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11 August 2023
NZSIS publishes unclassified assessment of New Zealand’s threat environment
The New Zealand Security Intelligence Service has published its first ever comprehensive assessment on the threats of violent extremism, foreign interference and espionage facing contemporary New Zealand.
Read more → 23 May 2023Records Disposal
The NZSIS is seeking public comment on a draft records disposal authority which when approved will determine what NZSIS records are permanently retained as archives and what records will be destroyed and when.
Read more → 27 March 2023Statement to Intelligence and Security Committee by Phil McKee, acting Director-General NZSIS
NZSIS acting Director-General Phil McKee opening statement to Intelligence and Security Committee on Monday 27 March 2023.
Read more → 14 December 2022NZSIS welcomes Coordinated Review into the LynnMall terror attack
Attributable to Director General of Security Rebecca Kitteridge: Firstly, I would like to recognise those who were affected by the LynnMall terror attack on 3 September 2021, including victims, witnesses, and their whanau, and first responders.
Read more → 30 November 2022NZSIS media statement - settlement with Mr Hager regarding 2012 activity
In 2019 the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security made findings that, in 2012, the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service acted outside of its lawful scope of activity in that it obtained two months of call associated data for the home telephone line of journalist Nicky Hager.
Read more → 30 November 2022National Terrorism Threat Level revised from MEDIUM to LOW
The National Terrorism Threat Level has been revised from Medium to Low, reflecting a change in assessment of the likelihood of a terrorist attack, Director-General of Security Rebecca Kitteridge said today.
Read more → 7 November 2022He Whenua Taurikura hui, 31 October 2022
Opening remarks - Session Two Cordis Hotel, Auckland, 31 October 2022 Tēnā koutou katoa.
Read more → 27 October 2022NZSIS releases first ever guide to help identify signs of violent extremism
The New Zealand Security Intelligence Service has today released a public guide detailing observable behaviours and activities intelligence professionals find most concerning in individuals on a pathway to violent extremism.
Read more → 18 October 2022NZSIS welcomes the IGIS’s inquiry report into a warning
The New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS) welcomes the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security’s inquiry report into a warning delivered to a New Zealand citizen who was assessed to be carrying out foreign interference on behalf of another state.
Read more → 1 September 2022Diversity Works NZ award for NZSIS and GCSB
The NZSIS and GCSB are delighted to have won a Diversity Works New Zealand category award for their leadership in creating a more diverse and inclusive workplace.
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