Stories by Phil Pennington
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Concerns over imported glass safety
5 May 2016
Processed and toughened glass is flooding in from overseas and gaps are showing up in the safety controls.
Firm behind Christchurch build under scrutiny
18 Apr 2016
The company signed up to do the single most expensive building in the Christchurch rebuild is centre stage in a corruption inquiry in the Australian Senate.
Steel seismic mesh: Is near enough good enough?
13 Apr 2016
ANALYSIS: The government has been trying to reassure people over the seismic safety of reinforced steel mesh. Phil Pennington assesses whether homeowners have been put at ease.
Trust feels 'torpedoed' by Corrections
7 Mar 2016
A trust that the Department of Corrections is depending on to run a programme managing paedophiles says it feels torpedoed.