Among the people believed to be attending are Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) director James Comey and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director Mike Pompeo. However, as police have pointed out they are not aware of a visit to Queenstown by a current or former head of state." The ODT said it was understood the operation would continue for about a week with golf featuring on the itinerary. Minister for the Government Communications and Security Bureau (GCSB) and Security Intelligence Service (SIS) Chris Finlayson's office could not immediately comment. Comey was last in New Zealand in March, when he met with Attorney General Chris Finlayson and Police Commissioner Mike Bush.

Source: New Zealand Herald April 20, 2017 03:56 UTC