Triple-murderer Lauren Dickason's appeal against her conviction for killing her daughters will be heard in February, when she intends to argue there has been a miscarriage of justice.
Dickason was sentenced to 18 years in prison in June 2024 for smothering six-year-old Lianè and two-year-old twins Karla and Maya in their beds at their Timaru home in September 2021, weeks after the family migrated to New Zealand from South Africa.
Dickason lodged an appeal in July 2024, with a Court of Appeal hearing now set down for three days in Wellington from February 9.
According to the notice of appeal, Dickason states that she wishes to appeal against her conviction on the grounds that there has been a miscarriage of justice.
"My lawyer will particularise my grounds for appeal in due course," the notice said.
Dickason will be eligible for parole once she has served a third of her sentence in September 2027.
She had pleaded not guilty to three murder charges, with her legal team mounting a defence based on insanity and infanticide.
Justice Mander imposed no minimum non-parole period, saying her severe mental illness was not only a contributing factor to her actions but the cause.
She was initially sentenced to an in-patient care and treatment unit as a special patient because of her mental condition, in accordance with the Mental Health Compulsory Assessment and Treatment Act.
Following her sentencing, Dickason issued a statement saying she loved her daughters with all her heart but had failed them, her husband and their families.
She said she took responsibility for taking three beautiful girls from this world and wanted to express the deepest and most sincere remorse for the extreme pain and hurt caused to her children and family by her actions.
RNZ has contacted Dickason's lawyer for comment.
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