Paula Penfold is a senior journalist with investigative unit Stuff Circuit.

Over three decades, she's worked across radio, television, digital and print, reporting from all over New Zealand and the world. Her career highlights have included the investigation into the miscarriage of justice against Teina Pora, and the victims of serial rapist Malcolm Rewa; Stuff Circuit's landmark project The Valley; and, for the first time in her journalistic career, going personal for an investigation into abortion law reform. Paula's work and that of Stuff Circuit has been recognised by awards judges in New Zealand and internationally.