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 passed in Parliament last night with assurances from Prime Minister John Key that it would not open the door to wholesale spying on New Zealanders.

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.

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.

The Law Society says that changes to the GCSB bill, such as adding a set of guiding principles, are not enough to allay its concerns.

Saying no to such a powerful ally is never easy, but there is some precedent for such a stand on principles, writes Chris Barton.

Gehan Gunasekara's guide to confusing the world's spy agencies. Make up 'friends', visit radical websites, set up multiple online identities, send out random emails...

A new homeowner in West Auckland was in "total shock" when he found a note on his dining table from people who had entered his home with the help of a locksmith.

The Prime Minister's chief public servant, Andrew Kibblewhite, offered his resignation to John Key for breaching the no-surprises rule in matters crucial to the David Henry inquiry.

Security experts are questioning whether New Zealand's spy agency is processing data from an American mass surveillance programme.

The Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet head offered the PM his resignation after failing to fully brief John Key on intercepted emails.

The David Henry inquiry into who leaked the Kitteridge Report on the GCSB seems inadvertently to have resulted in further wrongdoing, writes Mai Chen.

Going into battle with the New Zealand and US governments at the Supreme Court this week, Kim Dotcom deployed the heavy artillery.

Snowden is charged with violating the Espionage Act, the draconian l917 law devised to indict foreign spies but repeatedly used by the Obama Administration to target whistleblowers.

Emails between journalist Andrea Vance and Peter Dunne were sent to the Henry Inquiry, the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet has revealed.

An IHC subsidiary could face disciplinary action after an intellectually impaired man was left alone with a circular saw, which became embedded in his abdomen.