Kiwi Bank was today red-faced after discovering that highly confidential documents had been handed across the counter to a member of the public at the Greymouth branch.

The Earthquake Commission has admitted to another breach of privacy after information on up to 260 claimants was sent to the wrong customers.

Kiwis eagerly awaiting today's iPhone announcement may see a low-cost version of the popular device, says a telco expert.

Former SAS commando Barrie Rice has been a bodyguard for the Sultan of Brunei's family, a security contractor for Blackwater in Iraq and now teaches gun skills to Hollywood actors.

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".

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.

Politicians who were instrumental in the passing of the controversial GCSB law are being targeted by the international hacker group Anonymous.

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

The detention and subsequent criminal investigation into the partner of a Guardian journalist threatens to undermine the position of the free press.

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 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.

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.