Stories by Phil Pennington

The number of searches by officers on automated number plate recognition systems rose from 64,000 in 2020 to almost 700,000 four years later.

Analysis: The accelerating and dangerous world of advanced military technology is sparking more talks between governments, and more drones on the battlefield, writes Phil Pennington.

The NZDF has not said just how much is left on the ship.

A botched government IT project has had to pull in contractors from around the world to carry out a costly salvage job.

Police use of number-plate spotting systems has skyrocketed to nearly 700,000 times a year - or almost 2000 times every day. Audio

On Monday, the police said it would be working with the Transport Agency to complement each other.

Analysis: China is being called 'provocative' after live firing in the Tasman, but New Zealand has done the same. Audio

Government ministers are claiming it as a win, but what does new official data tell us?

There's $140 billion of projects being planned or built, but Treasury says it's "not sure" a key number is right.

Two firefighters wearing the wrong gear suffered sulphuric acid burns in a botched callout by a supplier delivering the acid to a damaging spill near Napier last year. Audio

New Zealand is already engaged with the US Space Force in several ways, including a network it aims to expand to deliver battlefield intelligence from commercial satellites to "military commands". Audio

Analysis: Some world leaders and ex-leaders think it is less reliable, after 10 days of geopolitical ructions centred on NATO. Audio

RNZ set out to find out more about how school lunch feedback is tracked.

简报中大量关键内容，包括一些与中国相关的信息以及结论性内容均被涂黑遮挡，因此存在大量细节缺失。

The Defence Minister says she has not been entirely taken by surprise by the US's pivot away from security backstop to Europe towards the Indopacific.

A just-released briefing document shows NZ is still in a holding pattern over the Pillar II agreement, designed to promote advanced military tech development and trade.

It did not even know about the weaknesses until the Manurewa Marae inquiry - that came out this week - exposed it.

Rocket Lab is poised to launch a satellite from Mahia Peninsula for a US company which is looking to bolster military and spying operations.

Analysis: Everywhere Trump's "eye of Sauron" lands, ructions follow - Gaza, Ukraine, Europe. Next up, will it be this side of the world? Audio

The New Zealand government is being urged to set up a Trump taskforce to get ahead of any policy ambushes for this country. Audio

A New Zealand university is using facial recognition on students at one of its overseas campuses in China.

The report was largely positive, but did find there were issues with staff shortages and a lack of Māori input.

But we're in a better place than before and we should be very "proud as a country", the Emergency Management Minister says. Audio

He originally said it had already made a "massive" commitment of over $100m for a "world class Emergency Management Centre in Wellington". Audio

After two years of major damage from storms, a key government unit has made an abrupt change to focus on cyber security over and above natural disasters.