Stories by Phil Pennington

A risk review was done after the US disaster and the Auckland Harbour Bridge risk management plan was strengthened.

As early as June 2020, Treasury was warning the hospital project was "in doubt with major risks". Audio

Police have been given the legal clearance to continue tapping into private cameras more than 200,000 times a year for evidence. Audio

The government has pulled funding from the country's flagship research centre into white supremacy and violent extremism.

New Zealand spy agencies and the government have been caught up in a leak of secret documents assessing Israel's plans to attack Iran.

Health NZ told the minister it was facing a half billion-dollar deficit and two days later spent $60,000 on catering at a conference. Audio

The government wants Auckland to adopt the scheme first, but lack of funds may get in the way.

Nine ministries are embarking on a second national anti-violence plan after the first multimillion-dollar plan delivered patchy results.

Police have been told public trust is on the line over getting technology in place to find and delete all the photos of people they should not have stored.

IRD rushed through an impact assessment of its advertising strategy to share taxpayers' details with Facebook and other social media platforms last month, within days of telling the Minister it… Audio

A private buyer is finalising a bid to run the Whakapapa skifield on Mount Ruapehu from next winter.

Some 44 clinical directors across the southern region warn services could be left in a "precarious" state if the project does not go ahead.

此前有病人对医护人员使用非英语交流产生困扰，在引起管理层重视后开始此类做法。

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

At the same time as forecasting the capital spend, it is trying to make $2b in operational savings.

有医生评价这种要求专门针对移民护士，称这些本应是英雄的同事们却变成了受害者。

Heavier double-decker and electric buses are damaging roads more than the usual diesel buses, requiring higher-strength repairs, according to NZTA Waka Kotahi.

A memo sent to all nursing staff in Waikato was clearly aimed at Indian, Filipino and Pasifika nurses, a doctor says, while nurses say it "reeks of systemic racism". Audio

The news has paved the way for the Identity Check system's mass rollout.

Documents show how masses of road cones inhabited part of a highway for most of the past decade.

Health New Zealand has suffered a further blow to its plans to upgrade old and fragmented digital and data systems, which are vital to keep hospitals running well.

Analysis - A single page from the 450 released on Tuesday provides cut-through on what has gone wrong.

Health New Zealand wants to reduce the number of chief medical officers from 18 to 14 while also promising not to cut front-line medical roles. Audio

Leaders are admitting to a breakdown in internal controls that led to it hiring many more nurses than budgeted for.

Te Whatu Ora will continue to lose about $147 million a month if nothing changes, a select committee briefing paper says.