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S9 | Diagnosis of a Crime | Ep 10: Gold Standard

09 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

After going back over the investigation files, the pro athlete’s wife becomes convinced the criminal case against her husband is substandard an...

S9 | Diagnosis of a Crime | Ep 9: Plea Deal

02 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Will the breakthrough international expert reports in the pro athlete case throw everything into question? And why is a plea deal sudde...

S9 | Diagnosis of a Crime | Ep 8: Who Can Help?

25 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The focus shifts back to the South Island pro athlete’s case as his trial draws closer. With no local doctors prepared to go to court, Melanie ...

S9 | Diagnosis of a Crime | Ep 7: Creating A Monster

18 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As the Delve team digs deeper into the North Island case of a young father in prison, a bigger question emerges: is the medical certainty behind the d...

S9 | Diagnosis of a Crime | Ep 6: The Elusive Fractures

11 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A young father is serving six years in prison, but his case takes an extraordinary turn when Melanie Reid’s investigation finds there is no evi...

S9 | Diagnosis of a Crime | Ep 5: The Truck Driver

04 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A family in shock, a father behind bars and a controversial medical diagnosis at the centre of it all. The Delve team begins its investigation in...

S9 | Diagnosis of a Crime | Ep 4: The Americans

28 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It’s been described as career-ending for New Zealand doctors to go up against the Starship Children’s Hospital experts, so the Delve team takes th...

S9 | Diagnosis of a Crime | Ep 3: The Police Interview

21 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How do you go from a successful pro athlete to the prime suspect in a criminal case? In this episode we depart from the norm, taking listene...

S9 | Diagnosis of a Crime | Ep 2: The Pro Athlete

14 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A well-known professional athlete is devastated when doctors accuse him - and police charge him - with the unthinkable. As the family’s ordeal ...

S9 | Diagnosis of a Crime | Ep 1: The Farmers

07 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A rural South Island family’s life is turned upside down when one of their newborn twins’ medical emergency spirals into a diagnosis they have nev...

S9 | Welcome to Diagnosis of a Crime

01 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Imagine being told that what’s wrong with your child isn’t an illness or an accident, but a crime. From the team behind The Boy in the W...

S8 | Season 4 | Ep 10: The Boy in the Water | The Coroner’s Conclusions

13 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In a season finale that pulls no punches, Coroner Ho delivers his final conclusions. With serious questions about supervision, the post mortem, the po...

S8 | Season 4 | Ep 9: The Boy in the Water | The Message Controversy

09 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What does the Coroner say about those Facebook messages? And did police uncover all the cellphone location data? Coroner Ho examines the cir...

S8 | Season 4 | Ep 8: The Boy in the Water | The Pathology

06 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Accident or foul play? A flawed post mortem leaves Lachie’s cause of death uncertain, as the coroner weighs drowning, head trauma or both, and inves...

S8 | Season 4 | Ep 7: The Boy in the Water | The Lachie Walked Theory

02 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How did a 3-year-old make it 1.2km across rough terrain, over a gate, at night in a full nappy, without leaving a scent trail? The Coroner assesses wh...

S8 | Season 4 | Ep 6: The Boy in the Water | The Escapes and the 111 Call

29 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When was Lachie last seen alive? Coroner Ho retraces the timeline, starting with the kitchen door the three-year-old reportedly escaped through, his p...

S8 | Season 4 | Ep 5: The Boy in the Water | That Afternoon

25 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The courier depot, the pineapple sprinkler and the pizza order form part of a tangled timeline, as conflicting accounts come under scrutiny while the ...

S8 | Season 4 | Ep 4: The Boy in the Water | The Six

22 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Six people say they saw a child running down Salford Street the night Lachie died - but do all their stories line up? We dig into the Coroner’s take...

S8 | Season 4 | Ep 3: The Boy in the Water | Michelle and Johnny

18 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Coroner Ho turns his attention to the two people at the heart of this case, Lachie’s mother, Michelle Officer, and his half-brother, Jonathan Scott....

S8 | Season 4 | Ep 2: The Boy in the Water | Lay Of The Land

15 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Coroner goes over Lachie’s final hours, from his mother’s account and her 111 call, to what happened on Salford Street, the police search and ...

