Police have used blood samples taken from people at birth to solve crimes and identify bodies. Since 2006, police have been able to use blood “spot samples” taken from people at birth to get DNA samples under an agreement with the Ministry of Health.     The “heel prick tests” […]

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/97713861/peace-action-blockades-westpac-stadium-arms-industry-forum Nine protesters have been arrested during fraught scenes outside a Wellington defence forum. As bus loads of delegates attempted to enter Westpac Stadium for the forum on Tuesday, a few hundred protesters blockaded the stadium entrances. Among those detained and dragged away by police was a disabled man with […]

Prime minister plays down privacy implications of automated face-matching regime under anti-terrorism deal struck with states “Federal and state police will be given real-time access to passport, visa, citizenship and driver’s licence images for a wide range of criminal investigations – not just identifying terrorism suspects – following agreement between […]

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