Phil Pennington

Fire and Emergency was told five years ago to come up with a plan for what type of big trucks it needs and where to put them.

Over a million kilometres of subsea data cables power the internet, while lying among them are also gas, power and other pipelines.

The Integrated Data Infrastructure system - run by Stats NZ - is hard to use and badly in need of an upgrade, say experts who rely on the data.

Christopher Luxon says a platform using satellites to monitor swathes of ocean in near real-time could be used in the fight against meth.

At least 140 people are slated to lose their jobs, and unions say the proposal will decimate the agency most relied on for first response in emergencies. Audio

Fire and Emergency is circulating a restructure proposal to its staff this afternoon but told RNZ it would not release it publicly.

FENZ is looking to cut costs and save $50m a year, as well as reset itself for a future of rising demand from not just fires but the likes of big storms, documents showed.

A dispute dating back years has meant reduced after-hours air attack backup, but the agency says that didn't make a difference to how it has been fighting the Tongariro wildfire.

澳大利亚希望构建一个以无人机为核心"三层防御体系"来抵御中国军事影响力的扩张，专家称新西兰或从中受益。

Health NZ has confirmed there was a "serious assault" on 18 October.

Dr Malcolm Davis outlines a multi-layer drone defence - from long-range 'Ghost Bats' to cheap interceptors - that New Zealand could plug into.

In a Taiwan warehouse, researchers hit a button, and a five-storey, steel-and-concrete box begins to buck and sway.

The live-fire steel cells in Rotorua are meant to simulate a burning building, but trainers say they're at risk of structural failure and are releasing carcinogenic smoke. Audio

Fire and Emergency is considering cutting jobs and "stopping or slowing" activities in a bid to save money.

Greg Stevens' death in May 2023 has led to a laser focus on the state of old forestry roads, to enable checks before they're used.

WorkSafe has reduced its team that focuses on psychosocial harm from 15 staff to about nine.

Around the same time Palmerston North's asbestos-filled Fitz bar was burning, safety experts were warning the government about eroded controls around the dangerous substance.

Wesley Tomich died on machinery at a Ballance Agri-Nutrients' fertiliser plant, after the company failed to put proper guarding in place. Audio

There have been multiple allegations of bullying and harassment of staff at a unit which treats abused children.

Two more cases have been confirmed as Health NZ says it's already "pretty pressed".

Police usage rose 70 percent in two years, to almost 600,000 hits a year - about 50,000 times a month, or 1600 times a day.

Police insist they have a responsibility to victims and their families to thoroughly investigate road crashes.

The Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security says protected disclosures were mostly "strong differences of opinion" about practices and risks.

Tāwhaki said their ability to offer tests in their special-use air space zone was attracting operators with busier skies.

Staff have alleged bullying at Starship Hospital's Te Puaruruhau unit, but Dame Naida Glavish says those problems were in the past.