Phil Pennington

A structural engineer who helped trigger investigations into seismically-flawed building designs has revealed dozens of common but serious mistakes he is finding during reviews. The consequences of… Audio

Ministerial briefings show that officials passed hype-filled claims from a Silicon Valley company to Simon Bridges when he was Transport Minister, that paved the way for loosely controlled contracts… Audio

An unprecedented investigation prompted by poor earthquake design has found widespread problems with major building jobs. Engineering New Zealand says basic mistakes are being made and then slipping… Audio

Jehovah's Witnesses in New Zealand have been told to destroy documents and child sex abuse survivors fear that will cover up crimes. A survivor network has given the Royal Commission of Inquiry into… Audio

A high-profile Catholic woman says a bishop would not have had sex with a young woman unless he loved her. Joy Cowley, a celebrated children's author, told RNZ the sexual relationship that Charles… Audio

Mass defective earthquake design of buildings in Palmerston North has been revealed in the face of official resistance. The city council has known for 18 months that two thirds of the buildings it's… Audio

Building contractors under immense pressure are taking shortcuts and not putting critical structural parts into buildings properly, if at all. This evidence comes from a concrete scanning company that… Audio

A Melbourne man is fighting to hold the Catholic church accountable for three clerics and a teacher who sexually violated him as a boy in Otago. Marc - RNZ won't use his surname - has come back to New… Audio

Mistakes by contractors put fire sprinklers and alarms out of action at one of the country's biggest high schools. 2000 students go to Cashmere High School in Christchurch where classrooms were left… Audio

Investigations into faulty fire protection systems at a Christchurch school found contractors solved problems of false alarms by disconnecting more than 300 smoke detectors and alarm switches. That… Audio

Pressure on the country's quarries has sparked warnings that road workers and construction companies may be forced to import heaps of gravel and crushed stone known as aggregate. Phil Pennington… Audio

Texts the Hutt City Council told RNZ did not exist about a retirement complex's seriously bad plumbing were in fact sent to the mayor who deleted them. A plumber also sent Mayor Ray Wallace nine… Audio

A plastic surgeon is warning public hospital payroll systems are full of errors that are costing staff dearly and fostering resentment. Act. Barnaby Nye divides his time between private practice and… Audio

A plume of contaminants from firefighting foam under Ohakea air base in Manawatu will keep spreading in the water table for up to 125 years. Phil Pennington has been looking at new reports which… Audio

Major public agencies are beginning to look at the financial viability of the builders they use, as the toll rises from failing construction companies. The Government is also trying to impose smarter… Audio

Emails show the mayor of Lower Hutt was told in February that bad plumbing in a retirement complex was 'life-threatening'. All 96 apartments, worth up to 700 thousand dollars each, at the Masonic… Audio

A Lower Hutt retirement complex is in damage control after bad plumbing left elderly residents exposed to noxious sewer gases and bacteria build-up in all the showers. Plumbing investigators alerted… Audio