July 18, 2013
Spies have targeting history
A Māori lawyer says tangata whenua have most to lose from increasing the powers of the spy agencies.
The Government wants to change the law to allow the Government Communications Security Bureau to spy on New Zealanders.
A wide range of organisations have spoken out against the bill, and there are calls for a major review of New Zealand’s security needs and spy agencies before any new legislation is passed.
Moana Jackson says the track record of the agencies is not good.
"In the past the people who have been most brought under the gaze of the spying agencies are either our people or Pakeha people involved in any sort of critical work, whether they are protesting against fracking and drilling for oil in conservation land or whatever," he says.
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