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Private investigators

NZIPI
Investigations

Institute for NZ’s private eyes to get name change

December 15, 2021

NZIPI Chairman Ron McQuilter talks licensing change, name change, membership change and website change at the Institute, and the election of a first-ever Life Member. NZIPI’s Annual General Meeting, which took place on Thursday 25 […]

Private Investigators
Investigations

Security licensing body clarifies ‘private’ investigator confusion

May 7, 2021

A recent PSPLA decision clarifies what the ‘private’ in ‘private investigator’ means, writes Nicholas Dynon, concluding that employment investigators are required to be PSPLA licensed but that lawyers are not. A decision from the Private […]

International Insurance Investigator of the Year
Investigations

Kiwi professional investigator wins on world stage

January 12, 2019

A ceremony at the International Association of Auto Theft Investigators’ 66th Annual International Training Seminar at the Pittsburgh Sheraton Hotel in Pennsylvania, USA, was the scene for the unlikely 6thAugust crowning of Kiwi investigator John […]

Covert CCTV surveillance
Investigations

Covert CCTV and the Private Investigators’ Code of Conduct

December 1, 2017

In this multi-part series, security consultant David Horsburgh CPP PSP PCI examines some of the misconceptions around the use of covert CCTV, showing how statutes and case law identify best practice. This second instalment focuses on […]

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