Phil Pennington

Emails and documents show the Transport Agency has allowed defective brake testing to go on for years. An Auckland garage was warned in 2015 its inspections were unsafe yet carried on issuing large… Audio

Clear threats to this country's ecosystem have been identified from the chemicals in firefighting foam. This is spelled out in the biggest study yet into those impacts done for the Government. It… Audio

A man molested at a Catholic college when he was 17 says he was threatened with expulsion when he alerted the school. The man gave evidence in 2015 that helped convict Marist Brother Patrick Bignell… Audio

An abuse survivor molested at a Catholic college says when he alerted the school, he was given five days to leave or be expelled. The Marist Brothers who ran the school say it's deeply regrettable -… Audio

A man adopted as an eight-year-old in Queensland, and whose passport says he is Australian, is being threatened with deportation to New Zealand because of minor convictions. Australian authorities say… Audio

It's been revealed an Auckland garage was warned five times over nine months by the Transport Agency about dodgy Warrants of Fittness before it was suspended. In one case the garage charged for… Audio

A family in mourning for a young mother who died while looking after he newborn baby is accusing Oranga Tamariki of serious failings. They say the baby and her small brother were exposed to drugs and… Audio

A group of Catholic school Old Boys has found more sex abuse victims by forming an online network in the face of church roadblocks. Catholic authorities are now citing the Royal Commission into abuse… Audio

A fatal car crash has sparked a slew of unanswered questions about the safety of car warrants of fitness. This after the Transport Agency stood by and let a Dargaville garage keep on issuing warrants… Audio

Spending on contractors and consultants by government departments has been misreported to the tune of millions of dollars. In just one example the Ministry of Social Development now says it spent $69… Audio

The Transport Agency is belatedly signalling it will take a tough line against a major business that both imports used cars, and tests if they are safe. But the inspection side of the business says… Audio

Lab testing has found taps that leach a lot of lead into drinking water. The Master Plumbers industry group says theses are just some of the many dangerous products on the shelves and the Government… Audio

A suicide prevention expert is calling health authorities' response woeful as Porirua and Ōtaki grapple with a spate of sudden deaths. The Horowhenua town has had four such deaths since mid-September… Audio

A New Zealand family living in Brisbane has been told it will cost them 70 thousand dollars a year to send their three-year-old autistic daughter to preschool. That's under changes to disability… Audio

A Porirua youth worker is questioning why key DHB mental health workers were unaware for months of a spate of sudden deaths. Joan Buchanan who runs the Spirit of Rangatahi programme says people's… Audio

A survivor of past sex abuse by two priests at a Wellington college is demanding their portraits be taken down from the school's walls. Wellington's Catholic diocese admits one of the two, Father Fred… Audio

A spate of suspected suicides in Porirua north of Wellington has left the community shocked and desperate for help. 200 turned up to an emergency meeting at the college hall last night. Phil… Audio

Steel and Tube is still insisting it never knowingly broke the law and is standing by the integrity of its steel re-inforcement mesh. This despite the company being fined almost $2 million for 24… Audio