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Latest podcast episodes about phil pennington

RNZ: Morning Report
Southland Hospital staff allegedly told they can only talk to each other for five minutes a day

RNZ: Morning Report

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2025 3:41


Complaints to a union show staff in a department of Southland Hospital were told they could only talk to each other for at most five minutes a day. Phil Pennington spoke to Corin Dann.

RNZ: Morning Report
Oranga Tamariki faces complaints over new security contract

RNZ: Morning Report

Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2025 3:41


Oranga Tamariki is facing complaints from the New Zealand Security Association over its new contract to safeguard children's homes. Phil Pennington spoke to Corin Dann.

RNZ: Morning Report
Defence Minister Collins doesn't want more money for weapons

RNZ: Morning Report

Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2025 4:56


Heading into next week's Budget, Judith Collins says she doesn't want any more money for weaponry even if it was offered to her. Phil Pennington spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

RNZ: Morning Report
Health Minister warned over plans to outsource surgeries

RNZ: Morning Report

Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2025 6:07


The Health Minister has been warned of a large number of serious risks to his plans to outsource surgery to private hospitals to cut public waitlists. Phil Pennington spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

RNZ: Morning Report
US military in talks to launch more satellites from NZ

RNZ: Morning Report

Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2025 4:08


The US military is holding talks with New Zealand about launching more satellites from here. Phil Pennington reports.

RNZ: Morning Report
Trump cutting generals to make military 'more lethal', should NZDF follow?

RNZ: Morning Report

Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2025 4:32


The Trump Administration is sacking 10 to 20 percent of its generals and top officers, saying this will make its military more lethal. Phil Pennington spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

RNZ: Morning Report
Oranga Tamariki to receive $70 million IT upgrade

RNZ: Morning Report

Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2025 3:01


Oranga Tamariki is pinning its hopes on a $70 million IT upgrade, as alerts about children being abused surge. Phil Pennington spoke to Corin Dann.

RNZ: Morning Report
Community discord 'extreme risk' to Dunedin hospital build

RNZ: Morning Report

Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2025 4:03


Discord in the community and among doctors - this was an 'extreme risk' facing the scaled-back new Dunedin Hospital build, according to health authorities. Phil Pennington spoke to Alexa Cook.

RNZ: Morning Report
AI use could drive higher power demand

RNZ: Morning Report

Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2025 4:07


The country's biggest electricity lines company is warning artificial intelligence is becoming a big wildcard in how much demand Auckland faces. Phil Pennington spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

RNZ: Morning Report
FENZ working to replace big-ladder fire trucks

RNZ: Morning Report

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2025 3:41


FENZ moved to urgently restart a group working on a strategy for big-ladder trucks, just before one broke down in Auckland last week, stranding firefighters above scorching flames. Phil Pennington spoke to Corin Dann.

RNZ: Morning Report
Police warned over shifting info to cloud services

RNZ: Morning Report

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2025 4:30


Police have been warned that shifting information to the cloud could have "severe detrimental impacts" on people if they aren't careful. Phil Pennington spoke to Corin Dann.

RNZ: Morning Report
Critical infrastructure vulnerabilities exposed

RNZ: Morning Report

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2025 4:33


Two widespread communications failures in the Northland storm and Otago-Southland within two days last week have again exposed the vulnerability of critical infrastructure. Phil Pennington spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

RNZ: Morning Report
Health NZ fails asset test

RNZ: Morning Report

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2025 4:51


A report commisioned by Health New Zealand warns its current management of its hospitals and other facilities is so poor, it cannot effectively plan for upgrades or replacements, among other issues. RNZ's Phil Pennington spoke with Ingrid Hipkiss.

RNZ: Morning Report
NZ helps US Navy in race against China

RNZ: Morning Report

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2025 4:44


New Zealand is increasingly enmeshed in Five Eyes spy satellite projects designed to primarily benefit the US Navy in its race against China. Phil Pennington spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

RNZ: Morning Report
NZDF working to get up to speed on drone use

RNZ: Morning Report

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2025 4:03


A major drone maker is warning that New Zealand's Defence Force should not buy any of the weapons that have not proved themselves in the Ukraine war. Phil Pennington reports.

RNZ: Morning Report
National aerospace centre pursuing local companies to build launch pad

RNZ: Morning Report

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2025 4:24


The national aerospace centre is pursuing two local companies interested in building rocket launchpads. Phil Pennington reports.

RNZ: Morning Report
Defence Minister has given OK for military to buy killer drones

RNZ: Morning Report

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2025 4:47


The Defence Minister has given the OK for the military to acquire killer drones so long as a human is operating them and they only kill other soldiers. Phil Pennington reports.

