New Zealand

nation state

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Location	Oceania
Leader	Prime Minister of New Zealand
Type	nation state
Subgroups	New Zealand Defence Force, New Zealand Security Intelligence Service, New Zealand Broadcasting Standards Authority, Government Communications Security Bureau
An island state next to Australia which "has become a preferred bolthole for the ultra rich". Aggressively used contact tracing and lockdowns during the COVID-19 event.

New Zealand (NZ) is a Five Eyes island state next to Australia which "has become a preferred bolthole for the ultra rich". Its position in the far southern hemisphere renders it less vulnerable to, for example, radioactive pollution released in the northern hemisphere.

Deep state

Full article: New Zealand/Deep state

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Norman Kirk, a NZ Prime minister in the early 1970s died suddenly after moving against the interests of the US deep state. Prime Minister in the 1980s David Lange was threatened with liquidation by the US Vice President. He died in 2005 of amyloidosis, a rare, incurable blood plasma disorder.

In 2020 at the start of the COVID-19 deep event, PM Jacinda Ardern effectively sealed the country from the rest of the world after aggressively employing contact tracing and lockdowns. It soon followed a policy of mandatory vaccinations and removal of legal protection for unvaccinated, including the right to punitive measures (under the fig leaf of health directives) to bulldoze their houses and kill their pets.

Policies

Lying about Mass Surveillance

In 2013 Prime Minister John Key promised expressly that if the Government Communications Security Bureau were found to have conducted mass surveillance, he would resign, together with GCSB chief, Ian Fletcher. In 2015, following revelations by Edward Snowden, Nicky Hager proved that GCSB does carry out such surveillance. Indeed, former GCSB chief, Bruce Ferguson, admitted as much. John Key ignored his vow and did not resign.

"Terrorism"

In 2002 New Zealand introduced the "Terrorism Suppression Act", which remained unused until 2019.Template:Cn The 2019 "Terrorism Suppression (Control Orders) Bill" allowed the NZ government to decided. on the balance of probabilities, that someone is a "terrorist", without a need to show any evidence, as Suzie Dawson summarised "then control your work/finances/movements/net access & prevent you telling ppl its happening".

Water Fluoridation

Full article: Water Fluoridation

In 2017 the New Zealand government was aiming to introduce laws to expand Water Fluoridation.

Citizenship

Peter Thiel, the Paypal billionaire, was granted NZ citizenship after making a donation to the Christchurch earthquake appeal, sparking a "passport-for-sale" row.

Drug adverts

As of December 2017, New Zealand was the only country apart from the United States that allowed prescription drug companies to advertise on television.

Internet Censorship

Full article: Internet Censorship

NZ ramped up Internet Censorship greatly in 2019, and again in 2020, claiming that state agencies had the right to censor or remove any online content that they deemed "extremist", "terrorist" or otherwise "objectionable."

During Covid censorship documents (released in December 2022) suggested an anxiety or preoccupation that the government's disinformation monitoring be seen as independent, and not as an attempt by government at spying on the public's legitimate communications or controlling information flows.

Oversight of mis-and-disinformation is a sensitive issue, as any public commentary or perceived control of a 'counter-disinformation effort' can reinforce conspiracy meta-narratives about state manipulation of information and give legitimacy to those claiming an erosion of free speech. For this reason we would not recommend a formal allocation of disinformation responsibilities or the identification of a government spokesperson.

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Ideally, efforts to counter mis/disinformation should be led from outside government from media, civil society, NGOs, academia and the private sector.

COVID-19 Public Health Response (Vaccinations) Order 2021

In November 2021, New Zealand passed the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Vaccinations) Order 2021. The legislation takes away all legal rights for an "unvaccinated" or insufficiently vaccinated" persons, allowing for:

1. The lockdown of unvaccinated or insufficiently vaccinated individuals.
2. The ability to restrict travel within the country to unvaccinated or insufficiently vaccinated (e.g. a person who does not want to get a booster shot).
3. Withhold certification from those who do not get required boosters or subsequent combinations of vaccines as may be ordered at any time.
4. The ability to dictate the type and form of certification required for proof of vaccination status — digital or otherwise.
5. The ability to dictate what other information may be required for the renewal of vaccine certificates, and which information may be contained on such a certificate.
6. The period for which a vaccine certificate is valid can be changed at any time, and who it is that may be entitled or eligible to have these certificates.
7. The specification of mandates for entire job sectors.
8. The ordering of certain jobs to require regular mandatory testing and medical examination.
9. Enforcement officers to be able to demand certification, pretty much at any time.
10. The appointment of enforcement officers that can be anybody they wish to appoint, and not necessarily police.
11. Enforcement officers to inspect and take copies of certification to be verified at a later date, before immediately returning such documentation.
12. The provision of an assessment tool for employers to use to determine who should be vaccine mandated, however employers can totally disregard the assessment tool and mandate at whim.
13. Legal or other representatives of employees may be refused entry to workplaces.
14. Contact tracing information may be used against a person in order to enforce the Act.
15. Employees who have been dismissed for non-compliance of testing or vaccination, but comply at the last minute, may still be dismissed if the employer deems revoking the dismissal to be disruptive of their business.

Amendments to the 1956 Health Act

2021 amendments to the 1956 Health Act will allow punitive measures under the guise of health directives:

1. Hold unvaccinated in "quarantine" until such time as they have tested negative to infectious disease AND have undergone preventive treatment (i.e. mandatory inoculation)

2. Declare (without proof or evidence) a dwelling to be unsanitary and in turn order the destruction of the property and the burning of associated materials

3. Prohibit the keeping of animals and order the killing of animals (i.e. punitive killing of pets and eliminate food sources)

4. Close any business not complying with prescribed infection control measures.

5. Forbid congregation (public or private)

Events

Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement

New Zealand was a signatory to the "Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement", a treaty to abrogate state power by elevating the rights of corporations. A poll conducted in December 2012 showed that 64% of New Zealanders thought trade agreements, such as the TPP, which allow corporations to sue governments, should be rejected.

Christchurch Mass Shooting

Full article: Christchurch Mass Shooting

In March 2019, a mass shooting happened in Christchurch. It was livestreamed onto the internet. Four people were arrested. The New Zealand establishment deemed that video of the attack was "objectionable" and so the New Zealand police warned that anyone sharing it could be liable for up to 10 years in jail.

Foreign bases

The remote Kermadec Islands were used as a US biological warfare experimental testing ground.

The Waihopai listening post is part of the US-led Echelon eavesdropping network.

Transparency International

Transparency International's New Zealand branch confirmed in 2023 that it had received funding from the country's signals intelligence and foreign intelligence agencies.