Stories by Phil Pennington

Almost 50 buildings in Wellington have been identified with combustible cladding similar to that which fuelled the Grenfell Tower fire.

Two Canterbury men are accusing the Catholic church of enabling a priest to carry out a string of child sex attacks in multiple South Island parishes. Video

A sex abuse victim is calling for a prestigious Catholic school to sack its rector for not removing a teacher who sexually assaulted him years ago. Video

Celebrity lawyer Erin Brockovich has been making waves across the Tasman, accusing authorities of inaction over water contamination from firefighting foam, but the real homespun hero when it comes to…

Farms and lifestyle blocks beside Palmerston North Airport are being alerted to firefighting foam contamination in waterways.

Nurses are warning changes to Plunket services in Auckland will cut clinics or clinic time for many babies, but the organisation says its services are not changing.

Contamination from banned chemicals in firefighting foam at levels above safe drinking water guidelines has been found in streams around Palmerston North airport.

An American man forcibly separated by the Catholic Church from his parents as a toddler has, seven decades later, finally learned the truth about his father - by exhuming his body.

South Auckland's embattled health board has begun investigating itself after receiving a scathing reprimand from the country's health boss.

An official investigation has raised serious questions about multiple financial irregularities at Counties Manukau District Health Board.

A court has accepted a woman who served in the air force was sexually harassed by a sergeant known as "Groper Roper" but barred her from claiming damages as she took legal action too late.

Port Taranaki knew about groundwater contamination for more than a year before the public was told, documents show.

Many major buildings with combustible cladding are not being properly audited to make sure all their safety systems work properly.

The majority of Christchurch buildings that have the most combustible type of aluminium composite cladding are office blocks.

The Australian military was alerted to water contamination at New Zealand Defence Force bases months before the public here was told.

A heavy vehicle engineer kept quiet about deficiencies in his designs for years until a trailer snapped off a truck, according to NZTA documents.

The Health Ministry is rejecting any need for an inquiry into how Middlemore Hospital built a multi-million-dollar meetings' centre when it needs more operating theatres.

More people who were abused by a priest and Christian Brother in Otago when they were children have come forward to the Catholic Church.

A near-new Wellington hotel had to shut for months due to a kitchen fire spreading smoke into rooms, the Insurance Council says.

A Family Court judge alerted the head of Oranga Tamariki to an assault accusation that had not been investigated.

Engineers say most of the earthquake-prone buildings in small towns could be fixed relatively simply and inexpensively, without involving them directly at all.

Locals say the cost to fix earthquake-prone buildings in Marton is putting any potential buyers off, with existing owners desperately racing to beat tougher strengthening deadlines. Video

The Grenfell Tower blaze has exposed multiple failings worldwide, says a visiting UK fire expert who is pushing for international fire standards.

A small rebellion is brewing in two northern Horowhenua settlements, with moves to break away from their district council.

Contaminated water linked to firefighting foam has been discovered at a petrochemical site in a second region.