The path to improvement for Prime Minister John Key's malfunctioning spy agency appears to have frozen, a progress report shows.
Of 80 recommendations intended to fix the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB), just 35 have been completed.
The recommendations came after Cabinet Secretary Rebecca Kitteridge's report in April last year raised concerns about 88 instances where the GCSB had spied on New Zealanders.
Mr Key said then: "I acknowledge this review will knock public confidence in the GCSB. This is why the Government has a comprehensive response under way to address the organisational problems at the GCSB."