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Privacy Law in New Zealand (2nd edition) offers a broad-ranging examination of privacy principles from theoretical and practical perspectives. The early chapters of the book cover the privacy concept and its status in the law; the interests with which privacy competes; the development of the tort; and the limited and piecemeal statutory protection of privacy, while the later chapters focus on the application of the law in common contexts such as children, family, mental health and employment. The new edition encompasses legislative, common law and policy developments since the first publication in 2010. These include the enactment of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012, the common law establishment of an Intrusion Tort, and developments in the fast moving areas of reality television and new technologies.