RNZ: Morning Report
Kaikōura boat capsize shows failings of 111 system

RNZ: Morning Report

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2025 5:10


The boat capsize that claimed five lives off Kaikōura in 2022 has shown up failings in the outdated 111 emergency call system. Phil Pennington spoke to Corin Dann.

RNZ: Morning Report
Hospitals still waiting for work to fix high risk issues

RNZ: Morning Report

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2025 4:28


Five years after the first stocktake of shonky hospital water pipes and power cables, more than 40 percent of the worst cases have had no remedial work done. Phil Pennington spoke to Paddy Gower.

RNZ: Morning Report
Health NZ places number of digital projects on hold

RNZ: Morning Report

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2025 3:32


A patient information system lauded by Health New Zealand is among a raft of digital projects put on hold. Phil Pennington spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

RNZ: Morning Report
New Defence Force planes will need to be serviced in Australia

RNZ: Morning Report

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2025 2:56


New Defence Force planes used for maritime patrol and submarine hunting will need to be sent to Australia for any servicing. Phil Pennington spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

RNZ: Morning Report
Can NZ trust the US after group-chat blunder?

RNZ: Morning Report

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2025 4:03


Can New Zealand and other members of the Five Eyes spy group trust the US any longer after the blunder by top Trump officials? Phil Pennington reports.

RNZ: Morning Report
Pressure on NZ to unveil defence plans

RNZ: Morning Report

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2025 4:14


The top US commander in the Indopacific has given a glimpse of a war with China playbook, as his boss Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth heads around the Pacific fresh from revealing actual war plans to a journalist. Phil Pennington reports.

RNZ: Morning Report
China unveils new tool capable of cutting undersea cables

RNZ: Morning Report

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2025 4:29


China has unveiled a new tool deployed by a drone capable of cutting the most fortified undersea data cable, adding to fears for fibre-optic cables that are the lifeblood of the internet and New Zealand's economy. Phil Pennington spoke to Corin Dann.

RNZ: Morning Report
Privacy breaches revealed at Oranga Tamariki

RNZ: Morning Report

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2025 5:50


"Grievous" privacy breaches have been revealed at Oranga Tamariki, including a staff member who took a screenshot of a mother's file and shared it with the child's father, leading to the mother suffering further physical abuse. Phil Pennington spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

RNZ: Morning Report
Can NZ's new speed cameras catch drunk drivers or tailgating?

RNZ: Morning Report

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2025 4:52


The company taking over the country's mobile speed cameras is running tests in the UK on how to catch drunk drivers. Phil Pennington spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

RNZ: Morning Report
PM calls for new norms on how armies use AI

RNZ: Morning Report

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2025 3:57


The Prime Minister is calling for new norms on how armies use artificial intelligence, but also says rules are 'giving way to power'. Phil Pennington reports.

RNZ: Morning Report
NZ joins military exercises in Californian desert

RNZ: Morning Report

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2025 5:42


New Zealand has joined military exercises in the Californian desert testing the world's most lethal drones. Phil Pennington spoke to Corin Dann.

RNZ: Morning Report
Police officers injured due to road spikes

RNZ: Morning Report

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2025 4:16


Police officers who have been getting hurt putting out road spikes to stop fleeing drivers, have had to wait seven years for a safer option. Phil Pennington spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

RNZ: Morning Report
New investigation underway into Lower Hutt sewage plant stench

RNZ: Morning Report

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2025 4:17


New investigations are underway into a Lower Hutt sewage plant with a recurrent stench. Phil Pennington spoke to Corin Dann.

RNZ: Morning Report
NZ would 'struggle' to act as peacekeepers says former major

RNZ: Morning Report

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2025 4:20


A former army major says our defence force would scramble to raise a single company to act as peacekepers in Ukraine. Phil Pennington reports.

RNZ: Morning Report
Private satellites provide spying capabilities for Ukraine

RNZ: Morning Report

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2025 5:31


US President Donald Trump's pause on sharing military intelligence with the Ukraine may not have blinded it entirely. Phil Pennington spoke to Corin Dann.

RNZ: Morning Report
How would NZ cutting international aid impact the Pacific?

RNZ: Morning Report

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2025 3:58


What would it look like if New Zealand follows the United Kingdom in cutting international aid to boost defence spending in May's Budget? Phil Pennington reports.

RNZ: Morning Report
ACC calls in contractors to fix botched IT project

RNZ: Morning Report

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2025 3:41


In another government IT pratfall, ACC has had to pull in contractors from around the world to mount a costly salvage job. Phil Pennington spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

RNZ: Morning Report
Police use of number-plate spotting systems skyrockets

RNZ: Morning Report

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2025 5:13


Police use of number-plate spotting systems has skyrocketed to over 700,000 times a year or 2000 times a day. Phil Pennington spoke to Alexa Cook.

