30 May 2023

Review needed for NZ secuirty and intelligence laws

From Morning Report, 7:48 am on 30 May 2023
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The Government is calling for a bipartisan approach to the reviewing of New Zealand's security and intelligence laws.

There are 52 recommendations in a new report on the country's spy agencies.

These include overhauling the Intelligence and Security Committee, removing a distinction between warrants for spying on New Zealanders and non-New Zealanders, and defining "national security" in the law.

Director of Massey University's Centre for Defence and Security studies, Dr Will Hoverd, spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss