Phil Pennington

A New Zealander stuck at London's Heathrow airport amid the virus crisis, says bewildered passengers have been crying, getting angry and pushing their way into queues Haydn Read of Whakatane was in a… Audio

Northland's biggest trucking operator has accused the New Zealand Transport Agency of letting an employee wage a personal vendetta against him that's cost him millions of dollars.

Stan Semenoff says… Audio

Northland's biggest trucking operator is claiming a triumph over the New Zealand Transport Agency and is accusing it of allowing a personal campaign to be waged against him.

The NZTA has dropped its… Audio

The Auckland Council is pushing back at the Government's plans to get thousands of prefab homes built here to tackle the housing crisis.

It has sent government officials a video link to disastrous… Audio

Fire tests of cladding on multistorey buildings are being run in New Zealand for the first time in response to the Grenfell Tower disaster in London three years ago.

A purpose-built rig near Porirua… Audio

The government agency WorkSafe is promising to clamp down over 'hidden' deaths that have sent the tally of work-place fatalities rocketing.

The official count made in 2018 was 42 deaths.

That more… Audio

An immensely powerful new housing and development agency is already allegedly causing ructions, accused of poaching key staff from local councils.

Kainga Ora will combine the state house aims of the… Audio

New research is beginning into why so many work-related fatalities involve vehicles.

Safety advocates say it's about time road crash investigations stopped ignoring the part that bad working… Audio

New research is beginning into why so many work-related fatalities involve vehicles.

The government agency WorkSafe has put out a tender for a study into the business models and supply chain… Audio

The Transport Agency needs millions of dollars to update old and creaking IT systems that provide crucial road safety information.

The systems, for example, have been unable to match data to sound an… Audio

Fresh doubt has been cast on the strength and durability of the huge concrete basement at Auckland's highest skyscraper project.

An independent review also questions if the concrete walls around the… Audio

New Zealanders living in Australia are being called on to take legal action to get federal laws declared discriminatory.

A class action is being looked into amid despair that lobbying against hard… Audio

Waitemata DHB is calling for the urgent drawing up of national guidelines on how patients give their informed consent, amid a women's health controversy at North Shore Hospital.

Phil Pennington… Audio

An under-staffed social work agency has been turning away applicants because it can't afford to pay them enough.

The struggles at Birthright Hawkes Bay and other agencies have intensified due to the… Audio

Speed limits for all e-scooters on footpaths is in the wings.

Lobby groups for the disabled say officials are looking at a 10km/h limit - but they want that at least halved, or no scooters on paths… Audio

After the mosque attacks in Christchurch this year, many were asking which agencies should have been keeping New Zealanders safe from extremism. Were there plans and strategies in place to identify… Audio

The Government has failed to deliver on its promise to rein in spending on expensive contractors and consultants.

The total spending on this by a group of the biggest departments has jumped by 14… Audio

Building plans signed off by the Christchurch City Council show one of its own structural engineers was involved in the design of a new multistorey building that is unstable.

The eight-storey office… Audio

A property developer says he rejected an approach from a company who went on to build a substandard multistorey building in Christchurch's central mall.

The building at 230 High Street is in limbo… Audio