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SERIES 10 - DIAGNOSIS OF A CRIME SEASON 2: THE TRIAL: In the highly anticipated return of Melanie Reid’s latest podcast investigation, Diagnosis of a Crime, listeners are given unprecedented access inside the high stakes criminal trial of a professional athlete, examining whether young parents accused in complex medical cases are receiving fair access to justice. Find out what happens when medical evidence from New Zealand docto

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S10 | Prologue: The Night Before | Diagnosis of a Crime Season 2

On the eve of trial, we are with the pro athlete and his wife at their home, where emotions are running high as neighbours and supporters gather around the family. Everything is on the line, because what’s about to unfold in the courtroom could chang

30:23

S10 | Bonus Episode: Talking to Chris | Diagnosis of a Crime Season 2

What if the evidence used to convict parents isn’t as solid as it seems? In this pre-season bonus episode, Melanie Reid speaks to a scientist and adjunct law professor who exposes cracks in the medical evidence used in court - and asks whether bad sc

45:49

S9 | Diagnosis of a Crime | Ep 12: The Final Blow

In this season finale, a second family’s case erupts with a revelation that will leave listeners questioning everything. And when Melanie and Bonnie demand answers from Health NZ, the former head of Starship Hospital’s child protection unit responds

26:48

S9 | Diagnosis of a Crime | Ep 11: Catch Up

With the pro athlete’s court date looming and three international experts now set to testify, the couple hopes the prosecution will drop the charges. Melanie also speaks with the mother of the young dad still in prison, following the revelation there

32:15

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

After going back over the investigation files, the pro athlete’s wife becomes convinced the criminal case against her husband is substandard and irresponsible. And as the trial approaches, we finally receive the news we’d long been hoping for.

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26:42

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

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

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27:36

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

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 and Bonnie seek out international experts - and what they find could change everything.

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30:06

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

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 diagnosis of non-accidental injury more belief than science?

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32:23

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

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 evidence of rib fractures to his baby. How can someone be convicted on injuries that don’t exist? And what hap

35:42

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

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 into whether key evidence used to convict a young dad even exists. 

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25:58

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

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 this investigation international. 

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

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 listeners right inside the central police station to hear the moment by moment interview between the detective and th

40:35

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

A well-known professional athlete is devastated when doctors accuse him - and police charge him - with the unthinkable. As the family’s ordeal unfolds, with phone taps, 24/7 supervision and an impending trial, serious questions begin to surface about

49:52

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

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 never heard of. Armed police turn up to their home and a two-year legal battle ensues that costs them more

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

What does the Coroner say about those Facebook messages? And did police uncover all the cellphone location data? Coroner Ho examines the circumstantial evidence surrounding the key question: how did Lachie end up in the pond?

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44:44

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

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 investigates how Lachie’s body ended up with the wrong pathologist.

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52:45

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

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 whether Lachie could have reached the ponds on his own.

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

The courier depot, the pineapple sprinkler and the pizza order form part of a tangled timeline, as conflicting accounts come under scrutiny while the Coroner considers whether Lachie’s death happened earlier in the day.

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31:51

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

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 on the reliability of these sightings.

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33:35

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

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.

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34:27

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

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 the moment his body was found near the ponds.

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30:46

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

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.

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40:39

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

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 death of Lachie Jones. We will be covering those findings in depth for season 4 of The Boy in the Wate

35:46

S7 | Fractured Season 2 | Ep 11: Please Minister

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 explosive season finale, the DELVE team makes one last push to turn this case around.

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35:46

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

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 hangs on this one decision.

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35:20

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

Our podcast investigation into Zita’s case intensifies as top criminal defense lawyer Kerry Cook joins the fight, cutting straight to the flaws at the heart of the case - does this mean there’s a glimmer of hope for Zita? 

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27:54

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

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 her daughter’s sixth birthday party. Surely she will be allowed to go?

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33:25

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

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 the medical files, a Norwegian brain surgeon speaks out. 

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27:19

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

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 getting to see her now 5 year old daughter in person? 

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32:16

S7 | Fractured Season 2 | Ep 5: Magical Thinking

In a gripping conversation with Canadian neuropathologist Dr Roland Auer, we unravel the unsettling truth behind one of medicine’s most controversial diagnoses. Why are so few experts speaking out? What if the science we've trusted is being misread,

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

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. Zita, who hasn’t seen her daughter in person for more than three years, opens up about the relentless challe

39:20

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

An esteemed US obstetrician specialist upends Starship Hospital’s diagnosis of non-accidental injury when he analyses Baby K’s heart monitor tracings. He says the main injuries sustained by Baby K happened during labour and delivery - not parental ab

30:33

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

Could New Zealand’s leading children’s hospital have wrongly diagnosed Baby K’s skull fracture? In this eye-opening episode, a world-renowned biochemist and geneticist analyses the high-resolution CT scans, and his findings turn the whole case upside

34:30

S7 | Fractured Season 2 | Ep 1: Difficult

Step into the gripping world of Fractured, the monumental investigative podcast from award-winning investigative journalist Melanie Reid, as it returns for its second season. The truth is rarely simple. And in season two the shocking revelations will

48:05

S7 | Fractured Season 2 | Bonus Episode: The Syndrome

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. It’s a film that challenges the scientific validity of Shaken Baby syndrome and highlights the impact o

52:14

S7 | Fractured Season 2 | Bonus Episode: The Uplift

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 groundbreaking video investigation that exposed the practice of newborns being taken directly from hospita

33:49

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

The top cop at the centre of the case admits to multiple affairs with complainant mothers and a social worker.

