R v Kiu - [1990] 1 NZLR 340

Criminal law — Evidence — Confession — Admissibility — Confidential statement — Accused in custody, having been formally cautioned, offered to make disclosures to police "off the record" in the sense that police would write nothing down — Police agreed but after interview made notes of confession made by accused — Whether confession made by accused in confidence was absolutely protected — Whether the public interest in having the evidence disclosed outweighed the public interest in the preservation of confidences — Whether evidence of the confession was admissible.