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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...

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...

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...

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? Sign up to DELVE+ to get early access to new episodes and listen...

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...

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? Sign up...

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...

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. Sign up...

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. As mentioned in the episode, here is a...

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...

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...

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...

Imagine being told that what’s wrong with your child isn’t an illness or an accident, but a crime. From the team behind The Boy in the Water and Fractured, Diagnosis of a Crime takes you inside the lives of families...

In a season finale that pulls no punches, Coroner Ho delivers his final conclusions. With serious questions about supervision, the post mortem, the police investigations and the rush to label Lachie’s death an accident...

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...

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. Sign up...

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. Sign up to...

When was Lachie last seen alive? Coroner Ho retraces the timeline, starting with the kitchen door the three-year-old reportedly escaped through, his purported time at neighbour Debbie’s house, and Lachie’s mother...

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...

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. Sign up to DELVE+ to get early...

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. Sign up to DELVE+ to get early access to new episodes and listen to...

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. Sign up to DELVE+ to get...

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. As mentioned in this episode, listeners can visit newsroom.co.nz for...

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...

Was Lachie's death an accident, or was there foul play? The Coroner releases his findings Friday, June 13, and the first episode will be released that evening. Sign up to DELVE+ to get early access to new episodes and...