PHOTO: SUPPLIEDInternational oil giant OMV’s use of private investigators to pursue climate activists in Dunedin is "quite unnerving", one of those being targeted says. Ms Penwarden was served at home on Wednesday night by former police officer-turned-private investigator Sue Young, who now runs the private investigation firm Cargill Consultants Otago. However, he told the Otago Daily Times he was concerned another unnamed private investigator had visited his mother’s house in Harwood while searching for him on Thursday. When challenged by his mother and sister, the man refused to identify himself, Mr Brazil said. Mr Brazil said New Zealand was lucky to have the "human rights safety net" it did, to protect against the kind of abuses committed against activists overseas, but the actions of the private investigators were still a concern.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 17, 2020 15:22 UTC