Dirty Politics

Conservative Party founder and one time leader Colin Craig has announced he is suing blogger Cameron Slater, a political rival and a lobbyist over what he calls a campaign of lies from the "dirty… Audio

Editor and publisher of Scoop Media, which runs the independent news source Scoop.co.nz as a free service for the public, supported by a range of premium services and a new "Ethical Paywall"… Audio

Journalists Luke Harding, Nicky Hager and Richard King discuss freedom of speech in an era of big data, mass surveillance and the unauthorised release of information on a scale never before seen. The… Audio

Nicky Hager's book Dirty Politics dominated this year's election. The book was based on the hacked emails of right wing blogger, Cameron Slater, to highlight his relationship with senior National… Audio

Political commentators Mike Williams and Matthew Hooton on the continuing pressure on John Key in what is being called textgate, Andrew Little's successful first week at the helm of Labour. the… Audio

The Labour MP David Parker has criticised the actions of the police in Parliament, over their response to a complaint he laid as a result of the allegations in Nicky Hager's Dirty Politics book. Audio

The Labour MP David Parker has used parliamentary privilege to call for a deeper investigation into allegations arising from Nicky Hager's Dirty Politics book. Audio

The Labour MP David Parker has used parliamentary privilege to call for a deeper investigation into allegations arising from Nicky Hager's Dirty Politics book. Audio

The Green Party is accusing the police of double standards over the decision NOT to investigate claims the National government fed damaging information about its opponents to right-wing bloggers. Audio

Political commentators Mike Williams and Matthew Hooton on the continuing pressure on John Key in what is being called textgate, Andrew Little's successful first week at the helm of Labour. Audio

Our political editor Brent Edwards is with us. Audio

Prime Minister John Key is facing another week of questions over his relationship with controversial blogger Cameron Slater following the release last week of the SIS watchdog's report showing links… Audio

The Labour Party is vowing to continue questioning the Prime Minister John Key this week about his relationship with the right-wing attack blogger Cameron Slater. Audio

Joining us is our Political Editor, Brent Edwards. Audio

The Labour Party leader, Andrew Little, says it beggars belief that the Prime Minister would be in contact with the blogger Cameron Slater about the Inspector General's SIS report the night before it… Audio

The Labour Party leader, Andrew Little, says it beggars belief that the Prime Minister would be in contact with the blogger Cameron Slater about a report on the Security Intelligence Service the night… Audio

Political commentators Matthew Hotton and Mike Williams on the political fallout from the Gwyn Inquiry. Audio

The Green Party co-leader is Russel Norman. Audio

The Labour Party is calling for John Key to take responsibility for the actions of his office. Audio

2014 has been a bad year for the former Justice Minister Judith Collins. Audio