Oh Bruce, you really have said it all. And I am with you 100%. I am frightened! Not becuase i have anything to hide, but becuase slowly all our liberties are being taken away. And everyday NZ'ers are too absorbed in their own lives to realise it.

We are heading towards a Police State, and I feel annoyed and utterly frustrated when naievely people tell me that "oh the Police wouldnt just come into your house or stop you for no reason". or "I've got nothing to hide and if it is going to help catch the P dealers, I don't mind"..... They have been completely SUCKED IN!!!

Another comment by Judith Colins on Q & A a few weeks back really got me fired up when she said that we can "trust the police" not to abuse these proposed powers???? Hmmm let me think about that .... Nathan Thorose Connolly, Shipton, Schallom, Urewera Police Raids last year. I think NOT!

Big brother is everywhere and what are supposed to do about this Bruce?
We need to band together, and at the moment I feel People likes us Bruce are too few in numbers or not aware that so many people feel as we do.