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Weather damage plays part in Waka Kotahi changing spending plans
The Transport Agency is in a $600 million hole and cutting spending targets on work including improving local roads and public transport infrastructure.
'It's terrible' - Hospital technologists say pay lower than admin staff
Technologists in charge of doing CT and other scans at hospitals are exasperated at being paid $10,000 less than hospital clerical workers.
Police behind in ram raid protection measures
Police have not delivered on their promise to radically speed up protecting shops from ram raids, but the raids are dropping off anyway. Audio
Four major hospital upgrade projects in South Island face uncertainty
Four hospital projects in the south of the South Island are in limbo.
Officials fear anti-government sentiment could impact next census
Briefings by Stats NZ to ministers show it is engaged in a $100,000 "national trust and confidence marketing campaign".
Further costs as new system to enable more tolls on roads rolled back to 2024
Costs are rising and time is slipping on a new system to enable tolls to be charged on more roads.
No plans for police to replace current taser model
The police are in limbo over what to do about their stun-gun tasers.
Registration 'rigmarole' adding to radiology sector woes
Qualified practitioners keen to work in the under-pressure radiology sector have told RNZ they are finding the registration paperwork hurdles prohibitive.
Google says privacy key as NZ Identity Check system planned
Google says it is supporting efforts between countries to fix a lack of "legal stability" around the flow of people's data and privacy.
Revealed: The hospital radiology departments at high risk
RNZ can reveal which other hospital radiology departments are at high risk of failing to meet international standards.
'Strong demand' for identity verification tool despite ministries' lack of interest
The government says there is strong demand for its new Identity Check system - even though half the cornerstone ministries are not interested. Audio
Company asked Waka Kotahi to do more on safety after worker killed, emails reveal
Eighteen months after a Wellington roadworker was ploughed down from behind by a runaway truck in Ngauranga Gorge, the highway contractor was still petitioning the regulator to do more.
Staff shortages, aging equipment flagged in summary of problems facing radiology departments
A slew of bad risk ratings for a number of New Zealand's public hospital radiology departments has come to light in a new one-page summary released to RNZ.
Security fears raised about home devices and apps
Imagine if you had to pledge loyalty to the Chinese state just to use a bathroom mirror or a lightbulb. There is a chance you already have but did not know it.
Understaffed hospitals lose radiology accreditation, but keep accepting patients
The radiology departments at two public hospitals are so understaffed they have lost accreditation - but are carrying on scanning regardless.
Contractor for new ticketing system involved in weapons manufacturing
The government is partnering with an American transport and military contractor that promotes its weapons-training systems by showing the targeting of men dressed in robes.
US firm in charge of planned ticketing system confident on privacy
A US transport and defence contractor that has won a big public deal to supply a national transport ticketing system in New Zealand says it takes privacy very seriously.
Rising paper prices pile pressure on publishers
The price of paper is rising at its fastest rate in a decade, ramping up the pressure on publishers.
Police evidence storage system 'full of potential for abuse'
A defence lawyer says police's private American-provided evidence storing system is derailing criminal trials and letting in the wrong people.
Long term job creation in new data centres unclear
An MBIE report on one of the dozens of data centres being set up in New Zealand says it will create a number of well-paid ongoing jobs but its impact on the region's transition will be "limited".
Police consider US firm to capture and store sensitive data
Police are looking to a hugely profitable US taser maker for new ways to capture sensitive criminal case evidence and store it overseas.
Govt expects to spend $6m on contractors working for RNZ, TVNZ mega-merger
The government is expecting to spend $6 million on contractors working for the public media mega-merger.
Why a surveillance firm the govt is using is embroiled in controversy
Analysis - The government's use of a firm run by Israeli ex-spies and military commanders to scour social media platforms has landed NZ in a global debate over 'surveillance for hire', writes Phil…
'Surveillance for hire': Govt enlists ex-Israeli spies to covertly collect data online
The government is working with a surveillance firm formed by ex-Israeli spies to help meet its "legislative responsibilities" in a specific, but undisclosed area. Audio
NZ under pressure to yield to European data demands
New Zealand is under pressure to yield to new European Union demands over how companies harvest people's data.