Christchurch

Four female creche workers are arrested in a series of raids on their homes. A damning report into the creche culture is release and the child care centre is abruptly closed. Audio

The children’s stories get more and more bizarre and suddenly, others are in the frame too. Audio

As more and more children come forward with accounts of abuse, we look at what the role the parents, police and expert child interviewers may have played. Audio

Peter Ellis is arrested and charged with child sexual abuse. Creche parents are panicked and horrified. But what has really been happening at the creche? Audio

As more and more children came forward with claims of sexual abuse, we ask whether international events were influencing the case in Christchurch. Audio

Who was Peter Ellis, the childcare worker at the centre of the accusations and how did he come to work there? Meet people with many different connections to what was to become New Zealand's most… Audio

David Williams is a South Island reporter for Newsroom Audio

In Christchurch, young activists have breached the doors of the city council offices and are staging a sit-in.

Reporter Anna Sargent is there. Video, Audio

The Prime Minister Chris Hipkins today announced an additional three hundred and one million dollar boost for the rebuild of earthquake damaged Christchurch schools, and said the programme in… Video, Audio

What does leadership look like in a disaster? David compares Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown's leadership this week with how Bob Parker and Lianne Dalziel coped with the Christchurch earthquakes and terror… Audio

The Rocket Man has blasted back to New Zealand - after breaking Auckland fans' hearts in 2020.

Sir Elton John cut his last Auckland performance short after he lost his voice and needed medical help… Video, Audio

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio

The Christchurch City Council is pushing ahead with the first step towards partially selling its blue chip assets, a complaint about Christchurch mayor Phil Mauger's election campaigning has been… Audio

It was once one of the nation's biggest industries. Now this Christchurch clothing factory is among the last of its kind. Audio

Police are outside two houses near where a man was repeatedly stabbed in Christchurch.

The man was attacked while walking his dog and remains in a critical condition in hospital.

Police have issued… Video, Audio

Police are trying to identify a couple seen near Bexley park around the time a man walking his dog was stabbed multiple times.

The man's family found him conscious but critically wounded at the… Video, Audio