Phil Pennington

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.

Analysis - How much can the public find out about the quality of the steel going into the country's high-rise buildings? Phil Pennington investigates.

Some truck and bus inspectors are now accused of bending or breaking the rules. Audio

The dodgy warrants of fitness saga continues with some truck and bus inspectors now accused of bending or breaking the rules.

Wellington City Council went against engineering advice when it approved a major waterfront building that ended up irreparably damaged in the Kaikōura earthquake.

About two thirds of the cars rechecked so far amid the dodgy inspection saga have failed their new Warrants of Fitness.

The list of dodgy Warrant of Fitness issuers is growing by the week.

The government says it cannot say where the sites with very high levels of firefighting foam contamination are.

Clear threats to this country's ecosystem have been identified from the chemicals in firefighting foam.

An abuse survivor molested at a Catholic college says when he alerted the school, he was given five days to leave or be expelled.

What started as the issuing of two truck safety alerts has expanded into New Zealand's largest ever road safety investigation with thousands of vehicles nationwide that may have received faulty…

The Transport Agency's own top staff talked about having had "another close call" over truck safety, newly released emails show.

"The Australian Passport Office routinely issued Australian passports to person who were not Australian citizens in error," the Home Affairs Department told Eddie McHugh in May. Audio