R v Reti - [2020] 1 NZLR 108

Search and seizure — Validity of search warrant or production order — Whether court to have regard to matters not included in information contained in application — Whether material non-disclosure — Search and Surveillance Act 2012 s 107(1)(a).

Evidence — Admissibility — Improperly obtained evidence — Need for courts transparently to set out balancing exercise — Recordings of telephone calls made from prison — Nature and extent of breach of privacy — Effect of seriousness of offence when evidence of high quality — Evidence Act 2006 s 30(2).