BusinessFacebook seeks spying exemptionFacebook has asked the Government for an exemption from a new spying law that could see its two million Kiwi users' messages subject to GCSB interception.10 Jul 05:30 PM
New ZealandFar more cloak than dagger to agencyIn the smoke and mirrors of the intelligence world, amid secrecy and denial, crucial figures can become forgotten footnotes in a dust-gathering classified file.07 Jul 01:17 AM
OpinionToby ManhireToby Manhire: Kim vs John - Will we see such drama again?Those of us who had visions of a bristling, moody collision, something like that De Niro-Pacino scene in Heat, were always going to be disappointed, writes Toby Manhire.04 Jul 05:30 PM
OpinionToby ManhireToby Manhire: Election's shadow falling on halls of powerOver the next 18 months, expect to see Key, and David Shearer, too, hovering outside Peters' office, bottle of Scotch in hand, writes Toby Manhire.23 May 05:30 PM
TelecommunicationsTelcos bill draws flak from LabourA bill giving the GCSB spy agency and the Prime Minister sweeping powers over telecommunications providers has been introduced in Parliament to an outcry from Opposition parties who say there has been little explanation as to why it is needed.10 May 12:20 AM
OpinionToby ManhireToby Manhire: Spy bill papering over cracked masonryIt takes a special class of sleep-deprived conspiracist to imagine John Key would have welcomed, let alone engineered, the Aaron Gilmore brouhaha, writes Toby Manhire.09 May 05:30 PM
OpinionJohn Minto: Don't give the GCSB more powers - shut it downThe GCSB never reported their inability to read and they didn't ask politicians to change or "clarify" the legislation, writes John Minto. For 10 years they simply ignored it and only came unstuck17 Apr 05:30 PM
OpinionToby ManhireToby Manhire: NZ must act fast to control aerial spying devicesThe scale of the US drone programme is such that more pilots are now recruited to fly unmanned aircraft than conventional fighter planes, writes Toby Manhire.10 Jan 04:30 PM
New ZealandSenior US intelligence officials in NZ for 'routine meeting' - PMJohn Key says senior US intelligence officials were in NZ last week for a "routine" meeting, but maintains he still does not known exactly who was in town.03 Dec 11:48 PM
New ZealandGovernment spies may face courtThe Kim Dotcom case threatens to pull New Zealand's most secretive spy agency into court in a bid which could probe intelligence links with the United States.22 Nov 04:30 PM
New ZealandBob Parker: My earthquake storyChristchurch mayor Bob Parker doesn't pull any punches in a personal account of the earthquakes that rocked his city.09 Nov 04:30 PM
New ZealandSenior lawyer appointed to Dotcom caseSenior lawyer Stuart Grieve QC has been given security clearance and appointed to the Kim Dotcom case.19 Oct 12:37 AM
New ZealandPM in gun on DotcomJohn Key has corrected statements he made in Parliament about when he was first told about the Dotcom case by the Government Communications Security Bureau.16 Oct 02:21 AM
New ZealandPM to 'clarify' Dotcom statementsPrime Minister John Key will this afternoon correct the answers he gave two weeks ago to questions about what he was told about Kim Dotcom by the GCSB.15 Oct 10:42 PM
OpinionEditorial: A painful lesson for ShearerLabour leader David Shearer must be wishing he had never mentioned a recording of a remark the PM is said to have made to staff at the GCSB.15 Oct 04:29 PM
New ZealandPM: Shearer should 'put up or shut up'John Key has challenged Labour leader David Shearer to "put up or shut up" over claims he made a quip about Kim Dotcom.15 Oct 05:09 AM
New ZealandDotcom/Key tape claimsLabour claims a recording exists of John Key mentioning Kim Dotcom in a visit to the Government Communications Security Bureau in February, earlier than Key said he knew of surveillance.11 Oct 07:12 AM
BusinessDotcom brief was 'not memorable' - PMKim Dotcom was mentioned to the PM during a briefing he received from GCSB a month after the Dotcom raid, as an example of how the bureau worked with police.03 Oct 01:45 AM
OpinionChris Barton: Kim's great dotcomedyThe guerrilla performance artist Kim Dotcom pulled off the greatest dotcomedy of his career last week - making NZ PM John Key a laughing stock, writes Chris Barton.01 Oct 08:30 PM
New ZealandPrime Minister defends Hollywood tripPrime Minister John Key has defended a planned trip to Hollywood, saying he isn't getting too cosy with the US film industry in the wake of the Dotcom case.01 Oct 06:00 AM
OpinionMai Chen: Judge who watches the watchersThe implications of any illegal spying for the extradition proceeding against Mr Dotcom will depend on what information the GCSB actually obtained, writes Mai Chen26 Sep 09:30 PM
CrimeBattlefield of the futureThe internet is the new combat zone, where nation strikes against nation, spy against spy and corporation raids corporation.27 Jan 04:30 PM
