Edward Snowden | The Intercept | 15 Sept 2014 Like many nations around the world, New Zealand over the last year has engaged in a serious and intense debate about government surveillance. The nation’s prime minister, John Key of the National Party, has denied that New Zealand’s spy agency GCSB engages in mass surveillance, mostly…
Andrea Vance | Stuff | 15 Sept 2014 The impending release of new Snowden files has forced the Government to admit its foreign spy agency was gearing up for mass surveillance in the wake of an illegal spying scandal. Prime Minister John Key said the Government Communications Security Bureau teamed up with overseas intelligence agencies,…
Bryce Edwards | NZ Herald | 14 Sept 2014 Will tomorrow’s Dotcom/Greenwald Moment of Truth revelations about state surveillance in New Zealand actually change anything in the lead up to polling day? Should the public really be concerned about this issue? Do any of the allegations amount to an ‘abuse of power’ or an attack…
Stuff | 13 Sept 2014 Kiwis are being spied on by the Government Communications Security Bureau, raising serious questions about whether Prime Minister John Key has been telling them the truth, an American journalist says. Glenn Greenwald, flown out by Internet Party founder Kim Dotcom to expose New Zealand’s role in the international Five Eyes…
Atlas Monitor | 3 Sept 2014 NZ mainstream media ignored details that Alan Barlow, who is convicted of attempting to hire a ‘hit-man’ to kill his parents, is also a convicted paedophile and a CYFS security guard. Barlow’s parents are also convicted paedophiles according to Dan Ryder. Ryder, a anti-CYFS activist, told radio host Vinny Eastwood that he was approached in Invercargill…
Vinny Eastwood | 2 Sept 2014 [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbCtBAi9Q9o?feature=player_detailpage&w=640&h=360] Penny Bright and Grace Haden discuss the extent of the questionable practices and alleged corruption in NZ that is largely overlooked by mainstream media as well as by the NZ Police. The issues outlined include the fraudulent registering of companies designed to conceal ownership and escape prosecution; the…
Vinny Eastwood | YouTube | 1 Sept 2014 [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGq7kuW6mjE?feature=player_detailpage&w=640&h=360] A new book by investigative journalist Nicky Hager focuses on the past six years of the John Key-led Government partly through email exchanges between blogger Cameron Slater and National party figures. The book was officially launched at Unity Books in Wellington this afternoon in front…
Nick Hubble | The Daily Reckoning Australia | 20 Aug 2014 New Zealand’s economic fortunes took a bizarre turn last night. The plot was straight out of the movie series Terminator. Keep in mind about a quarter of NZ’s exports are dairy products… At 10:33 New York time, news site Bloomberg released the headline ‘WHOLE…
NZ Herald | 14 August 2014 Nicky Hager’s book Dirty Politics which claims Prime Minister John Key had a hand in releasing an SIS document to blogger Cameron Slater shows Mr Key is “not fit to be Prime Minister”, former Labour Leader Phil Goff says. But Mr Key was this afternoon distancing himself and his…
Radio NZ | 14 August The Prime Minister’s chief science adviser says there is nothing “silly” going on with a Royal Society of New Zealand review of water fluoridation. Sir Peter Gluckman and the society have put together a panel of scientists to conduct the review. An anti-flouride lobby group claims it is a secret…