Phil Pennington

Google says it is supporting efforts between countries to fix a lack of "legal stability" around the flow of people's data and privacy.

RNZ can reveal which other hospital radiology departments are at high risk of failing to meet international standards.

The government says there is strong demand for its new Identity Check system - even though half the cornerstone ministries are not interested. Audio

Eighteen months after a Wellington roadworker was ploughed down from behind by a runaway truck in Ngauranga Gorge, the highway contractor was still petitioning the regulator to do more.

A slew of bad risk ratings for a number of New Zealand's public hospital radiology departments has come to light in a new one-page summary released to RNZ.

Imagine if you had to pledge loyalty to the Chinese state just to use a bathroom mirror or a lightbulb. There is a chance you already have but did not know it.

The radiology departments at two public hospitals are so understaffed they have lost accreditation - but are carrying on scanning regardless.

The government is partnering with an American transport and military contractor that promotes its weapons-training systems by showing the targeting of men dressed in robes.

A US transport and defence contractor that has won a big public deal to supply a national transport ticketing system in New Zealand says it takes privacy very seriously.

The price of paper is rising at its fastest rate in a decade, ramping up the pressure on publishers.

A defence lawyer says police's private American-provided evidence storing system is derailing criminal trials and letting in the wrong people.

An MBIE report on one of the dozens of data centres being set up in New Zealand says it will create a number of well-paid ongoing jobs but its impact on the region's transition will be "limited".

Police are looking to a hugely profitable US taser maker for new ways to capture sensitive criminal case evidence and store it overseas.

The government is expecting to spend $6 million on contractors working for the public media mega-merger.

Analysis - The government's use of a firm run by Israeli ex-spies and military commanders to scour social media platforms has landed NZ in a global debate over 'surveillance for hire', writes Phil…

The government is working with a surveillance firm formed by ex-Israeli spies to help meet its "legislative responsibilities" in a specific, but undisclosed area. Audio

New Zealand is under pressure to yield to new European Union demands over how companies harvest people's data.

Corrections is set to move 75 prisoners into Rimutaka Prison to relieve pressures elsewhere.

A major drinks bottler says it is on the verge of running out of carbon dioxide which would shut down production.

A new police deal to share data with law enforcement in Europe has been done when Europol is being sued for harvesting screes of data about ordinary citizens.

Firefighters have lifted a ban on a big fire truck that keeps breaking down - the last time at a burning house.

The Transport Agency says it is investigating why heavy wheels have twice flown off mobile dental clinics, endangering other motorists.

The chances of the ground shaking more violently in a quake is much higher than previously thought for large parts of the country. Audio

Spark is keeping customers' valuable geographic location data off their cellphones for seven years - five years longer than the US average.

Police have been told to spell out if they are sticking to the rules over surveillance cameras that are continuously reading vehicle number plates.