| New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark has denied claims that the nation's top intelligence agency has been spying on Maori activists. A newspaper claims several prominent figures had their phones or computers bugged. As Prime Minister, Ms Clark is also the Minister in Charge of the Security Intelligence Agency. She says the director of the agency has told her the story is a work of fiction. One of those allegedly targeted, the leader of the Maori party Tariana Turia, says there is enough detail in the claims to warrant further investigation. "Maori people are not terrorists," she said. "I object strongly to the whole notion that we are or we could be." Several of the opposition parties may join together to force a parliamentary inquiry. |