Westpac apologises and settles with Nicky Hager over privacy breach
Westpac have apologised to Nicky Hager and agree to pay costs and compensation, settling a complaint by Nicky Hager when Westpac illegally provided the police with banking data when investigating the...
View ArticleNZ banks’ terms & conditions for handing customer data to the police
Nicky Hager’s lawyer Felix Geiringer asks: What do New Zealand’s leading banks say in their terms and conditions about handing their customers’ data to Police and other Govt agencies? They say they...
View ArticleRoyal Commission of Inquiry into security agencies
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced a Royal Commission of Inquiry into the country’s security agencies, in response to the Christchurch terror attacks. RNZ: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern...
View ArticlePolice re-investigating home invasion assault after complaint by Blomfield
Police are re-investigating a 2014 home invasion in which Matthew Blomfield was seriously assaulted, including being shot at in front of his family. The assailant was caught through a DNA match,...
View ArticleEight stolen firearms recovered
The police were embarrassed when 11 firearms that had been surrendered were stolen in a burglary of the Palmerston North police station. Not surprisingly they have worked hard to locate the stolen...
View ArticleA ‘top secret list’ of people being monitored by the police
This should be no surprise – Stuff reports that the police have a ‘top secret list’ (as it should be) of people they are monitoring, including “white supremacists, Muslim converts and people left...
View ArticleMP requires protection after escalation in death threats, but abuse continues
Greens MP Golriz Ghahraman now requires a security escort after an escalation in threats being made against her. She has attracted a lot of attention in social media, and some of it from bad to...
View ArticleMore charges including terrorism laid against Christchurch terrorist
The police have laid more charges against the man accused of the Christchurch massacres, Brendon Tarrant, including a terrorism charge. NZ Police: Further charges filed following March 15 attack in...
View Article831 new frontline Police officers in financial year
A record number of Police officers were trained in the 2018/19 financial year with 831 new front line officers deployed around the country. Since the Coalition Government was formed there have been...
View ArticleBradbury in court today contesting secret trial
Martyn Bradbury on The Daily Blog: My trial against the NZ Police starts this month in Wellington – an invitation to NZ media In 2014, the NZ Police secretly included me in their failed prosecution...
View ArticleNZ First referred to police/Serious Fraud Office
It is unclear who exactly is in the firing line (people-wise), but the the Electoral Commission has referred the party donation arrangements involving the NZ First Foundation to the police, who...
View ArticleNew threats directed at mosque being investigated
New threats have been made online against the Al Noor mosque in Christchurch that was the target of a mass shooting nearly a year ago. While online attacks on Muslims have continued since the massacre...
View ArticleCovid-19 daily update (MOH and police) – 78 new cases, total 283
Today’s update as usual from MoH’s Director General Dr Ashley Bloomfield: 78 new cases (73 confirmed, 5 probable) – quite a jump to a total of 283. Summary As at 9.30 am, 26 March 2020 Total to date...
View ArticlePolice have important additional powers but mustn’t abuse them
Open Letter to The NZ Police From: Catriona MacLennan Dear New Zealand Police, Aotearoa has not given you a blank cheque for your response to Covid-19. These are unprecedented times and the government...
View ArticleDespite fine, reparation and sentence police restrain all company’s assets...
A workplace accident and employee death in 2015 resulted in a costing a company nearly $400,000 in fines and reparations, and the company owner, who accepted responsibility, being sentenced to four...
View ArticlePolice managed the firearms buy back scheme well – Auditor-General
The Auditor-General has investigated the firearms buy-back and amnesty scheme that was put in place following the deaths of 51 people at the Christchurch mosque shootings, and says that the Police...
View ArticleStress of Covid quarantine leads to arrest
From Gezza: It appears that quarantine requirements are very strict, the conditions of those under enforced quarantine more rudimentary than generally realised, & that the services & help...
View ArticleGreens want to limit use of armed patrols by Police
Green MPs and the Green Party were quick to pivot from support of the George Floyd/Black Lives Matter protests in the US to use of firearms by police in New Zealand. They have refined this to a...
View ArticleUS Attorney General: Divide Between African Americans, Police ‘Must Change’
A shift to attempting to address the unrest in the US precipitated by the killing of George Floyd, and acknowledging problems with the US police forces and black Americans in particular. RCP – Barr:...
View ArticleNew Police Commissioner rules out Armed Response Teams
The Police trial using Armed response Teams was controversial. The new Police Commissioner Andrew Coster has announced ARTs “will not be part of the New Zealand policing model in the future”. NZ...
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