Stories by Phil Pennington

New Zealand is already engaged with the US Space Force in several ways, including a network it aims to expand to deliver battlefield intelligence from commercial satellites to "military commands". Audio

Analysis: Some world leaders and ex-leaders think it is less reliable, after 10 days of geopolitical ructions centred on NATO. Audio

RNZ set out to find out more about how school lunch feedback is tracked.

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The Defence Minister says she has not been entirely taken by surprise by the US's pivot away from security backstop to Europe towards the Indopacific.

A just-released briefing document shows NZ is still in a holding pattern over the Pillar II agreement, designed to promote advanced military tech development and trade.

It did not even know about the weaknesses until the Manurewa Marae inquiry - that came out this week - exposed it.

Rocket Lab is poised to launch a satellite from Mahia Peninsula for a US company which is looking to bolster military and spying operations.

Analysis: Everywhere Trump's "eye of Sauron" lands, ructions follow - Gaza, Ukraine, Europe. Next up, will it be this side of the world? Audio

The New Zealand government is being urged to set up a Trump taskforce to get ahead of any policy ambushes for this country. Audio

A New Zealand university is using facial recognition on students at one of its overseas campuses in China.

The report was largely positive, but did find there were issues with staff shortages and a lack of Māori input.

But we're in a better place than before and we should be very "proud as a country", the Emergency Management Minister says. Audio

He originally said it had already made a "massive" commitment of over $100m for a "world class Emergency Management Centre in Wellington". Audio

After two years of major damage from storms, a key government unit has made an abrupt change to focus on cyber security over and above natural disasters.

Professor Richard Jackson of Otago University said Donald Trump added a whole new wildcard to global security.

A data entrepreneur says facial recognition could be used in classrooms to call the roll.

A working cellphone can be the difference between life and death during a natural disaster.

New medical scanning machines at Hawke's Bay hospital are being put in buildings with earthquake ratings at least 27 percent lower than those set in new policy.

Te Whatu Ora has proposed to cut its core IT staff from about 2400 positions to about half that number, with the goal of minimising waste. Video

A private prison operator has been paid millions for reoffending rates that are incredibly low, even by international standards.

The US President's suggestion, which sparked enormous debate globally, has been labelled as a threat, not a proposal, by the Federation of Islamic Associations.

Questions are being raised about the lifespan of the Five Eyes, now Donald Trump is at the presidential helm of the United States? Audio

Analysis: Fresh from his quickfire moves against other friends, will the US president's next target be New Zealand's low defence spending. Audio

Glyn Lewers has been talking to ministers about the possibility of introducing a congestion charge, although he has emphasised this would not apply to locals.