Phil Pennington

An Indian education agent who was placed on fraud blacklist was still granted a license by immigration authorities. RNZ's Phil Pennington reports. Audio

An RNZ investigation has found migrant workers have been scammed thousands of dollars under the gaze of Immigration New Zealand. Audio

E-gaming has exploded into a sport that's just hit a billion dollars in revenues - and that's fuelling an equally explosive threat from match fixing and illegal sports betting. Audio

An Australian woman is begging the New Zealand Government to step in to save her fiance from being sent to war-torn Syria. Audio

Concerns emerge that faulty steel mesh used in houses and offices built since 2012 could invalidate insurance if it fails to save buildings in an earthquake. Audio

An Auckland lawyer has launched a class action targeting the makers of steel mesh in the floors of tens of thousands of New Zealand homes. Audio

Six discoveries of asbestos in major new building projects in Australia have sent up a warning flag to New Zealand. Audio

New figures on fish dumping prosecutions appear to back the critics who say commercial boats are getting away with breaking the law. Audio

Can robots make good judges? Phil Pennington investigates the crossroads between artificial intelligence and justice. Audio

The quality of steel in one of the country's largest sewage tanks is now in the gun after one expert says the test certificates for the Chinese steel are 'certainly fake.' Audio

Veteran Sydney structural engineer Mark Turner has chaired a committee dealing with steel standards for 18 years. Audio

The New Zealand cloud storage company Mega has failed in a High Court bid to stop information about its customers being handed to the Kazakhstan government. Phil Pennington unravels the details of… Audio

Australia turns to another provision in its law to detain New Zealanders indefinitely. The latest case to come to light involves a man who's been charged but not yet tried on domestic violence… Audio

Edwin Weik runs a wildlife protection charity near Hua Hin. He went to the first of the bomb sites last night, recording video which he provided to police, as he tells RNZ reporter Phil Pennington. Audio

WorkSafe is aiming to cut the number of deaths from asbestos in half in 10 years. But it'll be doing it without any extra money from the Government for now. Phil Pennington reports. Audio

The Government says it's a coincidence it's talking about boosting police numbers at the same time as Winston Peters, and in fact has been looking at this for months. Audio

New Zealand pathologists are warning the service is on the brink of collapse, with one of the six so exhausted, she may not last much longer. The Government's been warned it could be hugely embarassed… Audio

Morning Report hears from a New Zealander detained on Christmas Island - the first time we've heard from a detainee since guards and police stormed in last November. He says conditions are getting… Audio

A New Zealand detainee on Christmas Island says the number of New Zealanders being held there has doubled since riots last November. It's the first time we've spoken to anyone on the island since… Audio

Complaints of groping by male prison guards during routine pat-downs. This has prompted a prison lobby group to renew calls for a complete ban on strip searches, or at the very least the ability for… Audio