Statement by the Office of the Ombudsmen to accompany the release of the Sir Guy Powles' Report

"The then Chief Ombudsman, Sir Guy Powles, wrote a report on 16 July 1976. That was a public document. However, there was an Annex to that report which was classified and has remained so until now. Briefly, it dealt with the operations of the NZSIS in relation to enquiries made at the time into Dr Sutch’s alleged activities. Both the SIS & the Chief Ombudsman concur in the view that the document may now be released."

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