Stories by Phil Pennington

The Catholic Church is beginning its first-ever survey in New Zealand to get to grips with just how many priests abused how many children.

A health board says it has introduced an oversight group at a neonatal unit in South Auckland plagued by managers bullying nurses.

Bullying of highly trained nurses has been going on for years at one of New Zealand's busiest neonatal units for premature babies, newly released documents show.

An Australian chemical company that dismissed the man who went on to establish one of this country's biggest building product certifiers, believes he should never have been allowed into any kind of…

Three thousand truck and heavy vehicle certifications have been revoked this year, compared to just five in total two years ago.

One building was so bad it was pure luck no one was killed, and others have had to be shut down, concrete investigators have warned officials. Video

Documents show big problems surrounding the overhaul of the country's over-taxed IT systems for managing highway crashes, snarl-ups and roadworks.

Vehicle engineers are combing through truck chassis designs and inspection records for flaws that might lead to failures on the road.

RNZ's Phil Pennington talks with the new NZTA chairman about the embattled agency he has taken on, how it will respond to major operational issues, and tackling the rising road toll.

The Parliamentary Service is struggling to find out full details of the earthquake vulnerability of a 22-storey Wellington high-rise that is housing many of its staff.

A leading building products certifier has had its suspension lifted, despite the company's poor track record.

New legislation aimed at improving the government's battered building products quality assurance scheme, CodeMark, comes into force today.

Newly released documents show the country's leading building products certifier failed reviews repeatedly for years but officials let it carry on largely unfettered.

An Auckland structural engineer is warning that reviews of building plans are not catching multiple, serious and repeated mistakes.

Five Palmerston North properties have been added to the earthquake-prone building register after an investigation found design deficiencies.

The Transport Agency has revealed it spent many thousands of dollars on an event to launch an online app in Queenstown - but it has failed to record just how much.

Ministerial briefings show officials told Simon Bridges, when he was Transport Minister, that a Silicon Valley company would transform New Zealand. Video

Police have moved out of one station and are closely inspecting three others after carrying out earthquake risk assessments.

Analysis - An Engineering New Zealand investigation prompted by poor building designs has found system-wide problems and that basic mistakes are slipping through, Phil Pennington investigates.

Jehovah's Witnesses church elders in New Zealand have been told to destroy documents, and child sex abuse survivors fear that will lead to the cover up of cases.

Children's author Joy Cowley says a bishop would not have had sex with a woman unless he loved her. Audio

The mass defective design of buildings to withstand earthquakes in Palmerston North has been revealed in the face of official resistance. Audio

Concrete investigators are calling for mandatory independent quality assurance and pricing controls in an industry increasingly under pressure.

A structural engineer is warning the government's latest review of building rules cannot hope to address severe problems in the construction industry.

Video - New imaging technology has revealed hundreds of major buildings nationwide have defective or missing concrete or reinforcing steel. Video