Stories by Phil Pennington

A Canterbury work safety group is shutting down, saying money out of government agencies has dried up.

Oranga Tamariki has amended the restructuring and will retain a "separate information management function".

The central health agency is promising changes to how it handles OIA requests after it dealt with one from RNZ unlawfully.

New Zealand's largest privately-owned medical laboratory has posted a $16m loss for last year, after recording a $13m profit in the previous year.

The work, which looked to share information across the emergency services, has been dropped due to public service cuts.

Public sector cuts have stopped work on a half-built emergency coordination system, similar to what Cyclone Gabrielle reviews say the country urgently needs.

Oranga Tamariki has apologised to RNZ and made changes to how it handles information requests.

新西兰与其他14个国家共同加入了美国太空军的"国际事务办公室"，并在至少三个领域表现活跃。

Analysis - NZ is increasingly active in the US military's Space Force, but how bold can it be when America's moves to ramp up space capabilities are encased in anti-China rhetoric?

US documents show Aotearoa is increasingly aligning itself with America's big push to bring allies into its defensive and offensive space plans.

The vast bulk of Transpower's electricity towers are over 35 years old, and few have been put up in the last three decades.

The monitoring is a "rich ... and potentially risky source of information" for combating crime and detecting fraud, a researher says.

Oranga Tamariki says it has changed its public sector cuts proposal so that fewer lawyers' jobs would be shed, so as not to put service delivery at risk.

Dozens of analysts at Oranga Tamariki have access to personal details about at-risk children, which they should not have.

The tech in hospitals throughout the country is "fragile and fragmented", with 1000 devices over a decade old.

Chris Bishop said on Thursday Simeon Brown had "already signalled that each of our new Roads of National Significance will be tolled". But will they?

The extent of WorkSafe's woes, and its deficit - and plans to cut 170 staff to plug it last year - have been revealed in a newly released Cabinet paper.

The United States unilaterally added New Zealand to its military-industrial base framework 18 months ago.

RNZ has learned Oranga Tamariki has begun asking non-government organisations for help.

Oranga Tamariki began a multi-million-dollar overhaul of vital information systems when it was not ready, documents show.

The proposed law change would introduce a way to obtain a drilling permit without having to tender for it.

The ministry initially tried to keep the Cobwebs deal, and why it was set up and then not renewed, secret.

Brian Barnes was struck by a speeding truck at a repair site on a state highway.

Ambulances were called to a fatal fire by phone last month after a 111-link between police, fire and ambulance failed.

Software for new anti-crime surveillance inside stores will be integrated with that used to recognise car number plates.