Nicky Hager
Auckland lawyer banned from Guernsey tax haven trust work
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
A win for media and the public which came at a cost
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 apologise, pay damages to Nicky Hager
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
Stalling the rumour mill
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
Daphne Project: Is NZ still a tax haven?
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
Nicky Hager 'over the moon' about govt inquiry into SAS
The Hit & Run co-author, who says New Zealand soldiers are responsible for Afghan civilian deaths, is "over the moon" about a government inquiry into the claims.
Hager welcomes SAS raid inquiry
Investigative journalist Nicky Hager has welcomed the Government launching an inquiry into the actions of New Zealand's elite SAS soldiers during a raid in Agfghanistan. Mr Hager co-authored the book… Audio
Defence Force admits 'Hit & Run' had correct village
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
NZDF admits Hit & Run had photos of village attacked by SAS
The Defence Force has now admitted that photographs in the controversial book Hit and Run are of an Afghan village the SAS attacked in 2010.
Subservience or independence? What's the best way for NZ to relate to world power
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
Hit & Run: claims and counterclaims
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
Little says "questions remain" over Hit & Run claims
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
Hit & Run questions remain says former UN human rights investigator
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.
…PM accused of joining cover-up over Hit & Run
Prime Minister Bill English has extinguished any hopes of a formal inquiry into the 2010 Afghanistan raid, which has been the subject of allegations in the Hit and Run book. The Government has decided… Audio
VIDEO: PM to make Afghan raid announcement
Prime Minister Bill English will make an announcement shortly on calls for an inquiry into an SAS raid on villagers in Afghanistan. Video
Security analyst Paul Buchanan sifts through Hit & Run claims
Amid claim and counter claim about the exact location of the deadly SAS raid at the centre of the Hit and Run allegations, the Prime Minister Bill English says there is still no credible evidence of… Audio
Hit & Run: NZDF's village doesn't exist - lawyers
A raid involving New Zealand SAS soldiers in Afghanistan could not have taken place in Tirgiran Village as the NZDF claimed, because there is no such village, say lawyers.
Afghan villagers' lawyers formally call for inquiry
Lawyers acting for villagers claiming they were caught up in a raid involving New Zealand troops have formally asked for an independent investigation.
Hager: Defence Force is trying to confuse public
"If Tim Keating is confident that they have done nothing wrong, there is a simple solution, they should have that full inquiry." Nicky Hager, co author of Hit and Run, says the Defence Force has not… Audio
Hit & Run authors dispute NZDF account
It is impossible the Defence Force carried out a simultaneous raid on a separate Afghan village the night that civilians were killed, the authors say. Video, Audio