Annex to Regulatory Impact Statement: Extending automatic name suppression for complainants where crimes are of a sexual nature [pdf, 269 KB]
...9. When introducing the offences, then Minister of Justice, Hon Phil Goff, said: I have to say that the problem is getting worse. The old offence of peeping and peering has been aggravated by the advent of new technology. Miniature cameras, mobile phone cameras, and other devices have been used to visually record women and children in circumstances of undress or intimacy without their knowledge or approval. The internet facilitates the transfer of those pictures around the country and, i...