Phil Pennington

The Government's first-ever plan for upgrading hundreds of unfit - and sometimes unsafe - hospital buildings is facing major delays.

The plan is an unprecedented attempt to properly coordinate… Audio

Crime fighting algorithms that sound like the stuff of a Hollywood sci-fi are in the sights of police.

A new stocktake out today shows they wanted to use one when pulling over drivers - but have now… Audio

The police have revealed how they use computer algorithms to compile a list of the Top 5 highest risk offenders each day, and the chances of a family violence perpetrator reoffending. This is detailed… Audio

Government agencies are expanding rapidly, raising fears the public sector is sucking workers away from private businesses with big money offers.

Updates from 18 departments and ministries reveal… Audio

Businesses are complaining an expanding public service is adding to their recruitment woes.

One example is the Ministry for the Environment, which is two thirds bigger than it was two years ago and… Audio

The country's District Health Boards are refusing to release reviews done of their cyber security systems weeks after Waikato DHB was struck by ransomware attackers.

They blanket refused Official… Audio

The Government offered to pay millions of dollars to Rio Tinto, just months after it promised no direct subsidies would be paid to the owner of the Tiwai Point aluminum smelter.

The deal, which was… Audio

Kawerau's paper mill shuts today amid questions about what contamination it leaves behind.

An iwi campaigner for a cleaner Tarawera River says the Norwegian operators are exiting, quickly, without… Audio

The SIS has been using an agreement set up under outdated laws to use CCTV cameras in Auckland to carry out surveillance of people of interest.

It's been going for four years but the Minister in… Audio

The country's only oil refinery expects to decontaminate and decommission its equipment, but is not required to have a clean-up plan in place yet for the polluted groundwater and land at Marsden… Audio

New coastal mapping shows the sea is rapidly gobbling up a beach in front of a mountain of toxic waste stored at Tiwai Pt aluminium smelter.

Locals say this shows how urgent it is for smelter owner… Audio

The Police have apologised to the Transport Agency over their account of what happened after a roadworker's death in Wellington.

Their original account showed police wanted an urgent ban on a type of… Audio

The police are using or trialling several tools to search social media networks during investigations, but they won't say what ones.

They say the tools are used to scan publicly accessible -… Audio

The Defence Force has contaminated the land with heavy metals from ammunition but has not revealed just how badly.

It has released one lot of tests showing limited contamination at Waiouru army camp… Audio

Five years on from the Kaikōura earthquake, the country's defences against bad building design are weaker than they should be.

Two crucial initiatives have not seen the light of day.

And the number… Audio

The Ministry of Education admits it should have done more to test the air at a Lower Hutt high school where toxic mould has hugely disrupted teaching.

But the admission in a new review does not… Audio

The Government has been warned there are security risks in the country stopping doing any of its own oil refining.

Plans to turn New Zealand's refinery, Marsden Point, into an import-only terminal… Audio

An Auckland-based cloud storage company - that the FBI warns is being used by ransomware attackers - cannot rule out hackers are using it to store patient data stolen from Waikato hospitals.

Mega.NZ… Audio

A botched tightening of the rules around the safety of truck brakes is pushing up costs and keeping rigs off the road.

The Transport Agency admits it has caused the industry difficulties, and has… Audio