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An esteemed US obstetrician specialist upends Starship Hospital’s diagnosis of non-accidental injury when he analyses Baby K’s heart monitor tracings. He says the main injuries sustained by Baby K hap...
· 39 min 20 sec
Could New Zealand’s leading children’s hospital have wrongly diagnosed Baby K’s skull fracture? In this eye-opening episode, a world-renowned biochemist and geneticist analyses the high-resolution CT...
· 30 min 33 sec
Step into the gripping world of Fractured, the monumental investigative podcast from award-winning investigative journalist Melanie Reid, as it returns for its second season. The truth is rarely...
· 34 min 30 sec
Step into the gripping world of Fractured, the acclaimed investigative podcast from Melanie Reid, as it returns for its second season.In season 1 we uncovered the harrowing story of a controversi...
· 1 min 28 sec
We’ll be launching season 2 of Fractured soon, but before we do, we are going to play you some extracts from a US documentary called The Syndrome. It’s a film that challenges the scientific validity o...
· 48 min 5 sec
As we prepare for season two of Fractured, we are publishing this special bonus episode. In 2019, Melanie Reid and the Newsroom team released a groundbreaking video investigation that exposed the...
· 52 min 14 sec
In this special bonus episode, we talk to Peter Ellis’ sister, Tania, about what has happened since the Supreme Court quashed her brother’s convictions. Has his family received an apology from the gov...
· 21 min 52 sec
In this shocking final episode, the girl who retracted speaks out for the first time, and bittersweet justice at last. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
· 26 min 33 sec
A book blows the case wide open and reveals the power and politics behind the case. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
· 23 min 12 sec
The top cop at the centre of the case admits to multiple affairs with complainant mothers and a social worker. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
· 33 min 49 sec
An up close and personal look at what remains one of New Zealand’s most notorious High Court trials. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
· 29 min 17 sec
Police raid the suburban homes of four women creche workers, convinced they are part of an organised child abuse ring. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
· 26 min 58 sec
Panic spreads through the families - a frenzy being led by therapists and police. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
· 25 min 58 sec
Police are convinced Ellis is not acting alone, and the fear and paranoia go through the roof. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
· 24 min 41 sec
In early 1990s Christchurch a young gay childcare worker faces bizarre accusations of child abuse. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
· 28 min 19 sec
We’ve interviewed dozens of people about their experiences with ‘Chris the Kiwi’ Ashenden, his billion-dollar company, and his market-leading AG1. They have questions stemming from his history of crim...
· 54 min 29 sec
We’ve come 12,000 kilometres from Auckland to Medellín, on the trail of Chris Ashenden, the chief executive of AG1. We don’t have his number or his address, but we think he lives here. Today’s Me...
· 32 min 20 sec
The US Food and Drug Administration reveals it’s received 118 adverse event complaints from AG1 users – this year alone. In particular, there are 30-plus reports of liver harm in 2023 and 2024. &...
· 40 min 25 sec
We talk to people like Andy and Lisa who’ve used AG1 – and they’re not happy. They want to know what’s in the green powder supplement, in what quantities – and whether there’s any scientific evidence...
· 29 min 10 sec
For years, AG1 has boasted of being ‘Made in New Zealand’. But where is its mystery factory? We track down a little-known contract manufacturing company in the sunny city of Nelson – and discover a mu...
· 40 min 29 sec