Phil Pennington

The country's nationwide public health system set up last year to address weaknesses brutally exposed by Covid, is really struggling.

The confusion and duplication is such that in one case 10… Audio

A progress report on the new health authority - Te Whatu Ora - has found major shortfalls, 16 months into its rollout.

The reforms that set up Te Whatu Ora last year are meant to have most of the… Audio

A landmark threat-reporting system for the public to counter terrorism and extremist violence is in limbo.

The outgoing government failed to get a final plan for the new system over the line before… Audio

Almost six months after the fatal Loafers Lodge fire in Wellington, Fire and Emergency has yet to conclude its review of how it responded.

It says the independent review has been delayed.

Reporter… Audio

Facial recognition technology has failed almost half the time in tests of a landmark government system called Identity Check.

Official information documents raise the prospect of it failing even more… Audio

Police want to cut the number of people remanded in custody.

Forty-four percent of people in our prisons are on remand and police saying reducing that number is a top priority even while… Audio

The police are trying to get officers back on to the front line, after they were diverted to help courts facing a growing backlog of jury trials.

Police's own problems with lack of resources and… Audio

Advocates for cancer patients say they are suffering and dying waiting for a new national system to be set up, that will bring better access to care.

Te Whatu Ora is in the early stages of… Audio

The police use of surveillance technology allowing them to collect footage of vehicle number plates is being challenged in court by defendants.

At the heart of the arguments is whether the tech… Audio

A US water warrior immortalised by Hollywood has told a New Zealand crowd that water problems are getting much worse. But Erin Brockovich's message to a Water NZ industry conference today is that… Audio

Firefighters were left scrambling to find vehicles, communications equipment, extra staff, and air support as Cyclone Gabrielle bore down on the country.

Newly released reports from the days leading… Audio

Briefings by a powerful committee with the Health Minister's ear, reveal strife and delays surrounding reforms at the health agency Te Whatu Ora.

They show months into the biggest ever overhaul to… Audio

Te Whatu Ora is moving to check the safety of hospital laboratories nationwide.

This comes after workers' exposure to toxic fumes and typhoid, delays in test results jeopardising patient care, and IT… Audio

New Zealand has a new super intelligence spy unit - MI.

It stands for Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment Intelligence RNZ can reveal the government's super-ministry has quietly embedded… Audio

On Monday Morning Report revealed a powerful new intelligence tool police are using to search data much faster and further, especially about firearms threats.

It's called SearchX. It's been badly… Audio

Police are using powerful new AI to help them assess the risk posed by offenders when officers are called out to emergencies.

RNZ can reveal the new intelligence tool SearchX can instantly display 15… Audio

The two largest political parties will not say if they support private hospitals picking up even more publicly funded surgery.

Newly released data shows the number of public-funded inpatient… Audio

Half the country's court buildings are crumbling, some are not safe, many are leaking.

The cost of fixing them has blown out past $1 billion, forcing a flagship project to be crimped to fit.

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Labour wants lots more solar panels on homes - but what about the slave labour used to make the panels that mainly come from China?

The party failed to get its anti-slave labour legislation through… Audio

Floods keep rolling in, but the country's new flood rescue teams have not been there to meet them.

RNZ can reveal the teams pulled back in the face of incoming storms in May despite saving 32… Audio