News

• Posted October 30, 2024
• Media Releases

The NZSIS welcomes the review by the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security (IGIS) into the agency’s cooperation with New Zealand Police when investigating and countering terrorism and violent extremism.

• Posted October 29, 2024
• Media Releases

The New Zealand intelligence agencies have today launched new security guidance to help protect emerging technology companies from a range of threats, particularly those posed by foreign-state actors.

• Posted October 11, 2024
• Media Releases

The New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS) has today released more than 100 declassified historical records that paint a fascinating insight into the national security concerns and social attitudes of the day.

• Posted September 03, 2024
• Media Releases

The New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS) has released its annual Security Threat Environment report, with updated assessments on the nature of foreign interference, espionage and violent extremism in New Zealand.

• Posted August 22, 2024
• Media Releases

The Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security has today released an inquiry report looking at the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service’s discovery work relating to countering terrorism and violent extremist threats.

• Posted July 04, 2024
• Media Releases

The NZSIS and GCSB welcome the baseline review by the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security (IGIS) into how the agencies carry out Human Rights Risk Assessments (HRRA) to assess the risk of potential cooperation with overseas partners.

• Posted June 18, 2024
• Media Releases

In November 2022, the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service received a complaint in relation to an intelligence investigation undertaken by the NZSIS in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security had previously investigated the matter and concluded that the NZSIS did not disclose information observed during a surveillance operation that indicated a serious crime, albeit the NZSIS did not perceive the full scale or nature of the crime at that time.

• Posted March 27, 2024
• Director-General Speeches
• Media Releases

Today the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security released his report looking at the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS) use of class warrants.

• Posted January 18, 2024
• Media Releases

The National Terrorism Threat Level will stay at LOW, which means a terrorist attack remains a realistic possibility.

• Posted December 18, 2023
• Director-General Speeches
• Media Releases

The Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security’s annual report has today been released and is again indicative of the robust oversight that sits over the NZSIS and GCSB.