S8 | Season 4 | Ep 1: The Boy in the Water | The Findings

13 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Coroner Ho delivers his findings into the death of three-year-old Lachie Jones in the first of our multi episode Season 4 of The Boy in the Water.As m...

S8 | Season 4 | The Boy in the Water Bonus Episode: Catch-Up

25 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Melanie Reid heads to Gore to catch up with Paul Jones and Karen McGuire, just weeks before the Coroner delivers his long-awaited findings into the de...

S8 | Season 4 | The Boy in the Water Trailer

25 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Was Lachie's death an accident, or was there foul play? The Coroner releases his findings Friday, June 13, and the first episode will be released that...

S7 | Fractured Season 2 | Ep 11: Please Minister

13 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

After years of fighting, could there be good news at last, or has the system already decided the fate of the family at the centre of Fractured? In the...

S7 | Fractured Season 2 | Ep 10: Xmas And New Year

06 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Zita’s future comes down to this very moment. It’s her final shot - the immigration appeal outcome. After everything they’ve fought for, it all ...

S7 | Fractured Season 2 | Ep 9: Finding Kerry Cook

29 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Our podcast investigation into Zita’s case intensifies as top criminal defense lawyer Kerry Cook joins the fight, cutting straight to the flaws at t...

S7 | Fractured Season 2 | Ep 8: The Birthday Party

22 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The last time Zita celebrated her daughter’s birthday was when she turned one. Since getting out of prison, Zita has made endless requests to be at ...

S7 | Fractured Season 2 | Ep 7: The Norwegian Neurosurgeon

15 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Was the baby at the centre of this investigation put into a foster home and her mother sent to prison based on a flawed diagnosis? After reviewing all...

S7 | Fractured Season 2 | Ep 6: Face To Face

08 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As the level of frustration with the bureaucracy reaches new heights host Melanie Reid’s patience is tested.And what chance does Zita have of gettin...

S7 | Fractured Season 2 | Ep 5: Magical Thinking

01 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In a gripping conversation with Canadian neuropathologist Dr Roland Auer, we unravel the unsettling truth behind one of medicine’s most controversia...

S7 | Fractured Season 2 | Ep 4: Can’t Be Easy

25 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Melanie and Bonnie head to see Zita and Ravi - and are surprised Zita still has an ankle bracelet eight months after her release from prison. Zit...

S7 | Fractured Season 2 | Ep 3: The Voice Of The Fetus

18 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

An esteemed US obstetrician specialist upends Starship Hospital’s diagnosis of non-accidental injury when he analyses Baby K’s heart monitor traci...

S7 | Fractured Season 2 | Ep 2: Fracture Or Suture

11 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Could New Zealand’s leading children’s hospital have wrongly diagnosed Baby K’s skull fracture? In this eye-opening episode, a world-renowned bi...

S7 | Fractured Season 2 | Ep 1: Difficult

04 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Step into the gripping world of Fractured, the monumental investigative podcast from award-winning investigative journalist Melanie Reid, as it r...

S7 | Welcome to Season 2 of Fractured

20 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Step into the gripping world of Fractured, the acclaimed investigative podcast from Melanie Reid, as it returns for its second season.In season 1...

S7 | Fractured Season 2 | Bonus Episode: The Syndrome

10 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We’ll be launching season 2 of Fractured soon, but before we do, we are going to play you some extracts from a US documentary called The Syndrome. I...

S7 | Fractured Season 2 | Bonus Episode: The Uplift

29 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As we prepare for season two of Fractured, we are publishing this special bonus episode. In 2019, Melanie Reid and the Newsroom team released a g...

S6 | Ep 9: Satanic Panic: Peter Ellis, the Creche Case & Me | Bonus Episode

03 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this special bonus episode, we talk to Peter Ellis’ sister, Tania, about what has happened since the Supreme Court quashed her brother’s convic...

S6 | Ep 8: Satanic Panic: Peter Ellis, the Creche Case & Me | The Girl Who Retracted

03 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this shocking final episode, the girl who retracted speaks out for the first time, and bittersweet justice at last. Sign up to DELVE+ to get e...

S6 | Ep 7: Satanic Panic: Peter Ellis, the Creche Case & Me | The Author Vs Everyone

03 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A book blows the case wide open and reveals the power and politics behind the case.Sign up to DELVE+ to get early access to new episodes and...

