Phil Pennington

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

The New Zealand Nurses Organisation has lodged a complaint with the HDC over informed consent.

It alleges very junior doctors, midwives and paramedics are observing or participating in the patients'… Audio

Defective concrete surrounding the country's deepest basement is delaying construction of the tallest tower-block in Auckland.

It appears no independent investigation has been done into the severity… Audio

The Education Ministry has dismissed safety concerns about school buses raised by a union.

The Ministry says in a letter to First union it is disappointed that parents across New Zealand have been… Audio

A national system of paying for public transport tickets virtually anywhere using cellphones, credit card or paywave is beset by delays and uncertainty.

The Transport Agency now says the rollout of… Audio

The Government has delayed the awarding of tenders to run school buses that carry 40 million children a year after a union raised safety concerns.

Documents show these concerns being raised with… Audio

Investigators reported finding many flaws in a major bus operator's safety systems after a bus careened down a hill killing three people near Gisborne in 2016.

But these findings were dropped by the… Audio

Two abuse survivors have quit a Royal Commission advisory group in fallout from being unknowingly exposed to a paedophile.

The two men accuse the new chair Judge Coral Shaw of spreading… Audio

Documents show a highly paid senior manager at the Transport Agency heads a team that has trebled in size by being filled with contractors. This comes at a time when government agencies have been… Audio

Bullying of highly trained nurses has been going on for years at one of the country's busiest neonatal intensive care units for premature babies.

Staff have called into question the safety of care in… Audio

Documents show the country's major certifier of building products has been the subject of complaints, warnings and investigations since it began.

CertMark founder John Thorpe was investigated before… Audio

Documents show big problems surrounding the overhaul of the country's critical IT systems for managing highway crashes, snarl-ups and roadworks.

The Transport Agency ditched a multimillion-dollar… Audio

Truck chassis designs are being checked to see if they are safe as part of a multi-million-dollar investigation.

This has come to light in a Cabinet paper that indicates the problems could be as… Audio

The Government has been rubberstamping masses of building products in a badly flawed scheme, using a major company that it knew had serious shortcomings.

This is revealed in emails, documents and… Audio