Stories by Phil Pennington

Devonport community leaders are worried a former landfill might be contaminated with firefighting foam chemicals.

An independent investigation has been ordered into the SkyPath walk and cycleway across the Auckland Harbour Bridge.

A Gisborne truck welder is accusing the Transport Agency of crippling his business while cowboy operators carry on.

Emergencies and overhauls at government agencies are keeping spending on contractors stubbornly high.

A dispute threatening a pedestrian and cycle accessway across Auckland's Harbour Bridge has prompted the government to step in between the Skypath Trust and the Transport Agency.

Developers are scrambling to keep big projects on track with construction firm Arrow Internationl in voluntary administration and subcontractors leaving its building sites.

An international group targeting church abuse is calling on the Vatican to protect children in New Zealand from sexual predators.

New Zealanders would be given special treatment in Australian deportation appeals under recommendations from an inquiry set up by Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton.

New Zealand's Catholic bishops have been left to grapple with just how much more open to be about clerical sex crimes, in the wake of the Pope's abuse summit in Rome.

A convicted paedophile denies ever working for a group in Wellington that runs music lessons for children.

A Wellington primary school has suspended music lessons that used tutors without police background checks.

The prospect of tax on the proceeds of selling rental properties and second homes has public opinion split.

A leading company director is defending his review of the New Zealand Transport Agency.

A Wellington engineer has been censured and fined after an unsafe crane on the back of a truck broke part of the truck chassis.

Methanol producer Methanex has admitted using firefighting foam in Taranaki for a decade after it was banned.

The Transport Agency is warning that tougher enforcement from now on will mean other garages, certifiers and transport operators will get caught.

Earthquake-prone building owners are warning the axe still hovers over them despite the government's offer of more money to help.

The government is being too slow to introduce new regulations and policing measures on building supplies, the National Party says, as SkyCity announced its convention centre would be further delayed…

The cost of a warrant of fitness could be forced up as mechanics spooked by a clampdown move to get out of doing inspections.

The Transport Agency's handling of a Northland garage that issued a warrant of fitness to an unsafe car reflected wider systemic failures within the organisation, an independent report has found.

The costs of the crackdown on road safety checks is being felt in Cambridge, where shuttle operator Dave Craven says 10 jobs are in jeopardy.

A court ruling against a fire-ravaged church has sparked fears of a precedent being set that will hasten the demise of other heritage buildings.

A woman has won a decade-long fight to show that laws which cut her ACC payout from $40,000 to just $500 were discriminatory.

Towbar makers are warning if NZTA fails to front up with money to cover the latest slew of failures, it will set a precedent for passing the costs on to motorists.

Smoke from the insulation used on Grenfell Tower is 15 times more toxic than less-flammable types, while the cladding is 55 times more flammable than others, the first in-depth study of the tower's…