The public’s information tends to come from those subjected to spying or those who have tried to lift the covers as whistleblowers or journalists. Forty years of spying gaffes and revelations in, on and around New Zealand. It was discovered that a Christchurch resident had been spying on peace activists and animal rights and climate change campaigners. He was spying for the SIS and the police. Documents leaked by US whistleblower Edward Snowden revealed the GCSB had been spying on about 10 South Pacific nations and territories.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 06, 2021 03:47 UTC