Phil Pennington
NZTA senior leader's team trebled in size due to contractors
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
Nurses allegedly bullied at busy neonatal intensive care unit
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
Complaints about building products certifier since it began
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
NZTA facing problems overhauling critical IT systems
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 being checked for safety
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
Government rubberstamping building products in flawed scheme
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
Engineer reveals dozens of building mistakes
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
Hype-filled claims led to loosely controlled NZTA contracts
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
Engineering NZ says basic mistakes ending up in buildings
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 told to destroy documents
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
Joy Cowley defends bishop who resigned
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
Problems with buildings revealed in Palmerston North
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
Structural parts missing from many high-rise buildings
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
Widespread defective or missing concrete or reinforcing steel revealed
New imaging technology has revealed hundreds of major buildings nationwide have defective or missing concrete or reinforcing steel. Concrete investigators say their scanning shows many buildings have… Video, Audio
Man continues fights against church
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
Review finds years of ineffective monitoring by NZTA
A government review has found years of ineffective monitoring at the Transport Agency led to road safety regulation failings. The review was set up by the Transport Minister last year after RNZ… Audio
Fire sprinklers & alarms at high school turned off for months
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
School sprinklers and alarms disconnected by contractor
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
"Crunch time" for country's quarries
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
Hutt Mayor deleted texts about retirement home’s plumbing
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
