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Nicky Hager – investigative journalist

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Nicky Hager – investigative journalist

Wellington author Nicky Hager has made extensive use of the Official Information Act in his books about confidential aspects of New Zealand government policy. He has supplemented the material he received from OIA requests with information provided by many other sources. This is Hager at the August 2011 launch of his book Other people’s wars, as he describes this combination of research methods.

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Nicola White, Freedom of official information – What has the Official Information Act achieved?, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/34795/nicky-hager-investigative-journalist (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Nicola White, published 18 May 2012.