Stories by Phil Pennington

Analysis - It comes as ministers outline a downgrade in plans for Dunedin Hospital as it is simply unaffordable.

The Minister for Mental Health has been told the police will "refuse welfare checks" under their pullback from social harm callouts.

The government have been told business cases for many projects - even large roading projects - have become so weak that they are disconnected from reality. Audio

National campaigned on removing individual ministerial approval but Judith Collins says they're in a coalition government and satisfied with the current regime.

A new system means police will not respond to some 111 calls.

First person - By Friday, commuters like me were getting more used to randomness. But here, on the Friday evening platform, it reached a new level, Phil Pennington writes.

ACC is first out of the blocks, and the work is "of great interest across the other government departments".

One of the coldest, hottest, and most powerful superconductor electric rocket thrusters ever to be tested in space is being built at the bottom of Wainuiomata Hill. Audio

Police staff have had unauthorised access to an online facial recognition website which has been described by critics as "stalkerware by design".

An Australian company fined more than a million dollars for muscling into the market for software that processes building consents is making IT changes that could push up consenting fees in many…

A project to replace a system that dishes out $12 billion of health payments every year is in trouble. Audio

Analysis - Inland Revenue is giving taxpayers' encrypted data to Facebook - but just how good is the encryption?

The news comes despite a new policy forbidding live use except in rare situations where there is an immediate risk to life.

In a letter to the inspector-general of intelligence and security, they said the country was in danger of aiding international crimes.

A private consortium has been given the green light to run motorway cameras to identify drivers' number plates and vehicle type to uphold a commercial contract. Audio

The National Emergency Management Agency has just one person dedicated to working on a short-term fix of the disaster coordination system that let people down during Cyclone Gabrielle.

Inland Revenue has confirmed it will look into the safety of how it anonymises the taxpayers' details it provides to Facebook and other social media platforms.

Inland Revenue is giving hundreds of thousands of taxpayers' details to social media platforms for marketing. Audio

Analysis - Space has rapidly become more hostile for geopolitical reasons, but what are the threats, and what is New Zealand doing to assess them?

It has equipped 51 of NZ's busiest fire stations so far, but lacks funding for another 49. Audio

The New Zealand Defence Force is helping the United States to train the Japanese military to monitor satellites.

Police will not reconsider whether to put body-worn cameras on frontline officers for at least another 10 months.

It follows criticism from a security expect who says launches that support US military aims have not been questioned enough.

A briefing to ministers shows defence officials have been zeroing in on what joining pillar two might mean for New Zealand.

RNZ inquiries have revealed the ministry secretly used the fake profiles for years, before suspending the practice in 2021 when Parliament was asked about it.