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.

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.

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.

The head of Parliamentary Service has resigned but could still be summoned to a privileges committee inquiry into how the phone records and swipe-card movements of a journalist were released.

Microsoft and Google have told a select committee considering the GCSB companion bill it will stifle innovation and could impact on economic growth.

The PM has tried to distance himself from the revelation a journalist's phone records were handed over during the GCSB leak investigation.

Kim Dotcom has told the Supreme Court the United States' case against him is a fabrication and he needs access to evidence to prove it.

The Defence Force may have a legitimate role in maintaining the military strength of the nation but since when was its job to suppress information?

Two current issues need a great deal more transparency - the GCSB legislation and the Trans- Pacific Partnership negotiations, writes Gerald McGhie.

Thousands of people gathered at marches across NZ today to protest extensions to the powers of the Government's spy agency.

Protecting the identity of girls captured in covert recordings by a man would have been an important factor in the judge's decision to grant permanent name suppression.

It's "rushed, ill-conceived and downright dangerous" says a QC, and changes to the GCSB bill secured by Peter Dunne don't address its flaws.

The controversial GCSB bill has the numbers to pass in Parliament after United Future leader Peter Dunne secured some significant changes.

There are at present two standalone intelligence agencies - the Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS) and the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB).

Former Foreign Minister Phil Goff says "tweaking" of the GCSB bill by John Key won't be enough to overcome the suspicions of a wide cross-section of Kiwis.

How would these so-called experts feel if their attitudes paved the way for the extermination of all the world's kittens by masked terrorist gangs, asks Toby Manhire.

Privacy Commissioner Marie Shroff is calling for a delay in the passage of the GCSB legislation.

The head of the Human Rights Commission says Prime Minister John Key has misrepresented its highly critical report on his two controversial spy bills and wider surveillance issues.

John Key appears to have made another concession over the bill expanding GCSB powers - this time requiring it to have regard to the Bill of Rights Act.