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Murder, he wrote: Steven Braunias on covering NZ’s most high-profile crime cases

"I've spent quite a lot of my professional life these past 20 years at murder trials."

She was on the spectrum, he was a 'fat chubby nerd': Madison Ashton on Polkinghorne

After the Polkinghorne trial, Steve Braunias sat down to lunch with Madison Ashton.

The mystery of Minnie Dean: Was the only woman executed by law in New Zealand innocent?

Notorious "baby farmer” Minnie Dean hanged for infanticide but did the judge get it right?

Justice with heart: Steve Braunias spends a day at NZ’s court for the mentally ill

Our one specialist court assessing whether a defendant is mentally fit to enter plea.

Eyewitness doubts continue to haunt Scott Watson case 25 years after conviction

Eyewitnesses to solve crimes is a standard policing procedure, but how reliable are they?

Rehabilitation advocates on why tough-on-crime policies won’t cut reoffending

Tipping the scales II: How restorative justice works for each side.

The NZ mum who met her daughter’s killer and found unexpected healing

Tipping the scales: How restorative justice works for each side.

Million dollar getaway: The outrageous Auckland heist time forgot

The Waterfront Payroll Robbery was a record-breaking crime that remains largely unsolved.