Item 1
Fortnightly Report
NATIONAL SECURITY GROUP
To: Minister for National Security and Intelligence (Rt Hon Christopher Luxon)
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Date
07/05/2025
Report number
DPMC-2024/25-1068
Priority
Routine
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National Security and Intelligence Workstreams Update
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NZ supports a Pacific delegation to a US cyber security conference
5. As reported in the NSI Fortnightly Report of 9 April, DPMC (Cyber and Technology Security
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unit) partnered with the Australian government to support a Pacific Delegation to the RSA
cyber security conference - one of the largest in the world attended by over 40,000
government and industry representatives. Eight countries formed the Pacific delegation (Cook
Islands, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Tonga, Samoa, Vanuatu, Australia and New Zealand), with
the Cook Islands delegate sponsored by DPMC.
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6. The delegation met with several big tech companies, including Google, Meta, IBM, Microsoft,
Starlink, and CyberCX. It participated in a Pacific and Southeast Asia AI Dialogue and visiting
the RSA Security Operations Centre, run by a NZ company Endace alongside Cisco. This
engagement provided Pacific Island countries with an understanding of the products, services,
and tooling available to support them, but more importantly, was a chance for big tech to hear
directly from Pacific voices about their requirements, concerns, and unique operating
environments.
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Bridget White
Executive Director
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Mobile number: s9(2)(a)
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ATTACHMENT A: UPDATE FOR PMO
Upcoming Events
Date
Meeting
Minister for National Security and Intelligence Meeting – Intelligence and
12 May
Security Act
NSI Portfolio: Upcoming Advice and Activities
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Summary
Date
Status/Action
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s6(a)
Information
NSI RELATED OMBUDSMAN INVESTIGATIONS
Reference
Summary
Deadline
Status/Action
Official
DPMC-2024/25
A list of all successful applications for
Ongoing
Response
236
one-off fund to build resilience to
provided to
disinformation. Investigation into refusal
Ombudsman’s
the
OMB Complaint
to release on the basis of protecting
provisional
confidentiality, privacy, health and
opinion,
safety.
reaffirming
withholding
grounds.
under
Ministerial Official Information Act requests
Reference
Summary
Deadline
Status/Action
OIA-2024/25-0814
A list of all briefings, reports, aide
13 May 2025
Drafting
memoirs and memos produced or
s9(2)(a)
received by the Minister for National
Security and Intelligence between
Released February 1,2025 and March 31, 2025.
DPMC: 5009598
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Item 2
Fortnightly Report
NATIONAL SECURITY GROUP
To: Minister for National Security and Intelligence (Rt Hon Christopher Luxon)
1982
Date
21/05/2025
Report number
DPMC-2024/25-1106
Priority
Routine
Act
National Security and Intelligence Workstreams Update
New Zealand’s first online violent extremism redirection pilot
1. New Zealand’s first online violent extremism redirection project started on 31 March 2025.
The Moonshot Redirect Online pilot anonymously connects users consuming known violence-
inciting material and/or users concerned about someone else’s behaviour to advertisements
for safe, confidential support.
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2. Moonshot is an international organisation that works across Five Eyes partners on counter
terrorism initiatives and have implemented this model s6(a)
To deliver
this initiative Moonshot has partnered with and trained a New Zealand-based specialist
provider.
3. This pilot is supported by a grant from the Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism Fund
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(led by DPMC and administered by DIA) and will run until the end of 2025.
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Next steps
5. s6(a)
DIA will also provide an update on the pilot to Hon Brooke
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van Velden, Minister of Internal Affairs.
6. Funding for the Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism Fund ends in the current
2024/25 financial year. DPMC will provide you with an overview of the use and impact of the
Fund by the end of June.
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Next steps on Intelligence and Security Act (ISA) review response
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9. On 21 May (22 May NZT), Niue will officially launch its first National Security Strategy, which
is driven
. NSG played a technical advisory
and lead drafting role in the development of the Strategy, in partnership with MFAT and
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10.
. New
former High Commissioner to Niue and former Niue Police Commissioner, Ross
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Arden will also speak representing the Pacific Security Col ege. Your Office and the Office of
the Minister of Foreign Affairs have a copy of the final Strategy and both Offices have been
provided
role, should they be required.
