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Author:agent Paul Thomas

Issue Details: First known date: 2000... 2000 Ihaka : Blunt Instrument

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'Maori detective Tito Ihaka (Temuera Morrison), is sent to a police training conference in Sydney following complaints about his rough tactics when arresting a cop-killer in his native Auckland. To keep him out of trouble, he is teamed with police media officer Kirsty Finn (Rebecca Gibney), and together they are assigned to review the three-year-old unsolved murder of supermodel, Julia Renton. The investigation at the time of the murder concluded that it was a random sex-killing, but with the unique combination of Finn's PR skills and Ihaka's direct approach of frightening people, the two not only find themselves in political hot water, but they uncover the sinister truth behind the killing.'

Source: Australian Television Information Archive. (Sighted: 25/6/2013)

Notes

Screen Australia describes Ihaka: Blunt Instrument as 'The first in a series of telemovies from best selling author Paul Thomas featuring Detective Sergeant Tito Ihaka', but no follow-up telemovies have been traced.
While not a direct adaptation of any of Paul Thomas's books, Ihaka: Blunt Instrument does feature Tito Ihaka, Thomas's protagonist in several books.