Sir Geoffrey Palmer says he is astonished John Key was not told about the GCSB's involvement in the Dotcom case much earlier.

John Key says he doesn't see the need for a further inquiry into the GCSB's spying on Kim Dotcom, dismissing the Greens' calls for one as 'a bit of a stunt'

Herald cartoonist Rod Emmerson has been following Kim Dotcom's journey through the New Zealand legal system for some time. Here are 10 of his favourite takes on the case.

The Green Party has asked the police to investigate the GCSB's illegal spying on Kim Dotcom - and suggested it's no different to the PM's 'teapot tape' complaint.

Paul Neazor's report on the unlawful bugging of Kim Dotcom is not so much a whitewash as washed out, writes John Armstrong

While Labour is pecking away in a number of policy areas, they lack much in the way of an argument to explain what is wrong with the incumbents, writes Toby Mahire

Prime Minister John Key has apologised to Kim Dotcom over the illegal surveillance carried out by a Government spy agency on the internet tycoon and his colleague.

Prime Minister John Key says he apologises to Kim Dotcom for what he has described as "basic errors" by the Government Communications and Security Bureau.

The current farce over Kim Dotcom is likely to erode the public's confidence in government, politicians, the police, officials - the whole Establishment, writes Bryce Edwards

The implications of any illegal spying for the extradition proceeding against Mr Dotcom will depend on what information the GCSB actually obtained, writes Mai Chen

Blissful ignorance is politically convenient, but there is a point at which it goes too far, writes columnist Claire Trevett.

Illegal spying on Kim Dotcom means the internet tycoon's battle against US attempts to extradite him has become a civil liberties issue, his US lawyer says.

John Key was yesterday again on the back foot in Parliament over questions about how much he knew about the involvement of his spy agencies in the Dotcom debacle.

Yet another Dotcom raid blunder by NZ's top organised crime fighting unit has dragged police into the widening farce along with spies, John Key and Bill English.

John Armstrong writes, that of all the working relationships within a government, none is more vital than that between the prime minister and his or her minister of finance.

The embarrassment of the botched Dotcom bugging episode extends right to the top, as the PM and his deputy should take a closer interest in spy agencies' activities.

Police caused the illegal Dotcom spying scandal when they wrongly told a Government spy agency that Kim Dotcom and an associate were foreign nationals.

Well, the Prime Minister would try to downplay this rather large embarrassment, wouldn't he? Especially given he is the responsible minister, writes John Armstrong

The unlawful bugging of Kim Dotcom and his acquaintance was revealed only after Dotcom's lawyers found out about it from police in the High Court.

The Government Communications Security Bureau did not have a warrant to intercept communications in the lead-up to the raid on the Dotcom mansion in January.