The Government is calling for a bipartisan approach to the reviewing of New Zealand's security and intelligence laws.
There are 52 recommendations in a new report on the country's spy agencies.
These include overhauling the Intelligence and Security Committee, removing a distinction between warrants for spying on New Zealanders and non-New Zealanders, and defining "national security" in the law.
Director of Massey University's Centre for Defence and Security studies, Dr Will Hoverd, spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.