Stories by Adam Burns

The Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ has gifted 40 air purifiers to Bromley School, to help pupils with asthma and their families.

An under-fire community board chairperson in Otago has refused to stand down following revelations he made a racist outburst at a local pub worker.

Could lab-grown plant cells be part of the solution to population growth and climate change? Audio

Construction of the $683 million Te Kaha Stadium is at full steam after years of planning conjecture and stalled progress.

A health campaigner is calling for an overhaul of the liquor licensing laws saying the Christchurch Mama Hooch sexual assault case has exposed significant failings.

The women who were subjected to "monstrous" attacks by the Jaz brothers have been lauded for their bravery in speaking up and helping put them behind bars.

Lauren Dickason, 42, has been found guilty of the murder of her three young daughters after a month-long trial.

A forensic psychiatrist, who spent 20 hours assessing Lauren Dickason, believes her behaviour showed a delusional psyche in the days leading up to her killing her children.

A clinical psychologist who interviewed Lauren Dickason says she reportedly felt like a psychiatrist was going to lock her up hours before she killed her three children.

A forensic clinician has told a jury that Lauren Dickason's mental health was badly deteriorating at the time she killed her children, and there is legitimate grounds for an insanity and infanticide… Audio

One of the prosecution's psychiatric experts is steadfast in their view that murder accused Lauren Dickason does not have an insanity nor an infanticide case. Audio

"It's the future Connor I think about so often, about who he was going to become," said the father of murdered teen Connor Whitehead as his killers were sentenced Friday.

Crown-owned red zone land along the Ōtākaro Avon River Corridor is being returned to the council, marking the end of the government's post-earthquake responsibilities in the process.

An expert forensic clinician has conceded that Lauren Dickason could have been suffering from postpartum depression when she killed her three children.

The Crown's key clinical witness in the Lauren Dickason murder trial admits he overlooked adding the mother's thoughts of harming the children into his report.

A jury has heard how Lauren Dickason told a psychiatrist that killing her three children was "part of a package deal".

A video recording of the alleged child murderer's police interview played for the jury on Tuesday.

The jury heard Dickason had been corresponding with immigration officials the day before the alleged murders.

A group of Costa Rican football supporters, who have travelled the globe for several World Cups, say they are "pumped" to see the sights of New Zealand.

Text messages from the phone of Lauren Dickason have painted a picture of a wife and mother unravelling, mentally and emotionally.

A work colleague of Graham Dickason has described finding the distraught father moments after he found his three daughters dead.

The father of the three girls killed by Lauren Dickason has told the court he was wrong to describe his wife as "not a nurturing mother".

Hours after a father found his three daughters dead in their Timaru home, he told police his children preferred him over their mum and how his wife was "not a nurturing mother".

Crown prosecutors believe Lauren Anne Dickason had grown "jealous and resentful" of her children. Audio

Lauren Anne Dickason is charged with murdering her 2-year-old twin daughters Karla and Maya, and their older sister Liané in 2021.