The New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS) is New Zealand’s domestic security agency and lead organisation for human intelligence (HUMINT).
Our mission is to keep New Zealand and New Zealanders safe and secure.
We fulfil our mission across a range of functions. These include:
- The protection of New Zealand’s national security
- The international relations and well-being of New Zealand
- The economic well-being of New Zealand.
We meet these objectives through the performance of our statutory functions:
- Intelligence collection, analysis and assessment
- Protective security services, advice and assistance
- Cooperation with other public authorities to facilitate their functions
- Cooperation with other entities to respond to imminent threat.
We work to ensure New Zealand policy makers have intelligence to support good decision making.
Our people come from right across New Zealand society. They work in various roles, such as investigators, case officers, analysts, linguists, technology experts and other professional and support staff.
Our headquarters are in Wellington, and we have regional offices in Auckland and Christchurch. We also have staff based overseas.
On our fiftieth anniversary in 2006 we were gifted a name in te reo Māori, Te Pā Whakamarumaru. Te Pā Whakamarumaru translates to The Sheltering Citadel.