RNZ: Morning Report
China accused of being provocative over warships in Tasman Sea

RNZ: Morning Report

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2025 5:45


China has been accused of being provocative by sending warships into the Tasman Sea - but New Zealand plays a part in United States moves that provoke Beijing. Phil Pennington spoke to Alexa Cook.

RNZ: Morning Report
Firefighters suffer acid burns from wearing wrong gear

RNZ: Morning Report

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2025 3:48


Two firefighters wearing the wrong gear suffered sulphuric acid burns in a botched callout to a damaging spill near Napier. People think Fire and Emergency are the experts on hazardous substances - but they didn't know what they were doing - and it's clear they aren't the only ones. Phil Pennington is looking at Fire and Emergency's internal investigation that shows a host of unsafe actions.

RNZ: Morning Report
Morning Report Essentials for Thursday 27 February 2025

RNZ: Morning Report

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2025 26:30


On today's episode, Corin Dann speaks Ingrid Hipkiss from Beijing, a man from Havelock North has been banned from his local supermarket after raising concerns about trollies blocking the fire exit, Phil Pennington joins us on the topic of two firefighters wearing the wrong gear who suffered sulphuric acid burns, FENZ incident controller Corey Matchitt joins us for an update on the fire in Waipoua, meanwhle, the Police Association has slammed the beefed-up citizen arrest powers proposed by the Government, saying they are highly risky and could have unintended consequences, and we drank more beer last year but eased back on wine and spirit-based drinks. Those were the findings in Stats NZ data about alcohol consumption in 2024.

RNZ: Morning Report
US looks to integrate NZ into military space operations

RNZ: Morning Report

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2025 5:58


The US is making power moves in space at the same time China is projecting naval power int he Tasman Sea. Phil Pennington spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

RNZ: Morning Report
Health NZ scrambling to check if data was misused

RNZ: Morning Report

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2025 2:52


Health New Zealand is scrambling to fix contracts that gave it no power to check if people have been misusing sensitive health data or not. Phil Pennington spoke to Corin Dann.

RNZ: Morning Report
Calls for 'Trump taskforce' to advise govt on potential policy ambushes

RNZ: Morning Report

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2025 4:20


There's a call for a Trump taskforce to be set up here to advise the government on any potential policy ambushes. Phil Pennington spoke to Corin Dann.

RNZ: Morning Report
No changes to backup power supply two years after Cyclone Gabrielle

RNZ: Morning Report

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2025 3:59


Two years on from Cyclone Gabrielle, what is the state of the backup power supply at all the cellphone towers that went dark that night? Phil Pennington reports.

RNZ: Morning Report
Private prison paid millions as reward for low reoffending rates

RNZ: Morning Report

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2025 4:41


A private prison operator has been paid millions as a reward for reoffending rates that are incredibly low even by international standards. Phil Pennington spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

RNZ: Morning Report
The future of five eyes under Donald Trump's presidency

RNZ: Morning Report

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2025 4:04


Does Donald Trump's presidency mean it's 'time-up" for the world's most powerful and far reaching spy group, Five Eyes? New Zealand needs to start asking that question, say experts, since it is the minnow in the group among the intelligence giants. Phil Pennington reports.

RNZ: Morning Report
NZ defence spending could catch Trump's eye

RNZ: Morning Report

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2025 4:09


Fresh from his quickfire moves on trade tariffs, will American President Trump's next target be defence? Phil Pennington reports.

RNZ: Morning Report
Police backtrack on replacing old road spikes

RNZ: Morning Report

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2024 3:13


Police have backtracked on replacing their old road spikes - despite injuries and despite testing new ones that are safer. Phil Pennington spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

RNZ: Morning Report
Report shows risks from cutting hospital IT staff

RNZ: Morning Report

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2024 5:40


A report into risks from cutting hospital IT staff reveals a slew of worrying failures that have already happened behind closed doors. Phil Pennington spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

RNZ: Morning Report
Govt to launch second action plan to combat family violence

RNZ: Morning Report

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2024 3:49


Nationwide efforts to combat family and sexual violence are falling well short and government agencies are copping blame. Phil Pennington spoke to Corin Dann.

RNZ: Morning Report
Health NZ axes over $90 million worth of IT projects

RNZ: Morning Report

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2024 3:45


The process in which Health New Zealand was able to find 1100 IT jobs to cut has now become clearer. Phil Pennington spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

RNZ: Morning Report
NZ signs up to US-led group to boost warfighting capabilities

RNZ: Morning Report

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2024 4:41


New Zealand has signed up to a new US-led group to boost "warfighting" capabilities in the Indo-Pacific - and that directly backs America's National Defence Industrial Strategy. Phil Pennington spoke to Corin Dann.