Stories by Phil Pennington

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…

Commercial building owners in the Queenstown district are facing many more checks and sanctions.

Locals are demanding answers from the Defence Force about the threat firefighting foam chemicals pose to human health after its report went public, but it is refusing to investigate further.

The extent of the threat to road safety from risky car repairs is unclear but the industry consensus is the regulations are years out of date and poorly policed. Audio

New Zealanders in Australian immigration detention are vowing to keep up a hunger strike after negotiations yesterday failed.

An Auckland rugby club has apologised for awarding a cup named after a Catholic clergyman convicted of sexually abusing boys.

Investigations prompted by the fatal Grenfell Tower fire in London last year have culminated in new guidance about what cladding to use on New Zealand buildings.

A leading Catholic secondary school is refusing to release details of its investigation into a sex abuse complaint.

The engineering firm that oversaw the demolition of Statistics House raised serious concerns about the findings of the inquiry into its partial collapse.

The policing of building safety systems is being cut back nationwide despite the government knowing councils have been doing a poor job of auditing building warrants of fitness. Audio

The investigation into private security firms doing public sector work shows the firms have had largely unfettered access to the motor vehicle register for years. Video, Audio

The Transport Agency has known for at least two years its heavy vehicle inspection system was being undermined but has not fixed the weaknesses.

An Indian businessman has got his New Zealand immigration adviser's licence back two years after his agency appeared on a list of fraudsters.

Landowners in Manawatū on sites contaminated by firefighting foam are dismayed at the big bill for a water scheme.

The Royal Commission into historical abuse of children in state care has apologised to both men caught in the middle of an email breach.

The Royal Commission into historical abuse of children in state care has admitted sending a survivor's private information to the wrong person.

An influential Aboriginal elder says a young man of her tribe will be cut off from his land and spirits if he's deported to New Zealand.

A New Zealand citizen locked in detention has gone to Australia's highest court to break new legal ground that would protect Aboriginal people from deportation.