Nicky Hager

A special unit with a budget of $2 million has been established by the Defence Force to put its side of the story to a government inquiry into a controversial operation in Afghanistan. Operation… Audio

Nicky Hager says Security Intelligence Services staff have had close relationships with Thompson and Clark staff for years. Audio

Questions are being asked about an Auckland lawyer who had been banned from handling trusts in the tax haven of Guernsey for five years shortly before starting work as a trust and company lawyer here… Audio

The police apology to Nicky Hager has helped clarify - at last - important principles of journalistic privilege and protection for sources. But it’s the third time in recent years that state agencies… Audio

Police have apologised and will pay damages to investigative journalist Nicky Hager for breaching his rights during its 2014 investigation into his book Dirty Politics. Video, Audio

Whether to report on false rumours about the PM’s partner created a quandary for the media. Could they report on slurs designed to do damage without playing into the hands of rumour-mongers? Audio

An Auckland company may be caught up in an international money laundering controversy after it was identified helping to manage a network of New Zealand-registered companies and trusts for its… Audio

The Defence Force has now admitted photographs in the controversial book "Hit and Run" are of an Afghan village the SAS attacked in 2010. But it's still denying claims in the book that civilians were… Audio

New Zealand's international alliances are discussed by the investigative author Nicky Hager, journalist Maiki Sherman, and Law Professor Jane Kelsey, with Leonie Hayden in the chair. Audio

The PM says there is no basis for an inquiry into the deaths of civilians in Afghanistan, yet editorial opinion in the media overwhelmingly backs one. Has the meaning of book Hit & Run been obscured… Audio

Andrew Little says for the sake of public confidence, and independent inquiry is needed for the NZSAS raid in 2010. He says the fact that John Key authorised the raid personally means there was… Video, Audio

A UN human rights investigator who worked in Afghanistan in 2006 and 2007 says an independent investigation should be the normal course of events if actions by the NZDF are being called into question.