Latest fromNew Zealand and the Snowden files
'Don't expect your friends to spy'
New Edward Snowden documents reveal that the GCSB and NSA cooked up a plan to crack into a data link between Chinese government buildings in Auckland.
Eye spy: How and why?
Five Eyes allies identified a diplomatic data link between Chinese offices as a target for hacking. Nicky Hager and Ryan Gallagher dissect the plan.
GCSB had Solomons post, papers show
The GCSB not only spies on the Solomon Islands using its Waihopai satellite interception base - it also had a secret listening post inside the country, according to documents provided by the United States National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snow
Spy row: 'Betrayal by friend'
NZ spies targeted the emails and other electronic communications of the aides and confidants of the Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands, a top-secret document says.
Revealed: Names NZ targeted using NSA's XKeyscore
Why did the GCSB intercept emails to and from Solomon Island officials? Nicky Hager and Ryan Gallagher report.
GCSB's spying on Kiwis surges over year
The amount of phone and electronic spying carried out on New Zealanders has skyrocketed over the course of a year, according to the GCSB's latest annual report.
Little less worried about GCSB activities
Labour leader Andrew Little says he is more assured about the activities of the GCSB than he was a week ago, but he said Prime Minister John Key and the minister responsible for the spy agencies,....
UK: 'Move on' from Snowden
UK Foreign Secretary wants line drawn under Snowden leaks, just as latest revelations from NSA whistle-blower further bog down NZ spy agencies and draw in Kim Dotcom.
Snowden revelations: NZ's spy reach stretches across globe
NZ spies on Vietnam, China, India, Pakistan, South American nations and a range of other countries to help fill gaps in worldwide surveillance operations by the US.
Gwyn will tell me if GCSB breaks law
John Key yesterday suggested Cheryl Gwyn, Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security, would tell him if she thought the GCSB was acting outside the law.
John Roughan: No shock and awe in Nicky Hager's revelations
Nicky Hager's voice and manner are those of someone who is deeply shocked at the discovery of things that are interesting enough to report but are not really shocking, writes John Roughan.
Fran O'Sullivan: Key should get over Hager hang-up
The latest Snowden documents raise the question of whether NZ is simply a US trojan horse when it comes to intelligence gathering in the Pacific, writes Fran O'Sullivan.
Islands not worried by spying claims
Niue Premier Toke Talagi says NZ intelligence agencies have shared information with the country in the past and it'd be naive to think it was not subject to spying by other countries.
John Key: You're still wrong
You're still wrong! That's the message from John Key after a former director of the GCSB said the spy agency did carry out 'mass collection' of communications from the Pacific.
Toby Manhire: All-seeing PM a match for Five Eyes
There is something breathtaking about the Prime Minister's scattergun pre-emptive denunciations.
Editorial: Pacific spying - at least we know about it
Many New Zealanders will not feel scandalised by the Herald's revelations about their country's spying in the Pacific.
PM to 'put up, not shut up' - Greens
Former director of the GCSB Sir Bruce Ferguson says mass surveillance was being undertaken in the Pacific, and it was mission impossible to eliminate Kiwis’ data.
PM: Spying claims 'just plain wrong'
John Key says new claims around intelligence collection are wrong - but he won't say why.
GCSB 'breaking the law': Norman
Green Party co-leader Russel Norman says the GCSB has broken the law by spying on New Zealand citizens in Pacific nations.
Snowden revelations: John Key failing leadership test with terrorists-under-the-bed response
John Key worked to undermine the Herald's spying revelations before he knew what they were, writes David Fisher.
How spies access the data
Snowden documents show how foreign intelligence staff follow a step-by-step process to access the GCSB's South Pacific intelligence.
The price of the Five Eyes club
New Zealand's electronic surveillance agency has dramatically expanded its spying operations since John Key came to power.