Inside police rewards – do they work to buy justice?

Senior Reporter, NZ Herald - Wellington·NZ Herald·26 Sep, 2026 03:00 AM10 mins to read‌The separate cases of Angela Blackmoore (left), Tom Phillips and Kirsty Bentley are some of the few that police offered rewards over in the past decade.Only one police reward has been paid in the past decade, despite nearly $1 million offered across 11 cases.All but one of the rewards related to cold-case murders or homicides, with the outlier for information leading to the safe return of Tom Phillips’ children. A