Phil Pennington

6 days ago | nzherald.co.nz | Phil Pennington

Space Minister Judith Collins says the government is helping through light-touch regulation and encouraging careers in space. Photo / Calvin Samuel, RNZBy Phil Pennington of RNZThe Government is spending almost 20 times less on space per head than the United States, and half that of the United Kingdom. The first sector survey in six years shows five out of the seven rival space countries New Zealand compares itself to are ahead in Government funding.

6 days ago | rnz.co.nz | Phil Pennington

The government is spending almost 20 times less on space per head than the United States, and half that of the United Kingdom. The first sector survey in six years shows five out of the seven rival space countries New Zealand compares itself to are ahead on government funding. The local spend was about US$11 a head in 2023-24, versus US$20 in Britain and US$200 in America.

6 days ago | radionz.co.nz | Phil Pennington

The government is spending almost 20 times less on space per head than the United States, and half that of the United Kingdom. The first sector survey in six years shows five out of the seven rival space countries New Zealand compares itself to are ahead on government funding. The local spend was about US$11 a head in 2023-24, versus US$20 in Britain and US$200 in America.

1 week ago | rnz.co.nz | Phil Pennington

The Defence Minister says no one put pressure on the government to put extra billions of dollars into the military. A push by the Trump Administration in the US for higher defence spending among its partners preceded the government plan, released in April, that injects $9 billion of new spending into the NZDF. Defence Minister Judith Collins was asked at a forum if the country was scrambling to keep up - "climbing up a sandhill," was how the questioner put it - and may yet face more pressure.

1 week ago | rnz.co.nz | Phil Pennington

As alerts about children being abused surge, Oranga Tamariki is pinning its hopes on a $70 million technology upgrade. The existing IT system is so bad social workers say "it is difficult to find out about what has happened in the past or is happening now" to children. Documents show the Children's Ministry, desperate for a circuit-breaker, is months into a project, though it has yet to put out a key tender.