little Lies’
season two: as advertised,
Meryl Streep appears as Mary
Louise Wright, mother of
wife-beating rapist Perry,
now deceased. The Monterey
mums are just as high mainte-
nance as ever, especially with
the huge shared secret of how
Perry died on the night of
the school fundraiser. All are
haunted, especially Zoë Krav-
itz’s Bonnie, who delivered
the coup de grâce. Streep is
terrifying, a passive-aggressive
bloodhound in a grey wig
and slightly proud teeth.
Settle in for a tense season,
this time directed by Andrea
Arnold (Fish Tank, American Te Ao with Moana, Tuesday.