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Bridget White
Executive Director
National Security Group
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Mobile number: s9(2)(a)
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DPMC: 5019580
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ATTACHMENT A: UPDATE FOR PMO
Upcoming Events
Date
Meeting
21 May
National Security Board Meeting
NSI Portfolio: Upcoming Advice and Activities
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Summary
Date
Status/Action
Act
Terrorist Designations: Renewals
Early June
Drafting, subject
to National
Security Board
decisions
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Information
Official
NSI RELATED OMBUDSMAN INVESTIGATIONS
Reference
Summary
Deadline
Status/Action
the
DPMC-2024/25
A list of all successful applications for
Ongoing
Response
236
one-off fund to build resilience to
provided to
disinformation. Investigation into refusal
Ombudsman’s
OMB Complaint
to release on the basis of protecting
provisional
under
confidentiality, privacy, health and
opinion,
safety.
reaffirming
withholding
grounds.
Released
DPMC: 5019580
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Ministerial Official Information Act requests
Reference
Summary
Deadline
Status/Action
OIA-2024/25-0881
Follow up on previous request
9 June 2025
Drafting
regarding NC3.
s9(2)(a)
OIA-2024/25-
A list of all briefings, reports, aide
10 June 2025 Drafting
memoirs and memos produced or
s9(2)(a)
received by the Minister for National
Security and Intelligence between April
1, 2025, and April 30, 2025; and
any information held, produced or
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received by the Prime Minister since
November 27, 2023 related to: An age
limit for social media use and
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the impacts of social media use on
young people.
Departmental Official Information Act requests
Reference
Summary
Deadline
Status/Action
OIA-2024/25-0897
All formal written briefings provided for,
12 June 2025 Drafting
and all reports arising from, all
Information
s9(2)(a)
multilateral engagements held under
the Five Eyes S&T (TTCP II) and
Squaredance MOUs during the month
of April 2025.
OIA-2024/25-0898
All information related to covert
12 June 2025 Drafting
operations on New Zealand citizens.
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s9(2)
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Released
DPMC: 5019580
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Item 3
Fortnightly Report
NATIONAL SECURITY GROUP
To: Minister for National Security and Intelligence (Rt Hon Christopher Luxon)
1982
Date
05/06/2025
Report number
DPMC-2024/25-1143
Priority
Routine
Act
National Security and Intelligence Workstreams Update
Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism research
1.
In December 2024, you agreed to changes to a DPMC non-departmental appropriation
for Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism that enabled the remaining $500,000
for the 2024/25 financial year to be used for both high-value research and prevention
initiatives aimed at stopping terrorist attacks.
2.
As a key part of this, DPMC contracted the Victoria University of Wellington’s Policy Hub
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to commission research proposals from academics throughout New Zealand on
preventing radicalisation to violence. This process is now complete, and five research
projects have been recommended for funding (a total of $407,000) covering a range of
priority areas including the Islamic State, other extremist groups, youth radicalisation,
and online harm prevention.
3.
The research projects are expected to report their findings throughout the remainder of
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2025.
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5.
Budget 2025 decisions mean that this funding will cease at the end of this month.
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Bridget White
Executive Director
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National Security Group
Mobile number: s9(2)(a)
Information
Official
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Released
DPMC: 5023756
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ATTACHMENT A: UPDATE FOR PMO
Upcoming Events
Date
Meeting
17 June 2025 -
National Security and Intelligence Meeting
- travel pre-brief.
tbc
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NSI Portfolio: Upcoming Advice and Activities
Act
Summary
Date
Status/Action
NA
s6(a)
Information
Official
NSI related Ombudsman Investigations
Reference
Summary
Deadline
Status/Action
the
DPMC-2024/25 236
A list of all successful applications for
Ongoing
Response
OMB Complaint
one-off fund to build resilience to
provided to
disinformation. Investigation into
Ombudsman’s
refusal to release on the basis of
provisional
protecting confidentiality, privacy,
opinion,
health and safety.
reaffirming
under
withholding
grounds.
Released
DPMC: 5023756
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Departmental Official Information Act requests
Reference
Summary
Deadline
Status/Action
OIA-2024/205-
All information related to New Zealand
26 June
Drafting
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citizens active in Israeli Defence Force
2025
provided to the Attorney-General since
s9(2)(a)
7 October 2023 relating to the potential
involvement of New Zealand citizens in
activities in Gaza that may constitute
war crimes.
