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Corrections Minister Anne Tolley (file)

Prison video link gets $28m boost

More prisoners will be able to make court appearances without leaving jail as audio-visual links between prisons and courts are extended.

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Edward Snowden and US President Barack Obama in newspapers (Reuters)

Whistleblowers 'very important' - expert video

A Massey University expert says Edward Snowden has probably done the right thing in exposing the PRISM scheme.

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John Key won't say if the SIS or the GCSB use a system similar to PRISM

Silence on spying raises suspicion video

John Key is refusing to say if the spying system PRISM, exposed in the United States, is being used by our spies here.

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A committee has recommended a new law covering parliamentary privilege

New parliamentary privilege law proposed

A committee has recommended a new law covering parliamentary privilege, along with new powers for Parliament, after a long-running defamation case.

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Six hundred retailers have been told not to sell synthetic cannabis and similar products

Lotto shops to pull synthetic cannabis video

Synthetic cannabis and party pills will no longer be sold at Lotto retailers.

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Chris Finlayson announced High Court Justice Terence Arnold has been appointed

Two new judges appointed after death

A new Supreme Court judge has been appointed following the death of Justice Sir Robert Chambers, along with a new High Court judge.

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An NSA Echelon base in Europe (Reuters)

GCSB 'likely' to have PRISM access video

Despite Key's denial, it's likely that spy agency the GCSB has access to the PRISM network, according to an expert.

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Kim Dotcom (Reuters)

Key: GCSB doesn't skirt law

The GCSB does not circumvent the law by getting information on NZ citizens collected under PRISM, says Prime Minister John Key.

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Justice Minister Judith Collins (file)

Seized money to fund drug crime fight

Law enforcement agencies have seized $8.3 million through drug busts and it's going to be used to directly fight crime and addiction.

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The NSA is apparently allowed to spy on New Zealanders

PM won't say if PRISM spies on NZers video

For six years the US National Security Agency (NSA) collected data using the PRISM programme - mostly from people outside of the United States

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Winston Peters

Peters: Dunne's leak 'illegal, totally improper' video

Peter Dunne has resigned as a minister; but is that enough for Winston Peters?

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Judge O'Driscoll has agreed to sit elsewhere

Judge leaves after alleged relationship

A Dunedin judge will no longer be able to sit in the city's courts following an alleged relationship with a Ministry of Justice employee.

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