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DELVE

**Subscribe for early episodes and to hear every season ad-free.**SERIES 9 - DIAGNOSIS OF A CRIME: Imagine being told that what’s wrong with your child isn’t an illness or an accident, but a crime.From the team behindThe Boy in the WaterandFractured,Diagnosis of a Crimetakes you inside the lives of families torn apart by a medical diagnosis.Join us for Melanie Reid’s latest groundbreaking investigation, where medicine and law combine, and nothing is quite what it seems.SERIES 8 - THE BOY IN THE

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26:34

S4 | Fractured Season 1 | Ep 2: Meeting the Couple

DELVE ·

2024/09/11

Melanieand Bonnie meet the young coupleat the centre of thiscase andtheybegin to unravel the complex cascade of events that led to a young mother being accused, convictedand jailedfor two and a half years - and the daunting fight that lies ahead.Sign up to DELVE+to get early access to new episodes and receive exclusive bonus material, all ad-free.Presented by award-winning investigations editor Melanie Reid. Discover more at Newsroom.co.nz Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more

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24:27

S4 | Fractured Season 1 | Ep 1: Up Against It

DELVE ·

2024/09/11

What happens when the dream country, New Zealand, becomes a living hell? The Boy in the Water creator, multi-award-winning journalist Melanie Reid, is in the middle of another story when she receives an email that causes her to drop everything and get on a plane. After a year of extensive investigations, we now bring you that case.Sign up to DELVE+to get early access to new episodes and receive exclusive bonus material, all ad-free. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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S3 | The Boy in the Water Ep 15: The Closing Addresses

DELVE ·

2024/09/09

On the final day of the coronial inquest into the death of three-year-old Lachie Jones, hismother has a statement read out in court, Lachie’s father addresses the Coroner and throws more shade on the police investigations - and the lawyers play their final cards for and against an accidental drowning.We also introduce our scorching, brand new podcast investigation on DELVE, coming very soon!Sign up to DELVE+to get early access to new episodes and receive exclusive bonus material, all

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S3 | The Boy in the Water Ep 14: Tyler And Jonny

DELVE ·

2024/09/08

Jonathan appears via videolink from his new home in Australia to respond to allegations he threw his little brother Lachie in the pond, and the young man at the centre of the Facebook messages gets riled up during cross examination.Sign up to DELVE+to get early access to new episodes and receive exclusive bonus material, all ad-free.Presented by award-winning investigations editor Melanie Reid. Discover more at Newsroom.co.nz Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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54:35

S3 | The Boy in the Water Ep 13: The Facebook Message...

DELVE ·

2024/09/05

Things get heated in court when the young woman at the centre of the messages that allege Lachie’s brother threw him in the pond testifies at the inquest - and she fires back at attempts to question her motive and undermine her evidence.Sign up to DELVE+to get early access to new episodes and receive exclusive bonus material, all ad-free.Presented by award-winning investigations editor Melanie Reid. Discover more at Newsroom.co.nz Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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48:42

S3 | The Boy in the Water Ep 12: The Paediatrician

DELVE ·

2024/09/04

A doctor from Starship Children’s Hospital is questioned on all the big mysteries in the case including that Lachie was found face up, had no water in his lungs and had no external injuries.You can see an image of a cross section of the pond on ourFacebook pageand ourInstagram page.Sign up to DELVE+to get early access to new episodes and receive exclusive bonus material, all ad-free.Presented by award-winning investigations editor Melanie Reid.Discover more at Newsroom.co.nz and search for Melanie

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36:11

S3 | The Boy in the Water Ep 11: The Psychologist And...

DELVE ·

2024/09/03

As the line-up of experts continues, we go on a crash course on the inner workings of the Gore sewerage ponds, and we hear yet another opinion on whether Lachie could have made it all the way out there by himself.You can see an image of a cross section of the pond on ourFacebook pageand ourInstagram page.Sign up to DELVE+to get early access to new episodes and receive exclusive bonus material, all ad-free.Presented by award-winning investigations editor Melanie Reid.Discover more at Newsroom.co.nz

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1:53

S4 | Welcome to Season 1 of Fractured

DELVE ·

2024/09/02

DELVE presents the new in-depth podcast from Melanie Reid Investigates about a controversial medical diagnosis from a New Zealand hospital and the cascade of events that followed.A baby taken, a mother jailed, a couple forced apart and facing deportation without their daughter.Crushed by the weight of multiple government departments working in lockstep, what happens when the dream of a new country becomes an unimaginable nightmare?In this new investigation, Melanie Reid and her teamtakethe x-rays

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26:26

S3 | The Boy in the Water Ep 10: The Depot

DELVE ·

2024/09/02

In today’s episode, The Depot, three months after giving evidence in the first phase of the inquest,Michelle Officer presents a new sworn statement that changes her account of her movements at the depot that afternoon, but a contractor who works from the same depot saysLachie and his motherweren’t there.Sign up to DELVE+to get early access to new episodes and receive exclusive bonus material, all ad-free.Presented by award-winning investigations editor Melanie Reid.Discover more at Newsroom.co.nz

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S3 | The Boy in the Water Ep 9: Chipping Away