S6 | Ep 6: Satanic Panic: Peter Ellis, the Creche Case & Me | Prison

03 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The top cop at the centre of the case admits to multiple affairs with complainant mothers and a social worker.Sign up to DELVE+ to get early access to...

S6 | Ep 5: Satanic Panic: Peter Ellis, the Creche Case & Me | The Trial

03 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

An up close and personal look at what remains one of New Zealand’s most notorious High Court trials.Sign up to DELVE+ to get early access to new epi...

S6 | Ep 4: Satanic Panic: Peter Ellis, the Creche Case & Me | Four Women Arrested

03 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Police raid the suburban homes of four women creche workers, convinced they are part of an organised child abuse ring. Sign up to DELVE+ to get e...

S6 | Ep 3: Satanic Panic: Peter Ellis, the Creche Case & Me | Police And Panic

03 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Panic spreads through the families - a frenzy being led by therapists and police.Sign up to DELVE+ to get early access to new episodes and l...

S6 | Ep 2: Satanic Panic: Peter Ellis, the Creche Case & Me | Peter Arrested

03 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Police are convinced Ellis is not acting alone, and the fear and paranoia go through the roof.Sign up to DELVE+ to get early access to new episodes an...

S6 | Ep 1: Satanic Panic: Peter Ellis, the Creche Case & Me | Unbelievable

03 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In early 1990s Christchurch a young gay childcare worker faces bizarre accusations of child abuse. Sign up to DELVE+ to get early access to new e...

S5 | Powder Keg | Ep 11: The Final Play In Playa Del Carmen

22 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We’ve interviewed dozens of people about their experiences with ‘Chris the Kiwi’ Ashenden, his billion-dollar company, and his market-leading AG...

S5 | Powder Keg | Ep 10: The Chase To Medellin

17 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We’ve come 12,000 kilometres from Auckland to Medellín, on the trail of Chris Ashenden, the chief executive of AG1. We don’t have his number or h...

S5 | Powder Keg | Ep 9: Chopped Liver

17 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The US Food and Drug Administration reveals it’s received 118 adverse event complaints from AG1 users – this year alone. In particular, there are ...

S5 | Powder Keg | Ep 8: The Powder Of Science

10 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We talk to people like Andy and Lisa who’ve used AG1 – and they’re not happy. They want to know what’s in the green powder supplement, in what...

S5 | Powder Keg | Ep 7: Played In NZ

03 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For years, AG1 has boasted of being ‘Made in New Zealand’. But where is its mystery factory? We track down a little-known contract manufacturing c...

S5 | Powder Keg | Ep 6: Marketing Mania

26 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Joe Rogan is one of the world’s wealthiest influencers – and we’re told AG1 is one of his best clients, paying him about $10 million a year to p...

S5 | Powder Keg | Ep 5: A Flop And A Skip

19 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A leaked recording reveals the Kiwi founder of billion-dollar supplements firm AG1 misrepresented his criminal history in public statements and in a m...

S5 | Powder Keg | Ep 4: The Antagonists

12 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Travelling to New Zealand’s southernmost city, with a chill wind that feels like it’s blowing off Antarctica, we discover it was a woman named Dee...

S5 | Powder Keg | Ep 3: The Asshole Of The World

05 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We track down families who lost their homes in 'Chris the Kiwi’ Ashenden’s property dealings. And what happens next is what Powder Keg, the podcas...

S5 | Powder Keg | Ep 2: The Untold NZ Story

30 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When investigative journalist Jonathan Milne started slugging back an expensive, vivid green AG1 shake every morning to get in shape for his 50th birt...

S5 | Powder Keg | Ep 1: Meet Chris Ashenden

30 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Chris Ashenden and Jonathan Milne are both Kiwi blokes in their late 40s. Chris has an unrelenting personal ambition – it’s served him well. The b...

S5 | Welcome to Powder Keg

29 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Some stories grow from a green shoot; some explode like a powder keg. The global supplement market is worth $200 billion a year, and Chris Ashenden is...

S4 | Fractured Season 1 | Ep 9: Declined

29 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Our final episode in this season coincides with world headlines about a man facing execution for the same diagnosis that imprisoned Zita. Shaken baby ...

