Stories by Phil Pennington

RNZ has uncovered evidence of migrant workers being scammed thousands of dollars by three unlicenced agents who've been investigated for years by Immigration New Zealand. Audio

Pithani Dugraprasad is a newly married, 32-year-old pipefitter, who lives near Viskanapatnam on the east coast of India.

Eight welders from India who were keen to migrate to New Zealand came across Srinivas Chamakuri in Singapore in 2008.

A structural engineering leader is "supremely confident" that steel mesh floors in houses won't fail in a life-threatening way.

A Melbourne woman is begging the New Zealand government to grant her partner a visa to save him from being deported to Syria.

The New Zealand government says it has not been consulted by Australia about any plans to close the Christmas Island immigration detention centre.

Steel-test certificates for a huge Auckland sludge tank have been rubbished by the country's watchdog for laboratories, which says they are not acceptable for any regulatory purpose.

Another legal avenue used by Australia to indefinitely detain New Zealanders has come to light.

The family of an inmate whose death triggered the Mt Eden jail fight club inquiry hopes its long-awaited report will hold someone accountable.

A welding inspector turned whistleblower across the Tasman has got the Australian government's attention over defective steel imported from China.

Job insecurity appears to be undermining attempts to shore up the country's chronically pressured forensic pathology services.

The country's forensic pathologists are warning the service is on the brink of collapse, with families waiting months to bury loved ones.

The number of New Zealanders held at Australia's Christmas Island detention centre has reportedly doubled and conditions are getting worse, a detainee says.

A transgender woman has accused prison guards of groping her during routine searches.

The Ministry for Primary Industries is refusing to release the final report into fish dumping that sparked an ongoing independent investigation.

Fiji's international airport overhaul, being done by a New Zealand contractor, went months behind schedule because of bad steel.

A NZ couple has won the right to pursue a racial discrimination case against ANZ for selling them life insurance which is worthless because they are not citizens.

The Transport Agency is refusing to name the company which manufactured the failed steel used in the Huntly Bypass or the laboratory that tested and passed it.

The Chinese factory that made the steel strand for West Auckland's Waterview Connection roading project has provided fake test certificates for other steel.

Hundreds of tonnes of steel that does not meet the New Zealand standard has been used to build the huge Waterview highway and tunnel in Auckland.

ANALYSIS: New Zealand rules governing the steel that goes into highways, bridges and tunnels are much looser than in Australia.

Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce has given an assurance the Government encourages all its agencies to follow the rules when awarding building contracts.

A NZer held at an Australian immigration detention centre will find out today if his leg has to be amputated, and blames substandard medical care at the lock-up.

A fisherman targeted in an investigation into dumping has admitted that what he was doing was illegal, but says he was never charged. Audio

ANALYSIS: If Fairfax and APN merge their New Zealand operations, will public interest journalism suffer and who will step into the void?