David Farrar: Should the Privacy Commissioner launch an investigation?

Andrea Vance reports that there are now allegations that Te Pati Maori used information collected for Covid-19 immunisations to target voters.

Ele Ludemann: ‘Beads and blankets’ buying votes

There is so much wrong with what is alleged here:

A Te Pāti Māori MP and the marae she once ran are at the centre of claims that private information collected during the census was used for political campaigning.

Stats NZ, the Government’s official data agency, is now investigating after a whistleblower from the Ministry of Social Development (MSD) came forward with a series of allegations relating to Manurewa Marae.