S4 | Fractured Season 1 | Ep 8: Going International

29 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Things really start to wind up when Melanie and Bonnie have a major breakthrough and track down a UK paediatric pathologist who was at foref...

S4 | Fractured Season 1 | Ep 7: Bedevilled

22 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How did moving to live in the dream country of New Zealand end up like this? Prison, divorce and a baby in the custody of the state.Presented by award...

S4 | Fractured Season 1 | Ep 6: The Judge And The Sentencing

15 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Zita continues to maintain her innocence as the courtroom drama concludes with the judge delivering a sentence Zita is totally unprepared for. In jail...

S4 | Fractured Season 1 | Ep 5: The Trial And The Defence

08 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Did some of Baby K’s fractures occur while on 24 hour watch in the hospital? What about the traumatic birth? “Doctors sometimes can and do get it ...

S4 | Fractured Season 1 | Ep 4: The Trial And The Crown

01 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What is it like to be charged with child abuse in a foreign country? Zita finds out as she faces the might of Starship Hospital at her criminal trial....

S4 | Fractured Season 1 | Ep 3: Surveillance And Supervision

24 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The NZ police investigation ramps up and, with their child taken, the couple have their house bugged, their phones tapped and just as they think it ca...

S4 | Fractured Season 1 | Ep 2: Meeting The Couple

11 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Melanie and Bonnie meet the young couple at the centre of this case and they begin to unravel the complex cascade of events t...

S4 | Fractured Season 1 | Ep 1: Up Against It

11 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What happens when the dream country, New Zealand, becomes a living hell? The Boy in the Water creator, multi-award-winning journalist Melanie Reid, is...

S4 | Welcome to Season 1 of Fractured

10 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

DELVE presents the new in-depth podcast from Melanie Reid Investigates about a controversial medical diagnosis from a New Zealand hospital and the cas...

S3 | The Boy in the Water Ep 15: The Closing Addresses

09 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On the final day of the coronial inquest into the death of three-year-old Lachie Jones, his mother has a statement read out in court, Lachie’s ...

S3 | The Boy in the Water Ep 14: Tyler And Jonny

08 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Jonathan appears via videolink from his new home in Australia to respond to allegations he threw his little brother Lachie in the pond, and the young ...

S3 | The Boy in the Water Ep 13: The Facebook Message Testimony

05 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Things get heated in court when the young woman at the centre of the messages that allege Lachie’s brother threw him in the pond testifies at the in...

S3 | The Boy in the Water Ep 12: The Paediatrician

04 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A doctor from Starship Children’s Hospital is questioned on all the big mysteries in the case including that Lachie was found face up, had no water ...

S3 | The Boy in the Water Ep 11: The Psychologist And The Water Guy

03 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

As the line-up of experts continues, we go on a crash course on the inner workings of the Gore sewerage ponds, and we hear yet another opinion on whet...

S3 | The Boy in the Water Ep 10: The Depot

02 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In today’s episode, The Depot, three months after giving evidence in the first phase of the inquest, Michelle Officer presents a new sworn stat...

S3 | The Boy in the Water Ep 9: Chipping Away

01 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Robin Bates, lawyer for the police, goes into full Crown prosecutor mode, as he tries to dent the findings, methodology and conclusion in former foren...

S3 | The Boy in the Water Ep 8: Bates Vs Smith

29 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Robin Bates, the lawyer representing the police, goes head to head with former forensic detective Karen Smith.Sign up to DELVE+ to get early acce...

S3 | The Boy in the Water Ep 7: Staged As An Accident

27 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In today’s episode, Staged As An Accident, Karen Smith details timelines, distances, witness statements and the 111 call, and explains how she reach...

S3 | The Boy in the Water Ep 6: Totality Of Circumstances

25 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Karen Smith lays out the system failures, biases and exactly what went wrong with the investigation into Lachie’s death - and questions why the NZ p...

S3 | The Boy in the Water Ep 5: The Americans

21 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A forensic pathologist and a retired forensic detective, both Americans, give evidence in the Invercargill courtroom and fiercely defend their views –...

