Phil Pennington

Technicians in charge of doing CT and other scans at hospitals are exasperated at being paid $10,000 less than clerks. 

They have been left in the wake after hospital clerical staff and… Audio

Police have not delivered on their promise in August to radically speed up protecting shops from ram raids, but raids are dropping off anyway.

They promised by now to have assessed about 300 shops.

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Fake websites, disinformation and anti-government sentiment are key risks that could undermine next year's Census.

The new threats are emerging several months  after the Parliament protests.

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RNZ can reveal which other hospital radiology departments are at high risk of failing to meet international standards.

They are Wellington, the Hutt and Hawke's Bay hospitals. We also now know Nelson… Audio

The government's shiny new Identity Check online verification tool is being piloted, using a common Google technology that is copping heat in Europe.

That's because Google Analytics transfers data to… Audio

Newly released emails show a roading company agitated for months to get  Waka Kotahi to do more after a roadworker was killed.

Fulton Hogan was still pressuring the agency for a mandatory recall to… Audio

Five of the country's public radiology departments in hospitals are at high risk, and another two are at medium risk.

A further three are not even trying to comply with international standards. The… Audio

Imagine if you had to pledge fealty to the Chinese state just to buy a bathroom mirror or a lightbulb.

Well, there's every chance you already have, but you didn't know about it.

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Two public hospitals have so few radiology staff their departments have lost their accreditation for competency - but are doing scans anyway.

Health authorities say the unapproved services at… Audio

The new national transport ticketing system announced by the Government last week will be rolled out by an American contractor which provides training for military drones.

The Waka Kotahi deal is… Audio

The police are looking to a hugely profitable US taser maker for new ways to capture sensitive criminal evidence and store it overseas.

They are also considering getting new stun guns, and possibly… Audio

The government has hired an online surveillance firm set up by ex Israeli spies, that's been kicked off Facebook for spying on people.

Immigration officials have been using the firm Cobwebs… Audio

Towns trying to save their medical services can take a boost, and a warning, from Dannevirke.

Locals have fought hard to keep radiology services free of charge in the town, saving patients long… Audio

New Zealand is under pressure to yield to new European demands over how companies can harvest people's data.

But a lawyer is warning that might well end up heaping costs onto businesses.

Phil… Audio

The earthquake risk for large parts of the country has increased by an average of 50 percent,

In the Wairarapa, Auckland and Northland it's tripled according to new modelling from GNS. 

Phil… Audio

The mobile phone company Spark is keeping customers' valuable geographic location data for seven years, five years longer than the US average.

2degrees did not say how long it keeps it - but that it… Audio

A safety alert has gone out about wheels flying off school mobile dental clinics.

Twice a wheel has sheared off the heavy trailers and gone flying across the road.

Phil Pennington has more on this.
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