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'Awful, horrible behaviour': Nicola Willis weighs in on Michael Forbes investigation
Deputy Prime Minister Nicola Willis says the Michael Forbes situation is awful - but police have to have discretion.
Police seized work and personal phones of press secretary Michael Forbes while investigating complaints
Police, investigating a report from the manager of a Wellington brothel on July 12, 2024, relating to audio recordings of sex ...
How the Forbes scandal exposed flaws in NZ’s security clearance system - Thomas Coughlan
A Stuff investigation found the Prime Minister’s former deputy chief press secretary Michael Forbes allegedly recorded audio ...
Prime Minister's deputy chief press secretary Michael Forbes resigns after reportedly recording sex workers without consent
The Prime Minister's deputy chief press secretary has resigned after allegedly recording audio of sessions with Wellington ...
Sex workers reportedly recorded by PM's press secretary Michael Forbes call for urgent law change
A Wellington brothel manager has spoken of the moment she was told Michael Forbes had allegedly recorded audio of a session ...
New Zealand PM 'shock' as staff member accused of secretly recording women
A member of New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon's staff has resigned after being accused of secretly taking photos and videos of women, and recording audio of sex workers.Michael Forbes, ...
Why wasn’t the PM told about the police investigation into senior press secretary Michael Forbes?
The sudden resignation of one of the Prime Minister’s senior press secretaries is raising questions about why Christopher ...
The Huddle: Should the police have dug deeper on Michael Forbes?
Tonight on The Huddle, Ali Jones from Red PR and Tim Wilson from the Maxim Institute joined in on a discussion about the ...
Former Police Commissioner Andrew Coster claims he didn’t know about Michael Forbes investigation, despite police executive knowing
Former Police Commissioner Andrew Coster claims he wasn’t aware of the police’s investigation into the Prime Minister’s ...
Resignation of PM’s staffer Michael Forbes highlights gaps in law on covert recording and harassment
The sudden resignation this week of Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s former deputy chief press secretary Michael Forbes was politically embarrassing, but also raises questions about how New Zealand ...