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The thinner Zetetic line
Zetetic posts at The Standard: The thinner blue line National is going to cut 125 police staff. They’re not sworn officers but who’s going to pick up the work they were doing? Sworn cops, of course....
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Dotcom, GCSB and the police
Graeme Edgeler has posted an excellent detailed summary of the GCSB/Dotcom issue - Kim Dotcom: Questions and Answers His last comment is probably the most important: …how that breach happened is not...
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Dotcom overkill and US puppets…
…but how much is our government involved? A Waikato Times editorial points out some major concerns over the Dotcom fiasco. NZ: 51st state of the US In a brief media statement Prime Minister John Key...
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GCSB and spying on New Zealanders
Media coverage of the GCSB and spying on New Zealanders has been sensationalist but has distorted the basic facts. It is not a matter of whether Government agencies can spy on New Zealanders or not,...
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Labour and Greens want to force evidence
Labour and Greens are backing Winston Peters in wanting a police inquiry into the GCSB leak. And they want to compel Peter Dunne to give evidence. NBR report in Dunne affair: Labour, Greens draw flak...
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Police response to Bain thumb marks
News release on the Bain thumb marks from the police: Police response to latest Bain theory June 27, 2013, 5:30 pm The latest story advanced through the media by representatives of David Bain is an...
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Bain thumb marks and thumb prints
More information has been made available by the police in response to the 3rd Degree revelation of parallel lines on Robin Bain’s right thumb. Parallel lines are visible in both a photo and in a thumb...
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Winston Peters – did he lie? Live or die?
Winston Peters made serious accusations against Peter Dunne about leaking the Kiteridge report and misleading Parliament. And last month he laid a complaint with the police. NZ Police have announced...
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Winstons Peters on police complaint –“severely embarrassed”
Winston Peters was embarrassed by a police decision not to proceed with his attempt to have Peter Dunne prosecuted for leaking the Kitteridge report – which Dunne keeps denying. And no evidence has...
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Winston Peters chutzpah over phone records
Winston Peters is on a new rampage, claiming that the police tried to access his phone records when investigating the so-called teacup tape case. First I’ll say that I think the police investigation...
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Bradbury versus Police – against the tide
There’s been a big show of social media support for Martin Bradbury’s right to free speech after police asked him to take down a poster that was highly critical of the police. Bradbury’s poster...
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Questioning the Standard wisdom on police management
Someone else commenting against the tide of support for Martin Bradbury’s right to free speech – Wayne at The Standard: Is this really sensible for The Standard. It is one thing to criticise the...
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Labour accuse Government of interference in prosecutions
Labour list MP Andrew Little has accused the Government of pressuring the police to reduce the number of prosecutions. This has been strong denied by the police and Government. Stuff reports Pressure...
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Hager, journalism and hacking
There’s been an interesting (long) discussion about the raid on Nickey Hager’s home and it’s implications for journalism and democracy at Public Address – Doing over the witness. There’s been another...
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Jarrod Gilbert overplays “Dirty Politics’
In an ongoing issue about erroneous gang statistics sociologist Dr Jarrod Gilbert plays the ‘Dirty Politics’ card, but some of his implications are contradicted by the article he refers to at NZ...
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Hager versus police
Nicky Hager doesn’t want the police to access the data they seized off him because, he says, it “contains allegations of police corruption”. The police may be required to reveal why they seized it....
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National’s Sabin in assault inquiry
Mike has been National MP for Northland since 2011. He got 18,188 votes to the Labour candidate’s 6,826 in the recent election. Stuff reports that police have been investigating an assault charge...
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Are politicians and police covering up a very dirty not-very–secet?
I’ve just read a post at a blog with a record of breaking supression orders, so I won’t link to it. It details a number of known facts, plus information that matches rumours I’ve heard, and additional...
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Sabin chaired Law & Order committee after Key knew
Andrew Little was interviewed by Duncan Garner on Radio Live about John Key’s handling of the Mike Sabin police inquiry. Garner: What are you alleging, why is this important? Little: This is important...
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Damage control leak on Sabin raises more questions
In what looks like an attempt at damage control prior to today’s Question Time in Parliament it is claimed that the Police did not indentify Mike Sabin as the subject of an investigation until November...
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