Trivia
The girls' story was made into a film, Heavenly Creatures, by producer-director Peter Jackson, in 1994. Parker was played by Melanie Lynskey and Hulme by Kate Winslet. As of 2011, Alexander Roman has completed a documentary called Reflections of the Past, in which Pauline Parker is played by Alice Drewitt. This film premiered at Lincoln University (in lieu of Rialto Cinema, which was closed due to the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake) on 9 May.
Beryl Bainbridge's novel Harriet Said was inspired by the incident.
The Simpsons episode 429, "Lisa the Drama Queen", is also loosely based on this story.
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