Stories by Tim Brown

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Outside court, Bao's partner said Cao's actions had "highlighted a profound absence of humanity".

New documents reveal a meeting in which senior ministers brought up "being careful about what we commit to". Audio

A draft master plan proposes relocating Westport to government-owned farmland southwest of its current location.

Some Christchurch City councillors are under the belief money falls out of the sky, the mayor says.

Analysis - Survivors felt Tuesday's apology was "hollow words" but some hope they're wrong.

The decision has meant hundreds have missed out on seeing it in person today. Audio

Children were given electroconvulsive therapy and sedatives as punishment - and it wasn't limited to Lake Alice. Audio

The White Ferns have been welcomed home by whānau, friends and more than 100 fans.

The compensation is for a land deal struck in the 1830s which the government did not honour.

The deputy chief coroner says victims, survivors and families of 51 murdered worshippers wanted more answers than the Royal Commission of Inquiry gave them.

"Criminals will be suspicious of outsiders, particularly those who cannot be easily verified by trusted colleagues," Dr Jarrod Gilbert said.

A firearms expert says the terrorist controlled the environment because his victims were defenceless, unexpecting, trapped, and unarmed.

The terrorist's ability to obtain the guns he used in the attack on Al Noor Mosque and the Linwood Islamic Centre in March 2019 will be examined. Audio

Responses to the inquiry's reports and its findings were recommended to come within two months of the final report being tabled in Parliament in July.

Paul Tainui was showered with kindness and repaid it by brutally raping and murdering two young women, and his actions also directly contributed to a third death, according to coronial findings…

Commissioners recommended police review or re-investigate cases of abuse - but police won't say whether they've done so. Audio

Christchurch City Council staff signed off $125,000 for this year's Canterbury A&P show without consulting councillors.

The government will have blood on its hands if it does not immediately provide support to the survivors of state and faith-based care, an advocate says. Audio

报告发现，虐待现象在政府和宗教机构管理的护理设施中普遍存在，且国家对这种系统性的虐待和护理缺位现象未能做出响应。

The report found abuse was rife in state and faith-based care settings and the state failed to respond to signs of systemic abuse and neglect.

Survivors have been waiting decades to see their abuse officially acknowledged - and the way they're being treated is "wrong", advocate says. Audio

Abusive, unwarranted state care stripped a trainee nurse of her career, her past and her future. She's calling on the government to have some compassion.

Matt Doocey was personally sent the Royal Commission's interim report into abuse last November - turns out he hasn't read it.

There was silence in the courtroom and Lauren Dickason showed no signs of emotion as she was handed her sentence.