Phil Pennington

A Health NZ conference for 300 top health leaders spent tens of thousands of dollars on catering as the current financial crisis engulfing hospitals loomed. RNZ's Phil Pennington spoke to Corin Dann. Audio

Nine ministries are embarking on a second national plan to tackle family and sexual violence, after the first $70 million plus one delivered patchy results. Phil Pennington spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio

IRD rushed through a privacy assessment of its practice of sharing taxpayers' details with Facebook and other social media platforms, within days of telling the Revenue Minister it "continuously"… Audio

A general manager at Palmerston North Hospital told almost a thousand people on a WhatsApp channel that Indian nurses needed to stop using their language in any public space at work. Phil Pennington… Audio

On today's episode, Waikato hospital has told nurses to only speak English in clinical settings, Christopher Luxon reviews his year after the election, Team New Zealand are flying and just three wins… Audio

Waikato hospital has told nurses to only speak English in clinical settings. Audio

Testing has cleared the government's main facial recognition system of having any significant racial bias, paving the way for its mass rollout. It is the first time that bias in the biometric… Audio

Health New Zealand appears to have suffered a further blow to its plans to upgrade old and fragmented digital and data systems vital to how well hospitals run. Phil Pennington spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

A document dump by health authorities this afternoon has shed light on the huge and rising deficit facing New Zealand's hospitals. Over 450 pages of  financial reports were released amid questions… Audio

A trial has given the thumbs up to changes to the 111 emergency callout system, as police pull back on responding to family harm. Phil Pennington reports. Audio

How did Health New Zealand rapidly go from an expected half a billion-dollar surplus, to a worse-even-than-expected deficit? Phil Pennington spoke to Guyon Espiner. Audio

A major audiology chain of clinics has kept an Auckland man's personal details for over six years, then lost them to criminal hackers. Phil Pennington reports. Audio

Immigration investigators have broken the rules on using fake online profiles to spy on people's social media and been ordered to fix it. Phil Pennington spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio

Firefighters want an inquiry into a fatal house fire in Otaki and whether the fastest, best-equipped fire truck went. Phil Pennington spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio

Questions are being raised about our healthcare infrastructure taking a back seat to roads after the Dunedin Hospital back-track. Audio

Health authorities have ditched a plan to do data matching on 111 callers in mental distress, despite saying it was crucial to design ways to help them. They had intended last month to start listening… Audio

The Minister for Mental Health has been told the police will "refuse welfare checks" on mentally unwell people. Phil Pennington spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio

Officials have warned the government about business cases for infrastructure projects being so weak they are disconnected from reality. Phil Pennington spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio

Police have begun testing a new way of weighing up harms and risks when they take emergency 111 calls, that will see fewer officer responses to social harm calls. Phil Pennington spoke to Ingrid… Audio

One of the coldest, and hottest, and most powerful magnet satellite rocket thruster ever to be used in space is being built in a hi-tech shed at the bottom of Wainuiomata Hill, in Wellington. Phil… Audio