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54:29

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

We’ve interviewed dozens of people about their experiences with ‘Chris the Kiwi’ Ashenden, his billion-dollar company, and his market-leading AG1. They have questions stemming from his history of criminal dishonesty, from the job losses as he quietly

32:20

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

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 his address, but we think he lives here.

 

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S5 | Powder Keg | Ep 9: Chopped Liver

The US Food and Drug Administration reveals it’s received 118 adverse event complaints from AG1 users – this year alone. In particular, there are 30-plus reports of liver harm in 2023 and 2024. 

 

The billion dollar company dismisses the liver harm

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

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 quantities – and whether there’s any scientific evidence it has any health benefits.

 

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40:29

S5 | Powder Keg | Ep 7: Played In NZ

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 company in the sunny city of Nelson – and discover a much darker story.

 

Despite trading off New Zeala

41:08

S5 | Powder Keg | Ep 6: Marketing Mania

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 promote its popular green powder. Scientist Dr Andrew Huberman gets about $2 million. Gwyneth Paltrow, Form

39:33

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

A leaked recording reveals the Kiwi founder of billion-dollar supplements firm AG1 misrepresented his criminal history in public statements and in a meeting with the company’s president and staff, just this year. Chris Ashenden’s high-powered America

29:24

S5 | Powder Keg | Ep 4: The Antagonists

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 Chisholm who first blew the whistle on Chris the Kiwi’s criminal property schemes. 

 

But tracking he

30:48

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

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 podcast, is all about – Ashenden, his unorthodox billion-dollar business and his magical mystery powder. 

 

26:48

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

When investigative journalist Jonathan Milne started slugging back an expensive, vivid green AG1 shake every morning to get in shape for his 50th birthday, he knew what the company’s chief science officer said – that the green powder product would ma

27:03

S5 | Powder Keg | Ep 1: Meet Chris Ashenden

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 business leader’s quest wasn’t for the Holy Grail, it was for a holy green drink.

 

Jonathan is an inve

31:48

S4 | Fractured Season 1 | Ep 9: Declined

Our final episode in this season coincides with world headlines about a man facing execution for the same diagnosis that imprisoned Zita. Shaken baby syndrome is being called “junk science” in the US, but it has upended the life Zita had hoped for in

36:18

S4 | Fractured Season 1 | Ep 8: Going International

Things really start to wind up when Melanie and Bonnie have a major breakthrough and track down a UK paediatric pathologist who was at forefront of overturning murder charges in a high profile London case. She throws a whole new light on our case and

38:34

S4 | Fractured Season 1 | Ep 7: Bedevilled

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.

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

Zita continues to maintain her innocence as the courtroom drama concludes with the judge delivering a sentence Zita is totally unprepared for. In jail, she is put in an isolation wing after inmates call her a baby killer.

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34:32

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

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 wrong”…all this and more in the final address of Zita’s lawyer.  

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32:45

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

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.

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21:45

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

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 can’t get any worse…it does.

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26:30

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

Melanie and Bonnie meet the young couple at the centre of this case and they begin to unravel the complex cascade of events that led to a young mother being accused, convicted and jailed for two and a half years - and the daunting fight that lies ahe

24:15

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

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 in the middle of another story when she receives an email that causes her to drop everything and ge

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

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 father addresses the Coroner and throws more shade on the police investigations - and the lawyers play thei

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

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 man at the centre of the Facebook messages gets riled up during cross examination.

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54:35

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

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 inquest - and she fires back at attempts to question her motive and undermine her evidence.

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48:42

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

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 in his lungs and had no external injuries.

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

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 whether Lachie could have made it all the way out there by himself.

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26:26

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

In today’s episode, The Depot, three months after giving evidence in the first phase of the inquest, Michelle Officer presents a new sworn statement that changes her account of her movements at the depot that afternoon, but a contractor who works fro

54:32

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

Robin Bates, lawyer for the police, goes into full Crown prosecutor mode, as he tries to dent the findings, methodology and conclusion in former forensic detective Karen Smith’s report.

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43:01

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

Robin Bates, the lawyer representing the police, goes head to head with former forensic detective Karen Smith.

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

In today’s episode, Staged As An Accident, Karen Smith details timelines, distances, witness statements and the 111 call, and explains how she reached her conclusion that Lachie’s death was staged to look like an accident. 

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32:55

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

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 police are so obstinate in this case.

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35:03

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

A forensic pathologist and a retired forensic detective, both Americans, give evidence in the Invercargill courtroom and fiercely defend their views – one emphatic Lachie drowned, the other who says his death was staged.

