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Prisoners at the Otago Corrections Facility near Milton are being trained in agriculture skills. The Facility has a dairy farm where prisoners milk about 350 cows on the 123 hectare property that the… Audio
Outside the Wire
Prisoners at the Otago Corrections Facility near Milton are being trained in agriculture skills. The Facility has a dairy farm where prisoners milk about 350 cows on the 123 hectare property that the…
AudioSecurity industry backs call for better standards and training
The security industry is backing a coroner's call for stricter standards and training, after the death of a security guard on his first night on the job. Audio
Australia's top police chief warns of worsening terror threat
The head of Australia's Federal Police is warning that the country is facing a worsening threat from terrorism. Audio
Increasing data security in the cloud
A public-private project based at Waikato University is aiming to give people more control of their data. STRATUS, led by a cyber security expert and lecturer at the University Dr Ryan Ko, is a… Audio
William Hartung: arms trading
Senior adviser to the Security Assistance Monitor, who has written extensively on armament and security issues. Audio
Civil Defence has issued a tsunami warning
Civil Defence has issued a tsunami warning for coastal and beach areas on the east coast of the country and the Chatham Islands after a strong earthquake hit Chile this morning. Audio
Matthieu Aikins: Yemen and the Middle East
Matthieu Aikins reports from the Middle East and South Asia for a number of magazines and his investigative work exposing war crimes in Afghanistan won him the George Polk Award and the Medill Medal… Audio
GCSB speech cancelled after protest action
The acting director of the electronic spy agency, the GCSB, was about to deliver a rare speech in Wellington when the event was hijacked by protestors. Audio
London bombing victim and now peace advocate, Gill Hicks
Australian Gill Hicks was almost killed in the July 2005 London Tube bombings. She lost both her legs. When she recovered she devoted herself to a mission of spreading peace, setting up charity Making… Audio
SIS publicises security breach case studies
The country's security service says foreign intelligence officers broke into two New Zealanders' hotel room and bugged their laptops and cellphones.
New Zealand nurse tells of horror in South Sudan
A New Zealand nurse working for a humanitarian organisation in South Sudan has spoken about the death of two of her colleagues last week. Audio
Deadly seeds found in souvenir maracas from Cuba
Bio-security staff at Auckland International Airport have found poisonous seeds in a set of souvenir maraccas being brought in from Cuba. Audio
Man hunt - Grandfather speaks out
Te Tawhero Dolphy Kohu shares the same name as his grandson and spoke to Radio New Zealand this morning. Audio
Police hunting gunman in central north island
Blair Dravitski is the principal of Ohakune school, which is in lockdown due to the police hunt for a gunman who fired shots at police. Kim Basse is the principal of Ruapehu College which is in… Audio
Do computer cookies lead to tailored pricing?
Some computer experts believe the cookies embedded in our computers when we visit websites, are in some cases being used to tailor pricing for on-line purchases, based on information gathered about… Audio
Civil liberties group wants better safeguards around spying
And listening to that was lawyer and spokesman for the Council for Civil Liberties, Thomas Beagle. Audio
GCSB chief warns data collection not limited to spy agencies
The acting director of the Government Communications Security Bureau, Una Jagose, says the public should be just as concerned about private sector collection of their data as they are about collection… Audio
Greater openness prompting people to avoid being snooped on
The Security Intelligence Service has warned greater openness about its activities has prompted people it is monitoring to change the way they communicate to avoid being snooped on. Audio
SIS says its law should change.
The Security Intelligence Service director is suggesting the law governing the spy agency should be changed. Audio