The GCSB (Government Communications Security Bureau) has been cleared from allegations it spied on Kiwis working in the Pacific.
A report from the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security, Cheryl Gwyn, found New Zealand's spy agency didn't deliberately target communications of two complainants from 2009 to 2015.
It confirmed the agency did undertake intelligence gathering in relation to our interests in the South Pacific.
However it found no evidence that GCSB acted outside the relevant authorisations.
Ms Gwyn did not make any recommendations based on the report due to a lack of adverse findings.
"The inquiry has been a valuable one. It has given my office a broad insight into GCSB processes and resulted in a report that significantly expands the publicly available information on the bureau's activities," she said.
"It builds on my report last year on the GCSB's process for determining its foreign intelligence activity."
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