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Steve Braunias on the latest Scott Watson case decision: ‘Smug complacency and stupid intransigence’

A response to the Court of Appeal's decision not to quash Scott Watson's convictions.

Alone and vulnerable: Steve Braunias on the murder of a lone security guard

The violent and senseless death is raising questions about the security industry.

Trickster, Tailor, Liar, Spy: The Kiwi conman who made legal history

Mary Eileen Jones's body was never found, but her wedding dress helped make legal history.

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.

Russell Brown: Northland green fairy arrest exposes a flawed system

The arrest of a Northland ‘green fairy’ highlights NZ's onerous medical cannabis rules.

NZ’s top cop on the crime he’ll never forget

"Investigating crimes against children has been the hardest part of my career."

Lights, camera and bare-faced lies: The Canadian who fooled NZ

A fake résumé secured him a top job — until a tenacious reporter got suspicious.