Phil Pennington

A trial has given the thumbs up to changes to the 111 emergency callout system, as police pull back on responding to family harm. Phil Pennington reports. Audio

How did Health New Zealand rapidly go from an expected half a billion-dollar surplus, to a worse-even-than-expected deficit? Phil Pennington spoke to Guyon Espiner. Audio

A major audiology chain of clinics has kept an Auckland man's personal details for over six years, then lost them to criminal hackers. Phil Pennington reports. Audio

Immigration investigators have broken the rules on using fake online profiles to spy on people's social media and been ordered to fix it. Phil Pennington spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio

Firefighters want an inquiry into a fatal house fire in Otaki and whether the fastest, best-equipped fire truck went. Phil Pennington spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio

Questions are being raised about our healthcare infrastructure taking a back seat to roads after the Dunedin Hospital back-track. Audio

Health authorities have ditched a plan to do data matching on 111 callers in mental distress, despite saying it was crucial to design ways to help them. They had intended last month to start listening… Audio

The Minister for Mental Health has been told the police will "refuse welfare checks" on mentally unwell people. Phil Pennington spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio

Officials have warned the government about business cases for infrastructure projects being so weak they are disconnected from reality. Phil Pennington spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio

Police have begun testing a new way of weighing up harms and risks when they take emergency 111 calls, that will see fewer officer responses to social harm calls. Phil Pennington spoke to Ingrid… Audio

One of the coldest, and hottest, and most powerful magnet satellite rocket thruster ever to be used in space is being built in a hi-tech shed at the bottom of Wainuiomata Hill, in Wellington. Phil… Audio

Police staff have had unauthorised access to a controversial online facial recognition website described by its critics as "stalkerware by design". Phil Pennington reports. Audio

Councils are warning building consents could cost more as a result of a software upgrade being run by the Australian company which dominates the local market for the processing of consents. Phil… Audio

A big health IT project that has swallowed nearly a 100 million dollars is in trouble. RNZ reporter Phil Pennington spoke to Corin Dann. Audio

Wellington motorists face having their number plates identified by camera for the first time by a private consortium. Phil Pennington spoke to Corin Dann. Audio

Just one person at the National Emergency Management Agency is working on short-term fixes to the big gaps in the disaster coordination system. Phil Pennington spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio

The IRD has backtracked on a controversial safety techique that is used to anonymise people's personal details. The organisation had been relying on a technique called "hashing" when it handed over… Audio

On today's episode, The IRD is giving the encrypted details of up to half a million taxpayers to Facebook and other social media platforms, multiple times a month for marketing campaigns, The Dean of… Audio

The IRD is giving the encrypted details of up to half a million taxpayers to Facebook and other social media platforms, multiple times a month for marketing campaigns. Phil Pennington spoke to Ingrid… Audio

Fire and Emergency has run out of money to give firefighters more lifesaving gas monitors with the project only half done. Phil Pennington spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio