Phil Pennington

Rain fell overnight on already swamped areas of the East Coast. There are orange heavy rain warnings in place for both Hawke's Bay and Gisborne until Saturday with the heaviest falls are likely from… Audio

It may be the world's shortest lifeline, and it certainly is New Zealand's.

The 30 metre, 13 second boat ride across a once-flooded river inland of Napier is all that is keeping hundreds of… Audio

Tales of resilience and recovery, spirit and sweat continue to emerge from the slip-scarred valleys of Hawke's Bay.

Reporter Phil Pennington came across two, about a brewery-slash-winery - and about… Audio

The big job of repairing the roads comes with big decsions for local authorities - which ones get fixed first?

The work's not easy, and it's not clean. 

Phil Pennington joined major contractor… Audio

Work has been going on to clear mud-filled roads in rural Hawke's Bay.

RNZ reporter Phil Pennington has been out with road crews in Pakowhai - he told Māni Dunlop about the job ahead. Audio

Many petrol stations are still closed in cyclone-hit parts of the country in the face of growing demand from frustrated motorists and others needing fuel.

But there is progress in getting crucial… Audio

Authorities are looking at "exploring alternative options via sea or air" for fuel supplies in areas hard hit by the cyclone.

Service stations are only slowly reopening and parts of Hawke's Bay… Audio

Epidemioloigst Dr Michael Baker, who was a leading voice during New Zealand's Covid-19 reponse, is launching a new project aimed at strengthening communication between researchers and the wider… Audio

Almost 3000 of the country's most vulnerable children are not enrolled with a doctor -  and GPs say Oranga Tamariki has never asked them for help to fix that. 

They say inmates released from prison… Audio

A trial on Auckland buses has found drivers falling asleep at the wheel and an 'undeniable' risk of fatigue.

The company that ran the trial says it is seeing many more bus, truck and car drivers… Audio

Inspectors charged with making sure the aerospace industry is safe are so overworked it has been causing their own health and safety problems.

This comes from ministerial briefings by the regulators… Audio

Seven firetrucks were damaged and at least three are still out of action, after water was sucked into their engines during Auckland's floods.

Fire and Emergency was warned two years ago that air… Audio

Oranga Tamariki is warning children might be put in danger by changes to the Privacy Act.

The Government is moving to change the law in line with tighter data privacy regulations in the European… Audio

A new national ticketing system for buses, trains and ferries also opens the way for more road tolls and congestion charges for motorists for the first time.

A business case for the new $1.4 billion… Audio

Aerospace entrepreneurs are pushing ahead with airtaxis for the Brisbane Olympics, reusable rockets and tree-spotting drones.

That's despite their growing frustration with red tape, which spilled… Audio

Privacy breaches by the national archive involve almost 7400 records, including the names and details of patients of the now-defunct Sunnyside psychiatric hospital.

The scale of the breaches has… Audio

Police, prisons and spy agencies missed chances to direct the LynnMall terror attacker away from violent extremism.

That is among the 'significant deficiencies' found in a weighty review out today… Audio

New Zealand's aerospace industry says the sector's facing too much red tape, which is forcing some companies to move offshore.

With approval to test drones and rockets sometimes taking more than a… Audio

Investigations into wheels snapping off mobile dental clinics are continuing, months after a health service warned about the dangers.

Wheels have snapped off the trailers twice since 2017, flying… Audio