No Right Turn

One of the strongest narratives about "our" spy agencies is that they are basically institutional traitors, working for foreign po...

The Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security announced their 2023/2024 annual work programme today, and its interesting reading. Ther...

In 2022 the government announced a periodic review of the Intelligence and Security Act, the legislation governing New Zealand's spies. ...

In case you hadn't noticed, FYI , the public OIA request site, has been used to conduct a significant excavation into New Zealand's ...

The Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security has published their 2021 Annual Report , and its the usual litany of lawlessness and fail...

The Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security released their annual report today, and in amongst all the usual bureaucracy, there'...

This morning the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security (IGIS) pointed people at an article on "Playing Hide and Speak: Analyzi...

Last year, the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security reported on significant problems with the intelligence warrant system . While ...

The Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security has published their report on whether the SIS and GCSB had any complicity in American to...

The Herald (paywalled) reports that the GCSB called the Beehive to try and stop the government from announcing the Budget had been "ha...

Yesterday we learned from the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security that the GCSB appeared to be breaking the law , by using Type 2...

When Parliament passed the Intelligence and Security Act 2017 , one of the aims was ostensibly to give Ministers greater clarity over the sp...

Today the GCSB banned Spark from using Huawei equipment in its planned 5G network . The ban was imposed for "national security" gr...

The GCSB's current motto on its website is "If New Zealand has secrets worth stealing, then they're worth protecting". No...

The Inspector-General of Intelligence and security has released her report on GCSB spying in the South Pacific . The short version: the GCSB...

Surprise, surprise - it turns out that John Key lied to our faces about the mass-surveillance "speargun" project : Sir John Key...

That's the natural conclusion of their latest admissions about illegal spying on Kim Dotcom : The GCSB also told the High Court the ...

When the police issued their report on their investigation into the GCSB's illegal spying on Kim Dotcom, they argued that they could not...

Kim Dotcom lost a court case last week over whether he could see the communications the GCSB intercepted from him in order to assess the amo...

One of the most controversial ideas in New Zealand's national security legislation is the idea that "national security" includ...