S3 | The Boy in the Water Ep 4: The Unequivocal Pathologist

18 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The controversy steps up a notch when a Wellington based forensic pathologist enters the frame and is intractable on Lachie’s cause of death.&n...

S3 | The Boy in the Water Ep 3: Balance Of Probabilities

15 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Speculation and hypothetical scenarios are thrown around the courtroom, as the absence of a forensic autopsy limits options.Sign up to DELVE+ to ...

S3 | The Boy in the Water Ep 2: The Forensic Pathologist

12 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Martin Sage, the man who says he could have and should have done the forensic autopsy on Lachie, takes the stand. He gives a rare window into the r...

S3 | The Boy in the Water Ep 1: Scent Or No Scent

09 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Melanie Reid and her team make their way south for the second phase of the inquest, and on the first day a police dog expert is asked that if Lachie w...

S3 | The Boy in the Water Breaking Episode: The Facebook Messages

04 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Following a tip-off, Melanie Reid heads south and gets the Facebook messages, the phone and the explosive interview.The Boy in the Water is now part o...

S3 | The Boy in the Water Bonus Episode: The Aquatic Death Investigator

30 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

US-based Andrea Zaferes, who has investigated thousands of ‘body found in water’ cases, tells Melanie Reid what stacks up and what doesn’t when ...

S2 | The Boy in the Water Ep 23: The Reinvestigation

30 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On the last day of phase one of the inquest, Detective Inspector Stu Harvey is cross examined about witness statements that weren’t taken, the relia...

S2 | The Boy in the Water Ep 22: The Detective Inspector

29 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The final witness to appear for this first phase of the inquest is the man who was in charge of the reinvestigation into Lachie’s death, Detective I...

S2 | The Boy in the Water Ep 21: Finding Lachie

28 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The police dog handler who found Lachie with his dog Gee gives his evidence in closed court.Sign up to DELVE+ here for Android and Spotify listen...

S2 | The Boy in the Water Ep 20: The Mortuary Technician

28 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Bill Little, who’s been in the job for more than 30 years, sets the record straight about process, protocol and who is responsible for what. Si...

S2 | The Boy in the Water Ep 19: The Reluctant Pathologist

26 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The pathologist who conducted the post mortem on Lachie tells the inquest they didn’t even have the right equipment to do pediatric autopsies in Sou...

S2 | The Boy in the Water Ep 18: The Former Sergeant

23 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A former police officer who worked under Senior Sergeant Cynthia Fairley refutes her assertion that he was in charge of the investigation into Lachie’...

S2 | The Boy in the Water Ep 17: Wrong Direction

22 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The pressure is on to find out who was responsible, who was in charge, and who turned around the autopsy. Sign up to DELVE+ here for Android...

S2 | The Boy in the Water Ep 16: Cynthia

21 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Senior Sergeant Cynthia Fairley, the police officer at the centre of the case, is in the witness box. Sign up to DELVE+ here for Android and...

S2 | The Boy in the Water Ep 15: Who's In Charge?

20 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The first of the police officers scheduled to appear at the inquest takes to the witness stand, and we begin to hear about the confusion over who was ...

S2 | The Boy in the Water Ep 14: The Shirtless Man

19 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The sighting of a mysterious shirtless man, what one of Lachie's preschool teachers remembers about him, and the two paramedics who worked on the litt...

S2 | The Boy in the Water Ep 13: What Happened To Him?

16 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The police’s lawyer tackles Paul about making claims that Michelle and her sons had something to do with Lachie’s death.Sign up to DELVE+ her...

S2 | The Boy in the Water Ep 12: Lachie’s Father

15 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Paul is questioned about his relationship with Michelle and the events on the day and night leading up to Lachie’s death.Sign up to DELVE+ here...

S2 | The Boy in the Water Ep 11: A New Witness

14 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

You could have heard a pin drop in courtroom four when a new witness was asked why he thought something he saw could relate to the death of Lachie Jon...

S2 | The Boy in the Water Ep 10: Not My Best Friend

13 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Kimberley Rogers, who says she was friends with Michelle Officer for 17 years, tells the inquest Michelle kept changing her story about Lachie running...

S2 | The Boy in the Water Ep 9: The Search

12 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The neighbours from the street who searched for Lachie, and the friends who were there that night, all take the stand. Sign up to DELVE+ her...