Phil Pennington

The government has been warned the Bluff aluminium smelter is at extreme risk of sea level rise, with "catastrophic" consequences including possible fatalities.

A risk assessment to Treasury says it… Audio

Government officials stand accused of stealing a farm bought by a central North Island town for their schoolchildren to learn agriculture Taihape people established the teaching farm on 12 hectares 30… Audio

Confusion remains over how police are using photos they take of teenagers, mostly Maori, without getting proper informed consent.

That's despite the Police Commissioner speaking up yesterday and… Audio

The government has suspended talks on the Bluff aluminium smelter's closure due to a lack of commitment to cleaning up the site.

It has been negotiating since September over how New Zealand Aluminium… Audio

A massive double-trailer truck lost half its load on a highway outside Kaikōura because most of the welds holding the refrigerator container on the chassis had snapped.

The accident went publicly… Audio

The Bluff aluminium smelter has revealed it has another 75,000 tonnes of highly toxic hazardous waste stored in buildings at Tiwai Point - and does not yet know what to do with.

Government officials… Audio

At Te Araroa on the coast nearest the quake epicentre, the whole settlement has evacuated to Whetu matarau known locally as Hospital Hill.

Aomihi Cook is there with her brother and she spoke to Phil… Audio

The police are using drones that some federal authorities have banned in the United States over fears of Chinese spying.

The world's leading drone maker DJI supplies all New Zealand police's drones.

More than 250 children in Taihape face another winter in a school that officials have known for a decade is leaking, afflicted by backed-up sewage, and has substandard classrooms.

A parent and ex… Audio

Engineers who keep the country's truck fleet safe are crying foul over a goverment agency they say is broken, biased and rife with bullying.

The accusations contained in an 18-page letter to the… Audio

An investigation into a gas leak on board a Cook Strait ferry reveals how an electrician had to be "coached through" identifying and isolating the leak as they lacked training and experience.

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The aluminium smelter at Bluff has stockpiled more than 100,000 tonnes of cyanide-laced waste less than 100 metres from a fast-eroding Southland beach.

The smelter company won't reveal its plans for… Audio

A transport industry group and a drivers' lobby group say the WorkSafe is not up to investigating bad road crashes.

New information about an investigation into a truck crash that killed two children… Audio

Young people setting up the country's first national network for young Muslims are looking to nationwide community meetings on the mosque attacks as a litmus test for the Government.

They insist a… Audio

Workplace safety planning at managed isolation facilities is taking months to roll out by government officials. The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has been in charge since July but… Audio

The son of a woman who died aged 100 in a troubled Lower Hutt rest home says its systemic problems accelerated her decline.

The Woburn Masonic Care home in the Hutt's wealthiest suburb is having its… Audio

An Auckland woman is furious her gynaecological operation went ahead in a theatre crowded with people she did not give permission to be there.

The woman says North Shore Hospital breached her rights… Audio

The electronic spy agency is defending a dearth of reports it got about far right threats in the lead-up to last year's mosque attacks.

Out of 7500 intelligence reports received in a three-month… Audio