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OIA-202425-0935
Follow up on previous request
26 June
Drafting
s9(2)(a)
regarding MK Ultra
2025
Act
Ministerial Official Information Act requests
Reference
Summary
Deadline
Status/Action
OIA-2024/25-0889
A list of all briefings, reports, aide
10 June
Drafting
s9(2)(a)
memoirs and memos produced or
2025
received by the Minister for National
Security and Intelligence between April
Information
1, 2025, and April 30, 2025.
A list of all briefings, reports, aide
memoirs and memos relating to
security or intelligence produced or
received by the Prime Minister between
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April 1, 2025, and April 30, 2025.
Any information held, produced or
received by the Prime Minister since
the
November 27, 2023, related to:
•
An age limit for social media use
•
The impacts of social media use
on young people
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Released
DPMC: 5023756
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Item 4
Fortnightly Report
NATIONAL SECURITY GROUP
To: Minister for National Security and Intelligence (Rt Hon Christopher Luxon)
1982
Date
25/06/2025
Report number
DPMC-2024/25-1212
Priority
Routine
Act
National Security and Intelligence Workstreams Update
s6(a), s9(2)(f)(iv)
Information
Official
the
under
Released
DPMC: 5030020
DPMC-2024/25-1212
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New Zealand participation in the Pacific National Security
Coordinators' Roundtable
6. DPMC attended the Pacific National Security Coordinators' Roundtable in Vanuatu from 9-11
June 2025. The Roundtable brings together National Security Advisors and Coordinators, and
the heads of the security bodies of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF), to discuss the shared
security challenges facing the region. It is also a chance to exchange ideas on the
development of national security strategies and policies, as part of member commitments
under the 2018 Boe Declaration on Regional Security.
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8. The Pacific Fusion Centre, which organised the Roundtable, was established in Port Vila by
the Australian Government and the Australian National University as an open-source
assessment and information sharing centre of excellence.
National Assessments
Bureau has been supporting the Centre by seconding staff on short term assignments to
mentor analysts from around the region to develop their analytic tradecraft.
Information
Bridget White
Executive Director
Official
National Security Group
Mobile number: s9(2)(a)
the
under
Released
DPMC: 5030020
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ATTACHMENT A: UPDATE FOR PMO
Upcoming Events
Date
Meeting
02 July 2025
National Security Board Meeting
NSI Portfolio: Upcoming Advice and Activities
1982
Summary
Date
Status/Action
s9(2)(f)(iv)
Act
s6(a)
Information
Official
the
NSI RELATED OMBUDSMAN INVESTIGATIONS
Reference
Summary
Deadline
Status/Action
DPMC-2024/25
A list of all successful
Recommendation
The Ombudsman's
under
236
applications for one-off fund to
to make new
letter has been
build resilience to
decision by 17
provided to your
OMB Complaint
disinformation. Investigation
July.
office. DPMC will
into refusal to release on the
consult with
basis of protecting
affected
confidentiality, privacy, health
organisations and
and safety.
make a new
decision on the
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request by 17 July.
DPMC: 5030020
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Ministerial Official Information Act requests
Reference
Summary
Deadline
Status/Action
OIA-2024/25-0989
A list of all briefings, reports, aide
15 July 2025
Drafting
memoirs and memos produced or
s9(2)(a)
received by the Minister for National
Security and Intelligence between May
1, 2025 and May 31, 2025.
The February 14, 2025 document “Aide
Memoire: Meeting with Jewish
Community Leaders”
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The February 28, 2025 document
“Aide-Mémoire: Meeting with Muslim
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Community Leaders”
The February 28, 2025 document
“Addressing request for urgent funding
for security from Jewish community”
The March 7, 2025 document “Aide-
Memoire: March 15 Unity Hui
Christchurch”
The March 17, 2025 document
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“Briefing: Addressing request for urgent
funding for security from at-risk
communities”
The March 17, 2025 document “Note to
Ministers: Reducing risk and building
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resilience through key policy
programmes”.
the
Departmental Official Information Act requests
Reference
Summary
Deadline
Status/Action
OIA-2024/25-0954
All formal information related to
3 July 2025
Drafting
under
Defence budget increase since October
s9(2)(a)
2023
OIA-2024/25-0958
Request a list of all information
4 July 2025
Drafting
regarding Digital Identity such as
s9(2)(a)
emails, meeting minutes, including
dates and attendees, text messages,
white papers or briefings etc.
Released
DPMC: 5030020
DPMC-2024/25-1212
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