Phil Pennington

A trickle of complaints about overseas steel manufacturers faking strength test certificates is turning into a flood. Audio

The country's leading watchdog on steel quality says New Zealand is a wild west and falling further behind Europe's gold standard for testing. Audio

A top laboratory says Steel and Tube's test results for critical quake strengthening steel mesh cannot be trusted Audio

The owner of a company which scrutinises laboratory testing equipment says you cannot trust the results from a lab that is not independently audited. Audio

One of the country's biggest steel manufacturers has been selling critical earthquake-reinforcing mesh falsely certified as having been tested by a top laboratory. Audio

One of the country's biggest steel manufacturers has been selling seismic-strength reinforcing mesh falsely certified as being tested by a top independent laboratory. Audio

Officials are investigating a grey market in dodgy building products. But two Aucklanders who train plumbers and council inspectors doubt it will make any difference, saying New Zealand is a dumping… Audio

Switch it back. That's the clear message from a sometimes angry meeting of several hundred people in the Wellington suburb of Island Bay last night over what is probably the country's most-hated… Audio

Businesses that supply Fonterra say the dairy giant is putting the squeeze on them in a way no other company could get away with. Audio

Businesses that supply services to Fonterra say the dairy giant are railing against payment demands they say are crippling and that no other company could get away with. Audio

The trust Corrections is depending on to run a programme to stop paedophiles reoffending might quit the work entirely. Audio

Corrections is axeing a programme aimed at stopping the worst paedophiles preying on more children, but has left some of the key people who run it in the dark. Audio

A volunteer-based Corrections Department programme aimed at stopping the worst paedophiles from being a danger to children is being axed. Audio

Housing New Zealand is blocking their tenants from serving home home detention or being bailed to state houses according to lawyers who are also criticising the Police and Corrections. Audio

The biggest GP service for refugees in the Hutt Valley is going to turn away the 30 Syrians who arrive today, saying lack of government funding makes it unsafe to treat them. Audio

The biggest GP service for refugees in the Hutt Valley is going to turn away the 30 Syrians who arrive today, saying lack of government funding makes it unsafe to treat them. Audio

Family members of three young Southland friends found dead after their car crashed on a remote road 5 hours east of Perth, have have flown to West Australia. Audio

Tens of thousands of New Zealanders could be eligible for a visa that's a faster and cheaper way of getting Australian citizenship than the initiative announced by John Key and Malcolm Turnbul last… Audio

Tens of thousands of New Zealanders could be eligible for a visa that's a faster and cheaper way of getting Australian citizenship than the initiative announced by John Key and Malcolm Turnbul last… Audio

In an era when your mobile phone can tell Facebook or Uber where you are with astounding accuracy, call 111 in an emergency and the operator may well be confused about your location. That's what… Audio