Phil Pennington

A man who became ill after working for the Auckland Council in a contaminated area disputes the council's claim it did all it could to address his concerns.

A long-lasting underground fire at a Waikato dump was arson, made worse by the sabotage of earthmoving equipment used to fight it, claims the dump's owner.

A Christchurch school that won a rebuild is confident it is on the right track after years of struggling with the Ministry of Education.

The workplace safety watchdog chose not to investigate the fatal Ruapehu bus crash under health and safety laws even though there was no one else who could do the job.

Christchurch Girls' High School will get a new main block after five years of trying to strengthen the existing one.

A "high" to "extreme threat" of landslides has been identified at the $900m upgrade of State Highway 1 north of Auckland, and blamed on Covid-19.

The owner of a Waikato rubbish dump that has been on fire for months has been ordered to put a dirt cap on it.

A proposal to close a Lower Hutt rest home is not linked to an investigation into alleged abuse and neglect at the facility, says Masonic Villages Trust chief executive Warick Dunn.

A police stocktake triggered by a controversial trial of facial recognition technology has revealed what law enforcement is adding to its digital armoury.

A long-burning, foul-smelling underground fire at a Waikato rubbish dump has forced the creation of a rare multi-agency group.

A well used for drinking water, near Woodbourne defence base in Marlborough, has tested above safe levels for firefighting foam contamination.

A top Auckland doctor was warning the government in January that people were at "serious risk" because the city's public health service was at risk of failing, even as Covid-19 was knocking at the…

Tunnellers under Auckland believed a briefing about a cancer-causing mineral was "potentially inflammatory", newly released documents show.

The country's biggest bulk wine supplier is turning gigantic flexibags into plastic fenceposts but the manufacturer says lack of government funding is barring the way from doing more.

An Auckland reserve at the centre of heavy metal residue concerns has been given the okay by Auckland Council in a just-released health assessment.

The location of some highway crashes near New Plymouth have been incorrectly entered into records by NZTA to locations hundreds of metres away from where police say they happened.

A leaking and mouldy Porirua school will have its air quality tested after the principal rounded on the Education Ministry.

The Education Ministry went against expert advice at a quake-damaged Christchurch school, hit spiralling problems and costs, and was obstructive and misleading, documents show.

The key government department had not prioritised critical services or tested how staff would work from home as Covid-19 caused havoc earlier this year, briefings say.

A Lower Hutt resthome is being investigated over complaints of physical and verbal abuse, neglect and intimidation of residents and staff.

Police did not brief the Police Minister or seek his approval for their move to set up a powerful new facial recognition and image handling system, the minister's office says.

Huge plastic bladders, each weighing as much as 20,000 plastic bags, are being dumped in landfills with no controls and no record-keeping.

Auckland Council admits it was at fault for not telling North Shore residents about contamination arising in part from maintenance of the Harbour Bridge.

The Department of Internal Affairs has signed a master agreement with a global biometrics tech supplier that just about any public or private organisation can be allowed to join.

Officials are promising that the country's war memorial Carillon instrument in Wellington will not need to be disassembled for major repairs again.