Prime Minister John Key has defended a planned trip to Hollywood, saying he isn't getting too cosy with the US film industry in the wake of the Dotcom case.

Prime Minister John Key has been forced to defend a trip to Hollywood, labeling claims that he is getting too cosy with the US film industry in the wake of the Dotcom case as "nonsense."

A capability, governance and performance review of the Government Communications Security Bureau has been ordered after it was found to be spying on Kim Dotcom illegally.

A complaint to police over the unlawful spying on Kim Dotcom will not be properly investigated and charges are unlikely, says high ranking cop Ross Meurant.

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

Kim Dotcom has accepted Prime Minister John Key's apology for the GCSB's unlawful spying but has added his voice to calls for an independent inquiry into the fiasco.

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

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

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.

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.

A High Court judge is "concerned'' about how Government spies could have failed to realise the residency status of internet mogul Kim Dotcom.

Fran O'Sullivan says John Key 'sat' on the disclosure about the GCSB until US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta had safely departed Auckland Airport at the weekend.

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.