But the scale of any illegal surveillance by the Government Communications Security Bureau might remain hidden because documentation which detailed it was either not kept or is missing. The issue emerged through an internal GCSB investigation, which is part of its obligation to ensure it is compliant with its own laws. Her report revealed GCSB staff had been following a flawed manual which contained legal errors - one of the reasons for 88 indentified instances of illegal spying. "One investigation related to a potential error in reporting of historical unlawful intelligence-gathering, along the lines already identified in the Kitteridge Report. If it happened before then, it means the details were not supplied to Kitteridge, who is now NZ Security Intelligence Service director.

Source: New Zealand Herald November 03, 2016 03:46 UTC