The Parole Board has committed a privacy breach after a USB drive containing personal information relating to 37 offenders and one victim was lost on a plane.
A Parole Board member lost the portable drive on a flight on November 13.
The USB stick contained a Board member's personal briefing notes for parole board hearings held at the Otago Corrections Facility in November, 1 News reported.
Air New Zealand searched the aircraft to no avail.
There is no evidence to suggest that a third party has obtained the device or accessed the information on it, the outlet said.