News

• 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 April 04, 2024
• Director-General Speeches

Economic espionage is not a subject we New Zealanders tend to talk a lot about but it’s an issue that is coming to the fore as a by-product of the geostrategic competition in which we currently find ourselves.

• Posted March 28, 2024
• Director-General Speeches

Thank you for the opportunity to address you today.

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

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
• Media Releases
• Director-General Speeches

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.

• Posted November 10, 2023
• Media Releases

The New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS) welcomes the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security’s (IGIS) inquiry report examining complaints raised by an individual who claimed he was unfairly targeted by the NZSIS.

• Posted November 01, 2023
• Media Releases

The New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS) acknowledges the recommendations of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security’s (IGIS) inquiry report into the use and sharing of vetting information.

• Posted October 18, 2023
• Media Releases

The heads of the Five Eyes security intelligence agencies have appeared together in public for the first time to encourage businesses to protect their innovation.