DELVE ·

2024/09/01

Robin Bates, lawyer for the police, goes into full Crown prosecutor mode, as he tries to dent the findings, methodology and conclusion in former forensic detective Karen Smith’s report.Sign up to DELVE+to get early access to new episodes and receive exclusive bonus material, all ad-free.Presented by award-winning investigations editor Melanie Reid.Discover more at Newsroom.co.nz and search for Melanie Reid Investigates on Facebook and Instagram. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more

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43:01

S3 | The Boy in the Water Ep 8: Bates Vs Smith

DELVE ·

2024/08/29

Robin Bates, the lawyer representing the police, goes head to head with former forensic detective Karen Smith.Sign up to DELVE+to get early access to new episodes and receive exclusive bonus material, all ad-free.Presented by award-winning investigations editor Melanie Reid.Discover more at Newsroom.co.nz and search for Melanie Reid Investigates on Facebook and Instagram. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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28:30

S3 | The Boy in the Water Ep 7: Staged As An Accident

DELVE ·

2024/08/27

In today’s episode, Staged As An Accident, Karen Smith details timelines, distances, witness statements and the 111 call, and explains how she reached her conclusion that Lachie’s death was staged to look like an accident.Sign up to DELVE+to get early access to new episodes and receive exclusive bonus material, all ad-free.Presented by award-winning investigations editor Melanie Reid.Discover more at Newsroom.co.nz and search for Melanie Reid Investigates on Facebook and Instagram. Hosted on Acast

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32:55

S3 | The Boy in the Water Ep 6: Totality Of...

DELVE ·

2024/08/25

Karen Smith lays out the system failures, biases and exactly what went wrong with the investigation into Lachie’s death - and questions why the NZ police are so obstinate in this case.Sign up to DELVE+to get early access to new episodes and receive exclusive bonus material, all ad-free.Presented by award-winning investigations editor Melanie Reid.Discover more at Newsroom.co.nz and search for Melanie Reid Investigates on Facebook and Instagram. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more

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35:03

S3 | The Boy in the Water Ep 5: The Americans

DELVE ·

2024/08/21

A forensic pathologist and a retired forensic detective, both Americans, give evidence in the Invercargill courtroom and fiercely defend their views – one emphatic Lachie drowned, the other who says his death was staged.Sign up to DELVE+to get early access to new episodes and receive exclusive bonus material, all ad-free.Presented by award-winning investigations editor Melanie Reid.Discover more at Newsroom.co.nz and search for Melanie Reid Investigates on Facebook and Instagram. Hosted on Acast

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39:26

S3 | The Boy in the Water Ep 4: The Unequivocal...

DELVE ·

2024/08/18

The controversy steps up a notch whena Wellington based forensic pathologist enters the frame and is intractable on Lachie’s cause of death.Sign up to DELVE+to get early access to new episodes and receive exclusive bonus material, all ad-free.Presented by award-winning investigations editor Melanie Reid.Discover more at Newsroom.co.nz and search for Melanie Reid Investigates on Facebook and Instagram. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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36:58

S3 | The Boy in the Water Ep 3: Balance Of Probabilities

DELVE ·

2024/08/15

Speculation and hypothetical scenarios are thrown around the courtroom, as the absence of a forensic autopsy limits options.Sign up to DELVE+to get early access to new episodes and receive exclusive bonus material, all ad-free.Presented by award-winning investigations editor Melanie Reid. Discover more at Newsroom.co.nz Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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36:14

S3 | The Boy in the Water Ep 2: The Forensic Pathologist

DELVE ·

2024/08/12

Dr Martin Sage, the man who says he could have and should have done the forensic autopsy on Lachie, takes the stand. He gives a rare window into the reality of forensic autopsies and we find out what he believes may or may not have happened to Lachie.Sign up to DELVE+to get early access to new episodes and receive exclusive bonus material, all ad-free.Presented by award-winning investigations editor Melanie Reid. Discover more at Newsroom.co.nz Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more

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25:13

S3 | The Boy in the Water Ep 1: Scent Or No Scent

DELVE ·

2024/08/09

Melanie Reid and her team make their way south for the second phase of the inquest, and on the first day a police dog expert is asked that if Lachie walked out to the ponds, why did the police dog not pick up his scent until 30 metres out?Sign up to DELVE+to get early access to new episodes and receive exclusive bonus material, all ad-free.Presented by award-winning investigations editor Melanie Reid. Discover more at Newsroom.co.nz Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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26:09

S3 | The Boy in the Water Breaking Episode: The...

DELVE ·

2024/08/04

Following a tip-off, Melanie Reid heads south and gets the Facebook messages, the phone and the explosive interview.The Boy in the Water is now part of our new investigative podcast channel, DELVE.Melanie Reid Investigates will be releasing gripping, in-depth podcasts on DELVE throughout the year. If you would like to support our work:Sign up to DELVE+here for Android and Spotify listeners to get early access to new episodes and receive exclusive bonus material, all ad-free. Check your email for

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S3 | The Boy in the Water Bonus Episode: The Aquatic...

DELVE ·

2024/07/30

US-based Andrea Zaferes, who has investigated thousands of ‘body found in water’ cases, tells Melanie Reid what stacks up and what doesn’t when investigating suspected drownings.You can also watch a short video of Andrea explainingthepositionsbodies are commonly found in when they are in water, on ourFacebook pageand ourInstagram page.Sign up to DELVE+here for Android and Spotify listeners to get early access to new episodes and receive exclusive bonus material, all ad-free.For Apple Podcasts

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