A petition for an autistic man held in an isolated wing of a mental health unit has garnered more than 2000 signatures in a day.

The family of an autistic man held in an isolated wing of a mental health unit have launched a petition calling for the minister of health to intervene in his case.

A long fight, but worth it, says cleared diplomat.

A leading human rights lawyer says the door is now "wide open" for Ashley Peacock to take health authorities to court

Associate health minister Sam Lotu-Iiga has been assured Ashley Peacock is 'being cared for in the best way possible'.

For the past year, the Office of the Ombudsman has been reviewing the Official Information Act.

A key Government watchdog is struggling to keep up with its oversight workload.

In Deborah Battell's first year as Banking Ombudsman there were 1888 formal complaints - a 99 per cent rise.

The Chief Ombudsman says a major review of the Official Information Act will scrutinise all 27 government ministers' offices.

The national organ donation service at the Auckland DHB has been put on notice by an official-information watchdog after it was caught out deleting public records.

Police did not coerce Joyce Conwell to confess to the shotgun murder of Alec Rodgers in Christchurch in 1999, the Independent Police Conduct Authority has ruled.

A woman has lost $6000 when she was tricked into disclosing her eftpos PIN number by a scammer.

A detailed account of the evidence against Kim Dotcom has been released by the FBI to allow so-called victims of alleged piracy to claim against his seized fortune.

Customs has refused to answer questions about an email asking staff to send information on Kim Dotcom to the FBI in exchange for "brownie points".

A joint report by the Chief Ombudsman and the Privacy Commission is scathing of how EQC has dragged its feet over information requests from quake homeowners.

Former Kaipara District Council chief executive Jack McKerchar received severance payments totalling $240,000 when he quit.