Phil PenningtonPhil Pennington

Phil Pennington is a reporter at RNZ.

Why is the government denying small business recycling initiatives?

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The country’s biggest bulk wine supplier has begun turning gigantic flexibags into plastic fenceposts. But the fencepost manufacturer protests that a lack of government funding is barring the way from doing so much more, reports Phil Pennington for RNZ. Multinational giant Hillebrand spent months trying to find a recycler to complete the lifecycle: to take … Read more

Scientists raise concerns about critical gaps in Covid-19 data

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Data crucial for making the alert level change decision is missing, two top advisers tell Phil Pennington of RNZ.  There appear to be gaps in the government’s data on Covid-19 that must be filled before a decision is made on reducing the lockdown level, two top advisers say. Epidemiologist Michael Baker, who is on the … Read more