Phil Pennington

The government is persisting with a way of buying hugely expensive medical devices that has been proven ineffective.

Pharmac has failed to deliver many savings and has yet to set up a way to… Audio

"Stark" findings about the poor state of the Wellington region's hospitals have triggered a rush to get a $2 billion plan underway.

Newly released DHB documents show earthquake risks and escalating… Audio

A Christchurch car dealer says the emissions data that determines if customers get rebates or fees is changing even as he tries to sell a vehicle.

Documents released under the OIA show transport… Audio

Police caught 5000 drivers breaking their restricted licences by carrying passengers when they shouldn't last year - and prosecuted just one of them.

They issued written warnings to just 10 of them.

Four years after Waka Kotahi was slammed for not doing its job of keeping roads safe, one of its core unit's has been labelled so ineffective it is being pulled apart.

The unit undergoing a… Audio

Radiologists are describing a crisis across the country of short staffing, old scanning machines and millions spent on outsourcing.

The extra taxpayer dollars being spent sending outpatients for… Audio

Wellington hospital is being forced to spend millions of extra dollars sending patients to private hospitals for MRI and CT scans as its old scanning machines fail to cope.

The average waiting time… Audio

An Auckland councillor is appalled at Waka Kotahi's cycleway project mismanagement that has fueled big cost blowouts.

It comes amid new figures that show a clutch of key projects will cost at least… Audio

The country's cycleway building programme faces a tough choice - to defer, delay or blowout on projects.

Documents released under the OIA show it's not just pandemic pressures but basic mistakes… Audio

A property developer is suing Christchurch City Council for $19 million over a blighted office block it wants to demolish in a busy central mall.

Two dozen court filings show claims and counterclaims… Audio

A major contractor was operating roadworks labelled "dangerous and high risk" to pedestrians, drivers and cyclists at the same time it was let off a prosecution over a cyclist's death.

Downer failed… Audio

New earthquake modelling is due out this year that will raise the hazard levels in some places.

That will include large parts of Hawke's Bay, where the hospital in Hastings is already grappling with… Audio

It's been revealed New Plymouth firefighters looking for people inside a burning house had to pull out when their hose failed on Friday.

They have since banned the hose, and that ban is now spreading… Audio

Top officials were kept in the dark about a bungled $40 million Oranga Tamariki project to expand services to children who are victims of sexual abuse.

The Government says what went on is an… Audio

Charges have been dropped against two major contractors over unsafe roadworks where a young cyclist was killed in Christchurch. McConnell Dowell Constructors and Downer New Zealand have instead made… Audio

Changes to a $60m programme to help sexually abused children have been badly mismanaged by Oranga Tamariki. A review released to RNZ shows its team doing the work to fill glaring gaps in services was… Audio

Newly-released documents show the LynnMall knife attacker Ahamed Samsudeen was assaulted twice in prison. They also show he was blamed for starting a third fight. The 32-year-old was shot dead by… Audio

Wellington Hospital has to move its Emergency Department because its structure might fail in a quake. There are also issues at Hawke's Bay Hospital. They are the latest shaky hospitals juggling… Audio

The size of the country's car fleet is heading the wrong way in the race to reduce emissions - vehicles are getting heavier which means burning more fuel.

Safety ratings which favour bigger cars are… Audio