Timothy Brown

Abuse in care survivors are calling on the government to announce its long-awaited plans for redress. Timothy Brown has more. Audio

Firefighters expect to take a week to tackle the massive fire which has torn through almost a thousand hectares of scrub in Canterbury's high country. The fire has destroyed a wilderness hut near the… Audio

The Crown has described the case against Tingjun Cao, the man accused of murdering Christchurch real estate agent Yanfei Bao, as an absolute slam dunk. The six-week long trial in the High Court at… Audio

Heads should roll, churches should pay up or lose their charitable status, and Oranga Tamariki should be dismantled - that's what survivors are calling for after Tuesday's national apology for abuse… Audio

Put up or shut up - that's the message from survivors to the government after today's national apology for abuse in care. Public sector leaders were greeted by jeers and boos as they fronted survivors… Audio

As the Prime Minister apologises to survivors of abuse in state and faith-based care this morning, hundreds who wanted to be there won't be able to. The Government chose Parliament and the House of… Audio

RNZ's Timothy Brown has reported on some of the horrific abuse suffered by those in the care of state and faith-based institutions and he has been speaking to survivors ahead of the apology. Brown… Audio

A day out from the national apology for abuse in care, survivors say torture in New Zealand's psychiatric system was widespread and not just limited to the children in Lake Alice. Timothy Brown has… Audio

The glaring gaps in the country's gun laws prior to the Christchurch terror attack have been laid bare at a coroners hearing over the last three weeks. The second-phase inquest into the 51 worshippers… Audio

Would someone like Brenton Tarrant be able to get a firearms licence today? This is the question at the heart of the second-phase inquest into the 51 worshippers murdered at Al Noor Mosque and Linwood… Audio

The expertise of two witnesses at the inquest of the 51 worshippers murdered in the Christchurch mosque attacks in March 2019 have been called into question this week. Timothy Brown filed this report.

The sister of the Christchurch mosque gunman says she wouldn't have got in the way of Brenton Tarrant obtaining a firearms licence. Reporter Timothy Brown spoke to Corin Dann. Audio

The sister of the Christchurch terrorist said he idolised Adolf Hitler and admired British fascist Oswald Mosley. At the inquest into the murder of 51 worshippers at Al Noor Mosque and the Linwood… Audio

An image of a Swastika was found on the phone of the person who acted as the closest referee for Brenton Tarrant's firearms licence application. The terrorist also sent the person - referred to in… Audio

The inquest into the murder of 51 worshippers at Al Noor Mosque and the Linwood Islamic Centre in March 2019, has heard that one of the Christchurch terrorist's gun licence referees told a vetting… Audio

A court has been told the mosque terrorist's lies and determination to obtain guns and kill worshippers was a perfect storm of evil. Timothy Brown was in court. Audio

The terrorist who carried out the massacres at Al Noor Mosque and the Linwood Islamic Centre obtained his firearms licence and, as a result, the guns used in the slayings at a time when gun laws… Audio

The second-phase inquest into the deaths of the 51 worshippers massacred in the March 2019 mosque shootings begins on Tuesday in Christchurch. Reporter Timothy Brown spoke to Corin Dann. Audio

600 jobs are almost certainly gone from Timaru after workers were told by Alliance Group today it intends to close Smithfield meat processing plant. It's a body blow for the South Canterbury community… Audio

On today's episode hundreds of workers at Alliance Group's Smithfield meatworks in Timaru have lost their jobs under a proposal to close the processing plant. The 600 staff were called into a surprise… Audio