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39:26

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

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

 

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36:58

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

Speculation and hypothetical scenarios are thrown around the courtroom, as the absence of a forensic autopsy limits options.

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36:14

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

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 reality of forensic autopsies and we find out what he believes may or may not have happened to Lachie

25:13

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

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 walked out to the ponds, why did the police dog not pick up his scent until 30 metres out?

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26:09

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

Following a tip-off, Melanie Reid heads south and gets the Facebook messages, the phone and the explosive interview.

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33:27

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

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 investigating suspected drownings. 

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51:41

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

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 reliability of eyewitness identifications, and any lessons he gleaned from the reinvestigation. Coroner Ho

45:46

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

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 Inspector Stu Harvey.

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29:13

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

The police dog handler who found Lachie with his dog Gee gives his evidence in closed court.

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39:19

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

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. 

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57:53

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

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 Southland. 

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54:21

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

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

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50:28

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

The pressure is on to find out who was responsible, who was in charge, and who turned around the autopsy. 

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43:42

S2 | The Boy in the Water Ep 16: Cynthia

Senior Sergeant Cynthia Fairley, the police officer at the centre of the case, is in the witness box. 

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41:32

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

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 in charge of the investigation into Lachie's death.

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38:30

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

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 little boy's lifeless body all feature in this collection of shorter witness testimonies.

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

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

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44:40

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

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

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37:19

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

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 Jones.

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24:49

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

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

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39:02

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

The neighbours from the street who searched for Lachie, and the friends who were there that night, all take the stand. 

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30:50

S2 | The Boy in the Water Ep 8: The Eyewitnesses

The police hat, the yellow vest, who saw what, and what was accurate?

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36:03

S2 | The Boy in the Water Ep 7: The Other Brother

Lachie's other brother tells the inquest about his family relationships, and his movements on January 29, 2019. You can also click here to see photos of the gate and fence to the sewage oxidation ponds on our Instagram.

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34:18

S2 | The Boy in the Water Ep 6: The Neighbour

Hearing but not seeing Lachie, and the surprise on the 111 call.

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30:39

S2 | The Boy in the Water Ep 5: Lachie's Brother

We hear from Lachie's brother for the first time as he is cross-examined about what happened that day and night.

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20:03

S2 | The Boy in the Water Bonus Episode

In this special bonus epsiode, Melanie Reid discusses the first days of the inquest with colleague Bonnie Sumner.

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22:08

S2 | The Boy in the Water Ep 4: The King's Counsel

Timings, layouts and lines of sight are all explored – and questions are raised about dope smoking.

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22:16

S2 | The Boy in the Water Ep 3: Under Attack

On day two of the inquest, Lachie’s mother goes head to head with Paul Jones’ lawyer as he puts it to her that she covered up her son’s death.

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33:03

S2 | The Boy in the Water Ep 2: Lachie's Mother

The questioning of Lachie’s mother continues with a forensic examination of the day her son died.  

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20:40

S2 | The Boy in the Water Ep 1: The Inquest

Emotional scenes play out in the Invercargill courthouse on day one of the coronial inquest, when Lachie’s mother is cross examined by Paul Jones’ lawyer.

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S2 | Welcome to Season 2 of The Boy in the Water

From Melanie Reid Investigates comes the brand new season of The Boy in the Water. Listen as we follow the coronial inquest into the death of three-and-a-half year old Lachlan Jones, whose lifeless body was found face up in a sewage oxidation pond in

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S1 | The Boy in the Water Update: Coroner Calls Inquest

We reveal an important update from the coroner’s office, plus a radio interview with Melanie Reid on The Detail.

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S1 | The Boy in the Water Ep 9: The American Detective

In the astonishing season finale, a ‘big gun’ US retired forensic detective is on the case - and she’s not going to stop until she finds the truth.

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S1 | The Boy in the Water Ep 8: Grief and Secrets

Lachie’s graveside birthday celebration, and an ex-police officer reveals the culture of bullying and burnout at the Gore police station.

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S1 | The Boy in the Water Ep 7: U-Turn

Inside the small town Gore courtroom - the disappointment, the heartache and Paul Jones tells it like it is.

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S1 | The Boy in the Water Ep 6: More Questions Than Answers

The twists and turns continue when we hear the police statements of Lachie’s mother, brother and a teenager who lived on the street.

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S1 | The Boy in the Water Ep 5: The Night Lachie Died

Mysterious and tragic circumstances surround the night Lachie’s body was found.

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S1 | The Boy in the Water Ep 4: Rocky Road

Volatile relationships and police call-outs - what was going on leading up to Lachie’s death?

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S1 | The Boy in the Water Ep 3: Deeply Troubled

The whole town gets drawn into the case as the local council is charged in relation to Lachie's death.

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S1 | The Boy in the Water Ep 2: Return to Gore

The mystery surrounding the death of Lachie Jones deepens after our team sends lung tissue samples to an international forensic pathologist.

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S1 | The Boy in the Water Ep 1: Case Closed

Officials jump to an early and dubious conclusion when a three-year-old boy's body is found floating in a town's sewage ponds.

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