DMS42-6-9623
New Zealand
Security Intelligence Service
PO Box 900, Wel ington
P +64 4 472 6170
F +64 4 472 8209
www.nzsis.govt.nz
17 October 2022
Mohammed Khan
[FYI request #20574 email]
Tēnā koe Mohammed
Official information request
Thank you for your Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) request of 26 September 2022 to the
New Zealand Security Intel igence Service (NZSIS) seeking the fol owing information:
1) Britain, like New Zealand, is part of the 'Five Eyes' group that is supposed to enhance
our national security, which one assumes includes protecting young girls against rape, but
this does not seem to have protected their citizens from victimization from the group. Is
the SIS aware of any assurances New Zealand has received that CSIS, or other elements of
the Five Eyes, wil not send 15 year old New Zealand girls to be raped by takfiri terrorists,
as they did British girls?
It has come to light that the 'Five Eyes' organization has been holding a
'gathering'/conference/meeting in New Zealand this month to advance its goals. This raises
obvious concerns-
2a) What vetting has been conducted on foreigners attending this conference? In
particular, have CSIS representatives been assessed to ensure they have not been involved
in sex crimes or the trafficking of young girls for sex, as many have been revealed to have?
2b) What arrangements are in place to protect New Zealanders from those attending the
conference? Are those attending the conference confined to the Mil brook Resort, or wil
they be al owed to roam the community at large, potential y coming into contact with
underage victims? Has the SIS checked whether the Mil brook Resort employs anyone
under the age of 18 who might be targeted by those attending the conference?
2c) Please detail other security arrangements around this conference.
Response
Human rights are fundamental to the work our agency carries out in accordance with New
Zealand law and international human rights obligations. We have stringent authorisation,
compliance and oversight mechanisms in place to ensure this.
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However, with regard to your request for specific information, I am refusing your request
under section 6(a) of the OIA, as the making available of the information would be likely to
prejudice the security or defence of New Zealand or the international relations of the
Government of New Zealand.
Review
If you wish to discuss this decision with us, please feel free to contact
[NZSIS request email].
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision.
Information about how to make a complaint is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz
or freephone 0800 802 602.
Ngā mihi
Rebecca Kitteridge
Te Tumu Whakarae mō Te Pā Whakamarumaru
Director-General of Security
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