A political activist is considering legal action against the national spy agency for refusing to reveal if she has been under surveillance.
Valerie Morse, one of the 17 people arrested in the Urewera raids, is requesting details from the Privacy Commissioner about whether she was spied on by the Government Communications Security Bureau and what information is held about her.
The GCSB had refused to tell her whether she had been spied on, she said.
At present it is illegal for the GCSB to spy on New Zealand residents, and a report released last month on the Government's spy agency showed as many as 88 people may have been monitored unlawfully.
Ms Morse believed her background as an activist for more than 10 years including anti-war and anti-genetic engineering protesting could have made her a target for surveillance.