Phil Pennington

A company asked to run more powerful e-scooters on footpaths, and emails show the Transport Agency discussed the idea. The emails also show a trail of confusion up to a point where officials had an… Audio

Pilots of tiny planes say the ructions buffeting the Civil Aviation Authority have led to a u-turn that threatens to cost them big time, or ground them completely. CAA has toughened up on a rule that… Audio

Microlight flyers are protesting about a tightening of rules they say could ground them or force them to pay thousands to replace perfectly good engines. The Civil Aviation Authority has toughened up… Audio

A Silicon Valley company with grandiose plans for processing data from New Zealand had CCTV cameras watching Auckland's roads. Emails released to RNZ show the company Machine Zone or MZ, also trialled… Audio

The builders of high-rise apartments in central Wellington resisted getting translations done of key Chinese quality control documents. Emails show the Wellington City Council dropped its demand for a… Audio

A tangle over plumbing at the country's largest hospital project that is behind time and over budget, just got worse. The wrong type of pipes were used in Christchurch Hospital's Acute block. And now… Audio

The police are not ruling out using facial recognition from an expanded network of Auckland Transport CCTV cameras. Auckland Transport does not appear to have been aware of the police's interest. Phil… Audio

A government partnership with an American videogame maker has burnt the New Zealand taxpayer. The Transport Agency has sunk public money into a partnership with a Silicon Valley company called Machine… Audio

Auckland authorities are quietly working to add hundreds, if not thousands more CCTV cameras across the city. Auckland Transport says the top priority is improving public safety. But a CCTV specialist… Audio

The number of fatal and serious crashes of cars, trucks and buses without warrants or certificates of fitness is rising.

Transport researchers say it's concerning, but also puzzling, and there is no… Audio

Campaigners for homes made from earth cannot understand why the government has refused to pay for an overhaul of the building standards for a type of construction that is world leading.

That's left a… Audio

The Waikato DHB issued a warrant of fitness for the Thames Hospital maternity unit despite knowing it had firestopping defects.

It has hurriedly revoked the warrant after RNZ made inquiries.

Phil… Audio

It's not news that people doing PR and communications for the state heavily outnumber the journalists who report on the agencies employing them. And journalists know most of those on 'the dark side'… Audio

The Hamilton City Council says it is holding property owners to account for safety systems despite 200 of the city's buildings not having warrants of fitness.

These include many hospital buildings… Audio

The country's leading building product assurance scheme is in disarray after another major company pulled out of it.

The government's Codemark scheme can't be challenged by council building consent… Audio