Phil Pennington

A convicted paedophile denies ever working for a group in Wellington that runs music lessons for children.

A Wellington primary school has suspended music lessons that used tutors without police background checks.

The prospect of tax on the proceeds of selling rental properties and second homes has public opinion split.

A leading company director is defending his review of the New Zealand Transport Agency.

A Wellington engineer has been censured and fined after an unsafe crane on the back of a truck broke part of the truck chassis.

Methanol producer Methanex has admitted using firefighting foam in Taranaki for a decade after it was banned.

The Transport Agency is warning that tougher enforcement from now on will mean other garages, certifiers and transport operators will get caught.

Earthquake-prone building owners are warning the axe still hovers over them despite the government's offer of more money to help.

The government is being too slow to introduce new regulations and policing measures on building supplies, the National Party says, as SkyCity announced its convention centre would be further delayed…

The cost of a warrant of fitness could be forced up as mechanics spooked by a clampdown move to get out of doing inspections.

The Transport Agency's handling of a Northland garage that issued a warrant of fitness to an unsafe car reflected wider systemic failures within the organisation, an independent report has found.

The costs of the crackdown on road safety checks is being felt in Cambridge, where shuttle operator Dave Craven says 10 jobs are in jeopardy.

A court ruling against a fire-ravaged church has sparked fears of a precedent being set that will hasten the demise of other heritage buildings.

A woman has won a decade-long fight to show that laws which cut her ACC payout from $40,000 to just $500 were discriminatory.

Towbar makers are warning if NZTA fails to front up with money to cover the latest slew of failures, it will set a precedent for passing the costs on to motorists.

Smoke from the insulation used on Grenfell Tower is 15 times more toxic than less-flammable types, while the cladding is 55 times more flammable than others, the first in-depth study of the tower's…

Commercial building owners in the Queenstown district are facing many more checks and sanctions.

Locals are demanding answers from the Defence Force about the threat firefighting foam chemicals pose to human health after its report went public, but it is refusing to investigate further.

The extent of the threat to road safety from risky car repairs is unclear but the industry consensus is the regulations are years out of date and poorly policed. Audio

New Zealanders in Australian immigration detention are vowing to keep up a hunger strike after negotiations yesterday failed.

An Auckland rugby club has apologised for awarding a cup named after a Catholic clergyman convicted of sexually abusing boys.

Investigations prompted by the fatal Grenfell Tower fire in London last year have culminated in new guidance about what cladding to use on New Zealand buildings.

A leading Catholic secondary school is refusing to release details of its investigation into a sex abuse complaint.

The engineering firm that oversaw the demolition of Statistics House raised serious concerns about the findings of the inquiry into its partial collapse.

The policing of building safety systems is being cut back nationwide despite the government knowing councils have been doing a poor job of auditing building warrants of fitness. Audio