United Future leader Peter Dunne hopes a new investigation will reveal exactly who accessed his email records during the GCSB leak inquiry.

Peter Dunne says the breach of his privacy by the Henry inquiry probing the leak of a report into the GCSB was down to its "shoddy" approach.

Officers in an elite unit set up to target the biggest criminal threats to NZ fear internal reprisals if they tell police bosses of "inappropriate conduct".

Every step onward increases the scale and complexity of the computer systems, until they are too big and complex for any one person to understand, writes Gwynne Dyer.

Facebook is being closely watched after the social network said it was considering running users' profile photos through its controversial facial recognition technology.

The Government's spy agency got away with breaking the law, after the decision not to prosecute over illegally spying, Green Party co-leader Russel Norman says.

Gerry Brownlee has questioned why political reporters' phone, email and swipe card records should be protected when they publish the private records of others.

A privacy lawyer says putting CCTV photos of two alleged toilet vandals on Facebook is problematic, but a bar says the cameras that snapped them will stay.

The spy agency charged with protecting New Zealand from "violent extremism and espionage" is looking for a new leader.

A Christchurch bar has sparked outrage after it installed cameras in its toilets in a bid to catch vandals and increase security.

Worldwide activist group Anonymous is believed to be behind a hack attack on the Government Communications Security Bureau website on Friday.

The Government Communications Security Bureau website was attacked by hackers earlier today.

Former head of Parliamentary Service Geoff Thorn, has refused to answer MPs' questions about whether he was told to resign over his role in the GCSB leak inquiry.

The snapper comparison set a lovely trap for Labour leader David Shearer, who obliged by falling into it, writes Claire Trevett.

Let us know Your Views and vote on whether you think NZ a safer place with the changes to the GCSB law, which passed at its third reading in Parliament.

Senior cabinet ministers Judith Collins and Anne Tolley have hit out at Prime Minister John Key's inquiry into the leak of a report on spy agency the GCSB, with Ms Collins saying it treated ministers' privacy with contempt.

The GCSB Bill has passed its third reading in Parliament tonight, by 61 votes to 59.

Ex-Parliamentary Service head Geoff Thorn, who resigned after a reporter's records were disclosed to a GCSB leak inquiry, has underlined his concerns about the investigation.

Surely if Mr Key doesn't want his spies from the GCSB to spy on New Zealanders' emails, he should amend the bill accordingly, writes Brian Rudman.

A law expanding the legal powers of the GCSB to spy on New Zealanders is expected to pass into law by one vote this evening.

I urge you to recall the noble and honourable principles you were expressing just a few years ago, and consign this bill to the dustbin where it belongs, writes Graham Mandeno.

John Key said that Opposition members of the Intelligence and Security Committee would be able to find out how many times the GCSB spy agency had received warrants.

Auckland's Town Hall filled with hundreds of supporters to hear legal experts and Opposition politicians speak out against the GCSB bill tonight.

On television this week Prime Minister John Key tried to assure the public it was "totally incorrect" that "the Government effectively through GCSB will be able to wholesale spy on New Zealanders".

Labour and the Greens have strongly condemned the Prime Minister’s latest statement on how he plans to grant interception warrants under the new GCSB law.

John Key says he will restrict warrants granted to the spy agency so it can't initially look at the content of New Zealanders' communications.

The standard internet routing protocol sends messages not by the shortest route, but by the fastest and least congested, writes Gwynne Dyer.