Surveillance
Funding boost for a study into NZ history of surveillance
The first ever academic study of state snooping in New Zealand is among 101 research projects to win grants in this year's Marsden Fund round. Audio
POWER PLAY with Brent Edwards
Power Play with Brent Edwards - New surveillance claims have raised serious questions about the GCSB and forced the Prime Minister to make disclosures which had been secret. Video
Former GSCB head on Snowden claims about mass surveillance
Former NSA contractor and now whistleblower, Edward Snowden, has claimed that New Zealanders' information was accessed by a mass surveillance tool the NSA shared with NZ's Government Communications… Audio
Glenn Greenwald on extent of GCSB mass surveillance
Glenn Greenwald is a constitutional and civil rights lawyer, turned blogger and journalist who spent several years investigating NSA wire tapping and was chosen by Edward Snowden to reveal NSA actions… Audio
Journalist promises to reveal mass surveillance by GCSB
Glenn Greenwald responds to John Key's claims about the GCSB, and talks about the documents he is releasing on Monday night. Audio
Tech news
Peter Griffin with news that anyone, anywhere in the world can be tracked, minute-by-minute via a huge global cellphone database. Plus why has Amazon bought the videogaming streaming platform Twitch… Audio
Spiritual Outlook for 6 July 2014
One man remembers a trip to South Africa forty years ago, which had a life-long impact on his career. Audio
Google fights online surveillance
Technology time with Peter Griffin. Google launches an email encryption tool to fight mass online surveillance and Apple's interest in healthcare and health monitoring apps. Audio
Ideas for 4 August 2013
Human rights lawyer Tim McBride and former SIS officer turned academic Dr Rhys Ball talk to Chris Laidlaw about the pros and cons of the state spying on its citizens; and US journalist Will Potter… Audio
Former GCSB head wants brakes put on Bill
A former director of the communications spy agency says the brakes need to be put on the passing of a Bill expanding its powers. Audio
Wayne Brittenden's Counterpoint
Edward Snowden's latest revelations were a huge embarrassment for the UK Government. Foreign politicians and diplomats attending two G20 Summit meetings in London in 2009 had their phone calls… Audio
The GCSB Bill
Thomas Beagle is the spokesperson of civil liberties watchdog Tech Liberty and for the New Zealand Council for Civil Liberties. He says that the new GCSB Bill appears to give the government… Audio
Insight for 13 May 2012 - The State and Your Information
Philippa Tolley considers how citizens private details are being treated as the government embraces new technologies. Audio
Focus on Politics for 9 March 2012
The controversial Search and Surveillance Bill will go through its final stages when Parliament resumes sitting the week after next. Audio
Insight for 26 January 1975
The Wanganui computer and human rights issues are examined in this Insight from 1975 presented by Patrick Craddock. The editor of the NZ Law Journal, Jeremy Pope, is the guest. Audio