Hamed & Ors v. R NZSC 101 was a decision by the Supreme Court of New Zealand

Supreme Court of New Zealand

The Supreme Court of New Zealand is the highest court and the court of last resort in New Zealand, having formally come into existence on 1 January 2004. The court sat for the first time on 1 July 2004. It replaced the right of appeal to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, based in London...

 which ruled on the admissibility of video surveillance. The ruling held that evidence collected using criminal trespass on private land to conduct covert surveillance under a warrant is only admissible for serious crimes. The charges involved were related to the 2007 New Zealand anti-terror raids

2007 New Zealand anti-terror raids

The 2007 New Zealand anti-terror raids were a series of armed police raids conducted on Monday, 15 October 2007, in response to the discovery of an alleged paramilitary training camp deep in the Urewera mountain range near the town of Ruatoki in the eastern Bay of Plenty...

, as a result of the ruling, charges against all but four of the defendants were dropped.

The ruling was initially suppressed from 24 March 2011 to September 2011. Very shortly after the lifting of the supression, the Video Camera Surveillance (Temporary Measures) Act 2011

Video Camera Surveillance (Temporary Measures) Act 2011

The Video Camera Surveillance Act 2011 is an Act of Parliament passed in New Zealand in 2011. The law is a response to the Supreme Court's ruling in Hamed & Ors v. R, and is intended to legalise surveillance ruled unlawful by the courts.-Background:On 2 September 2011 the Supreme Court of New...

was introduced and passed under urgency.