Phil Pennington

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

A global giant at the centre of controversies over facial recognition technology in the US and UK, is working closely with the New Zealand Government.

The Tokyo-based NEC is updating the country's… Audio

The Transport Agency faced with broken highways, has staked a billion dollars on a roadbuilding method that is unproven and is difficult to get right.

The technique is being rolled out in Waikato at… Audio

The Transport Agency has problems with two new bridges being built on the Auckland Northern Corridor highway project.

That's partly due to efforts to speed up construction after a five-week Covid-19… Audio

The government has put the kaibosh on hopes hospital workers owed three quarters of $1 billion could get an interim payout early.

Workers will have to wait until into next year or even longer, seven… Audio

A leading sleep research centre is facing changes that could undermine its worldwide status.

Massey University wants to absorb the Sleep Wake centre into another department due to a shortfall in… Audio

Police attempts to block a man who 'annoyed and frustrated' them from running a security company, has been over-ruled by a district court judge.

The judge says the objections were based solely on… Audio

A California family have an underwater drone ready to go to look for the body of their son, drowned when a skydiving jump went wrong over a South Island lake.

But the police won't let them.

RNZ's… Audio

"Useless, biased and misleading."

That is how the parents of a Rotorua toddler left brain damaged after choking at a childcare centre, sum up WorkSafe's investigation and its handling of their… Audio

The Carillon Tower at the National War Memorial at Pukeahu in Wellington will remain closed to the public after a new detailed assessment confirmed it was quake prone.

It reveals a third part of the… Audio

A man whose two nephews died working in East Coast forests says if Worksafe thinks it is doing a good job, he hates to think what 'hopeless' looks like.

Families are speaking up about their… Audio

Safety concerns over the strength of high viaducts on a $700 million highway being built north of Auckland have triggered two reviews.

The Transport Agency says the investigations dispel worries the… Audio

A government ministry was warned by engineers the bell frame in the National War Memorial Carillion could fail, and the bells fall down and kill people in an earthquake.

It was told to check the… Audio

The closest ever look at the country's hospitals reveals many intensive care units, operating theatres and Emergency Departments are in 'poor or very poor' shape.

The Government is releasing the… Audio

It's the first morning of Alert Level 1 and a return to a way of life not seen in more than 11 weeks.

We've sent RNZ reporters out into the streets throughout the country as we did at the start of… Audio

Weak building regulations mean it's hard to investigate the safety of crucial earthquake bracing used in schools, hospitals and supermarkets.

Authorities say the regulations are too unclear for them… Audio

Public health units confronting the pandemic are in crisis because they don't have enough doctors.

Funding for training new doctors is so limited, applicants have had to be turned away.

RNZ's Phil… Audio

Blind people are slamming the Government for releasing a contact tracing app they can't use.

They say the Covid Tracer app launched six days ago lacks even the most basic functions to let low vision… Audio

Christchurch Hospital is pushing ahead with a new $150 million medical tower block despite its own doctors pleading that it's far too small.

The five-storey tower will be over half empty because the… Audio

The Canterbury District Health Board is pushing ahead with a new medical block that its own doctors warn is the worst option available.

DHB minutes show the board was pressured to decide for fear of… Audio