Phil Pennington

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

A transgender former prison inmate speaks out on Morning Report about abuse suffered at the hands of prison guards. Audio

A New Zealand couple are taking on the ANZ bank in Australia. They're accusing the bank of racial discrimination for selling them worthless life insurance. Phil Pennington has more. Audio

The ructions in New Zealand over steel supplies are nothing compared to what's happening overseas. Phil Pennington reports on international trade disputes, steel failures and job insecurity. Audio

The mother of a New Zealander who died in detention in Australia says she's not surprised an official report into the death has been published but with almost all its content blacked out. Audio

The Transport Agency cites commercial reasons for refusing to explain what went wrong with failed steel at four bridges on the Huntly Bypass. Audio

Top students in architecture, engineering and construction battle it out in a contest to come up with new ideas for affordable housing. Audio

More revelations about the Chinese steel factory that made steel strand for Waterview Connection. Now it's provided fake test certificates for other steel. Our reporter Phil Pennington has the… Audio

The Labour Party has accused the Government of being too slow to act over the risks around the standard of steel being used on big projects. Audio

Hundreds of tonnes of steel that doesn't meet the New Zealand standard has been used to build the huge Waterview highway and tunnel in Auckland. Our reporter Phil Pennington has the details. Audio

Prison guards are conducting thousands of strip searches on the grounds they have 'reasonable cause' to suspect inmates are hiding drugs or weapons - but are finding virtually nothing. Audio

Prison guards are conducting thousands of strip searches of inmates but finding virtually no weapons or drugs. Audio

More than 25 thousand Toyota Hiace van owners have been driving around paying too much for their registration because of an ACC muck-up. Audio

A play pushing for the youth court to cover 17 and 18 year olds too, has proved authentic enough for a judge, and persuasive enough for the head of the youth wing of the National Party. Audio

The Transport Agency has entrusted the investigation into how it's ended up with a heap of bad steel at the new Waikato Expressway to the very company that imported it, Steel & Tube. Audio

Lawyers for a New Zealand-born bikie leader jailed in Australia are considering a court challenge to overturn sweeping immigration powers. Audio

Half of the work to make and fit thousands of tonnes of steel frames for the Sky City Convention Centre has gone to Thailand, despite New Zealand factories being encouraged to gear up for the work. Audio

The contractors who imported 16-hundred tonnes of substandard steel for new highway bridges were warned the deal was too good to be true. Audio

Cheap Chinese steel certified as strong enough to hold up four bridges has been exposed as too weak, forcing a major fix-up on a huge new highway. Audio