Phil Pennington

A Canterbury family is demanding to know why there was no health and safety investigation into the truck crash that killed their daughter.

The police did ask questions about driver fatigue and… Audio

A dioxin alert has put a Waikato grandmother off having her grandchildren or pregnant daughter-in-law over to visit.

Authorities have advised pregnant and breastfeeding women to temporarily shift… Audio

A man who became gravely ill while working near the Auckland Harbour Bridge is speaking out after revelations the land was contaminated with heavy metals.

Ralph Morgan says his employer, Auckland… Audio

The workplace safety watchdog chose not to investigate the Ruapehu fatal bus crash under health and safety laws even though there was no one else who could do the job.

The crash happened at a time… Audio

Landslides are a 'high' to 'extreme' threat at the $900 million stretch of motorway being built between Puhoi and Warkworth.

Because of the Covid-19 lockdown, slopes and cuts from earthworks near the… Audio

A stocktake triggered by a controversial trial of facial recognition technology has revealed what police are adding to their digital armoury.

It details more than a dozen investigative tech tools… Audio

A long-burning, foul-smelling fire at a Waikato rubbish dump has forced the creation of a rare multi-agency group to try to put it out.

But the hopes of locals at Pukemiro for an end to months of… Audio

Medical specialists say there is little sign the one-off financial boost to fight Covid-19 will fix underfunded public health units.

They say the units need proper permanent resourcing but their… Audio

The location of some road crashes has been shifted hundreds of metres away from where they actually happened.

Waka Kotahi - the NZ Transport Agency says these are unintentional mistakes.

But a road… Audio

The Ministry of Education went against expert advice at a quake-damaged Christchurch school, hit spiralling costs, and was obstructive and misleading, documents show.

The ministry criticised the… Audio

Briefings to the Government say a key department had not identified critical services or tested staff ability to work from home as Covid-19 caused havoc earlier this year.

The briefings also say… Audio

Complaints of physical and verbal abuse, neglect and intimidation of residents and staff are being investigated at a Lower Hutt rest home.

The District Health Board is looking into five complaints at… Audio

The Government has done a deal over facial recognition technology that throws access to it wide open.

The Internal Affairs Department has signed a master agreement with a leading global biometrics… Audio

The Transport Agency knew that maintenance on Auckland Harbour Bridge had contaminated land next to houses but decided not to tell local people.

It found high and rising levels of lead, zinc and a… Audio

The head of an authorised seatbelt repair firm says he's seen some dangerous seatbelt repairs. The Transport Agency has rushed in more powers to catch out dodgy seatbelt repairs.

Autosafe of… Audio

Transport Agency documents about two state highway viaducts show a leading engineering firm warned of a "critical design risk".

It included possible failure of the structures.

But the agency says… Audio

One of the country's most expensive stretches of new highway just got more costly - and further delayed - by buried pumice that engineers failed to spot.

The two kilometre stretch of the Bayfair to… Audio

New services for better emergency and acute care of children at Christchurch Hospital will not open because there's no money to staff them.

The Canterbury DHB is struggling with a $180 million… Audio

Mask are now mandatory on buses and trains around the country.

RNZ reporter Phil Pennington is commuting into Wellington by train.

He speaks to Corin Dann. Audio

The police are quietly setting up an $8 million facial recognition system that can take a live feed from CCTV cameras and identify people from it.

This would push New Zealand into new territory for… Audio