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Documents reveal bullying at Dunedin Hospital
It follows earlier RNZ reporting that some staff at Southland Hospital were told they couldn't chat to each other for more than five minutes.
'Unsustainable': Tender exposes water entity's deficiencies
The breadth of weaknesses in Wellington Water's management systems is being laid bare in a tender for a $37 million urgent overhaul.
'Just jamming up all the lockers' - new fire trucks don't fit rescue gear
The country's newest fire trucks can not be used at rescues because they are too small to fit all the lifesaving gear they need to carry.
What is NZ's role in Trump's Golden Dome missile defence system?
A blueprint for the Golden Dome missile defence system has been created in the US, and while New Zealand has a burgeoning space industry, should it be involved? Audio
Navy to spend $35 million to start up unused ship
HMNZS Otago has been parked up at Devonport Naval base since 2022 when the navy ran too short of personnel to run it.
Work finally begins on 'largest defence housing project in decades'
Starting work on the building of 13 new homes for defence personnel in the Manawatū is a "significant step forward", says the government.
NZ's European military partners say talks about war in space 'accelerating' fast
NATO Space Defense and Security Summit hears talks about space as a war-fighting domain are accelerating fast.
Stage set for much more facial recognition in shops
Auror's number-plate recognition technology is currently under legal scrutiny in the Wellington Court of Appeal.
Europe wouldn't allow police surveillance like NZ's, lawyer says
The most significant challenge yet to the police's growing use of a private number-plate spotting network is being mounted.
'Surveillance capitalism': Lawyers challenge police use of number-plate software
Police reportedly tap into the Auckland-based Auror system 250,000 times a year, often outside big retailers and petrol stations.
Watch: NZ space experiment takes flight on Falcon 9
A Kiwi-built experiment is heading to the ISS to test superconductor magnets that could one day power spacecraft to Mars. Video
Dronemakers spread wares from London to Wellington
The Pentagon's go-to killer dronemaker, Anduril, has cemented a big deal in Australia and has come visiting New Zealand.
Outdated police system hampers coalition's clampdown on low-level crime
The current Police Infringement Processing System is more than 20 years old and can't keep up the flood of infringements.
Cost pressures or new kit? Budget dilemma for Defence
Two-thirds of the new operating funding that NZDF sought was to deal with inflation, Treasury said.
Building a wind farm at -73 degrees
Antarctica New Zealand is finally moving to fix blades for its wind farm at Ross Island and get new turbines built..
Defence won't have to keep some war records under law change
A historian says the change could make any war crimes harder to prove.
Defence chiefs told top US space commander NZ could rapidly launch satellites
Newly released documents also said there would be investment in systems to help them 'plug into' partner networks.
Why NZ's new maritime helicopters cost $400m each
Australia recently paid $82 million each for the same choppers.
Greens promise to re-instate axed national war memorial jobs
Labour agreed the jobs shouldn't be cut, but wouldn't go as far as promising to re-instate them.
Authorities recommend doing 'absolute minimum' to fix Auckland hospital
Documents show the decision could lead to critical assets failing, resulting in patient harm.
Children's history lessons end as historians lose jobs
Two historians who teach thousands of children about the New Zealand Wars, Gallipoli and Vietnam are losing their jobs. Audio
80 warnings before worker's death
Wesley Tomich's employer was warned about its conveyor belts before he fell on one.
Government spends $10m to fix bell tower, fires only person who can play it
The country's sole carillonist, Timothy Hurd, has been playing the bells - 74 of them, totalling 70 tonnes - for about 40 years. Audio
No charges laid so far over Manawanui sinking
Multiple failures of the crew, the ship, and the Navy itself were identified in an official inquiry into last October's sinking.