Opponents of the GCSB bill are predicting a huge turn out at a public meeting in Auckland tonight, where internet tycoon Kim Dotcom and Dame Anne Salmond will speak out against the controversial spying legislation.
New Zealander of the Year, Dame Anne Salmond, is calling on MPs to show some backbone over the Government's controversial GCSB spy bill.
QC Dr Rodney Harrison will also appear at the meeting ahead of rallies around the country on Saturday.
Dame Anne says she wants MPs from all parties to remember their duties.
"In a democratic society they're sent to parliament to represent their constituents," she says.
"If those rights of those constituents are being undermined or attacked, then they have a duty as our representatives to stand up and defend those rights."
Dame Anne says the SIS and the police can already spy on Kiwis, and in a country of only four million people, she doesn't understand the need for GCSB to have those powers too.
The bill will have its second reading in parliament next week.
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