Stories by Phil Pennington

The government is facing a bill of more than $800 million to overhaul back-office IT systems, and attempts to lessen its impact have hit delays.

The government is pushing to cut spending, but money was still going out of non-core areas in the latest figures.

The move showed both dissatisfaction with Te Whatu Ora and concern about whether the public health system can cope with demand, union leader says. Audio

A "sizable number" of schools have unsafe, residual asbestos which requires "immediate" intervention, ministry says.

The company restoring the quake-smashed church warns it needs at least $30 million urgently or it will mothball it by August.

Tough boot camps won't work and could be detrimental, the government's own officials told it. Audio

They must take a therapeutic approach, rather than a 'scare-them-straight' attitude, the Human Rights Commission says.

The US tech giant holds the data of millions of New Zealanders given to it by the government.

Construction suppliers are worried about the risk involved in building and operating schools, according to official advice.

根据官方公开信息，新西兰有兴趣进一步了解第二支柱；预计在今年晚些时候会公布新的防务能力计划。

Officials told the minister that Honeywell International, which holds billions of dollars in US navy, army and air force contracts, wants to invest to grow in the region.

Civil Aviation has done a U-turn over a new IT system, after doctors raised "serious concerns".

The multi-million-dollar project was meant to give people far faster and more secure access to their identity data online.

A multimillion-dollar IT platform vital to safeguarding children at risk of abuse has lurched into the danger zone and had to be reset.

The agency watered down a warning to the government about growing safety risks on the rail network, while also failing to submit a bid for more money to tackle them. Audio

Security agencies say it is hard to tell if their warnings about an "urgent risk"' of China-backed cyber attacks on important infrastructure have made a difference.

Sensitive video evidence compiled by New Zealand police has been shuffled around between US tech companies without them knowing, a newly released document reveals.

The spy agency watchdog has not asked a foreign agency if it used espionage equipment based in New Zealand for military action.

根据官方信息公开法公布的一系列政府简报分析了新西兰与AUKUS之间的潜在合作可能，以及它所带来的机遇和可能。

NZ "actively looking" for ways to participate in the controversial AUKUS pact, where work is underway on putting AI into submarine-hunting planes and radar into deep space for military targeting, a… Audio

A foreign agency ran a spy operation out of one of New Zealand's spy agencies for years without ministers knowing.

A foreign agency ran an operation out of the New Zealand spy agency for years, and ministers were never told.

调查显示，该局对情报活动的结果一无所知。

The Aviation Medical Society says the "out of date" and "cumbersome" system will make it harder to decide on a pilot's fitness to fly. Audio

Waka Kotahi has put out a tender to run the country's mobile cameras from next year.