Stories by Tim Brown

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.

For almost four decades, a Catholic order claimed to care for the children in Christchurch no one else would. Audio

The cost of living crisis is a major reason the council has worked hard to pare back its budget.

A Christchurch park and road have been renamed to remove the reminder of the dark past of Marylands School - where students were abused between 1955 and 1984. Audio

Imam Gamal Fouda described how two people came to the mosque and locked a worshipper in the kitchen while shouting at him.

The builder had to move his body into an awkward position before he could operate the mechanical lock, an inquest hears.

David Hawken and Rebecca Wright-Meldrum have been sentenced to life with no parole for 10 years for their parts in the 1995 killing.

A lawyer says she has written to the Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment and police who are taking the allegations "very seriously". Audio

The arts centre will be forced to dissolve and its costs will fall on ratepayers without Christchurch council support, its director says.

坎特伯雷的穆斯林社区将于本周五共同纪念基督城清真寺枪击案。

Canterbury's Muslim community will on Friday gather to commemorate the Christchurch mosque shootings.

Escalating rates rises to pay for Three Waters upgrades could push vulnerable ratepayers to the brink of bankruptcy, the Clutha mayor says

A coalition of Māori health experts and advocates is calling for the Waitangi Tribunal to urgently hear a complaint on the government's planned repeal of changes to smokefree legislation.

A 313-signature petition calling for Stephen Parry to go was to be presented to Gore District Council but councillors rejected it.