Phil Pennington

The police use of surveillance technology allowing them to collect footage of vehicle number plates is being challenged in court by defendants.

At the heart of the arguments is whether the tech… Audio

A US water warrior immortalised by Hollywood has told a New Zealand crowd that water problems are getting much worse. But Erin Brockovich's message to a Water NZ industry conference today is that… Audio

Firefighters were left scrambling to find vehicles, communications equipment, extra staff, and air support as Cyclone Gabrielle bore down on the country.

Newly released reports from the days leading… Audio

Briefings by a powerful committee with the Health Minister's ear, reveal strife and delays surrounding reforms at the health agency Te Whatu Ora.

They show months into the biggest ever overhaul to… Audio

Te Whatu Ora is moving to check the safety of hospital laboratories nationwide.

This comes after workers' exposure to toxic fumes and typhoid, delays in test results jeopardising patient care, and IT… Audio

New Zealand has a new super intelligence spy unit - MI.

It stands for Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment Intelligence RNZ can reveal the government's super-ministry has quietly embedded… Audio

On Monday Morning Report revealed a powerful new intelligence tool police are using to search data much faster and further, especially about firearms threats.

It's called SearchX. It's been badly… Audio

Police are using powerful new AI to help them assess the risk posed by offenders when officers are called out to emergencies.

RNZ can reveal the new intelligence tool SearchX can instantly display 15… Audio

The two largest political parties will not say if they support private hospitals picking up even more publicly funded surgery.

Newly released data shows the number of public-funded inpatient… Audio

Half the country's court buildings are crumbling, some are not safe, many are leaking.

The cost of fixing them has blown out past $1 billion, forcing a flagship project to be crimped to fit.

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Labour wants lots more solar panels on homes - but what about the slave labour used to make the panels that mainly come from China?

The party failed to get its anti-slave labour legislation through… Audio

Floods keep rolling in, but the country's new flood rescue teams have not been there to meet them.

RNZ can reveal the teams pulled back in the face of incoming storms in May despite saving 32… Audio

A new report from the senior doctors' union says people's dependency on private healthcare, to provide what public services can't, is rapidly increasing.

Evidence of this includes a Bay of Plenty iwi… Audio

The police won't say how new tasers they're buying will be monitored for public safety.

The existing tasers used by police have built in cameras, but replacements don't and are instead meant to be… Audio

A confidential government project with a big US tech firm had grandiose ambitions to trigger "system-wide change" for making life easier for businesses - but went nowhere.

The so-called "lighthouse"… Audio

A newly released report shows mistrust running deep among Hawke's Bay doctors over how IT systems have been reporting back on vital medical scans.

The report from International Accreditation NZ… Audio

The rise of the use of drones as military weapons marks a major change in military tactics and is something we as a country will need to confront soon.

The US has just done a, quote, 'world first'… Audio

American tech giant Amazon is working on a programme that health agency Te Whatu Ora says will 'transform' the health sector via cloud computing.

This follows two private presentations that… Audio

Public agencies have been locking in hundreds of millions of dollars of contracts for big IT upgrades even as the government pledges to cut contractor spending.

The big winners so far are US tech… Audio

WorkSafe, which is already under fire already for not doing enough to keep workers safe, is cutting back on what it does to save money.

Its chief executive met with senior staff last week to discuss… Audio