Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security
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While collecting intelligence, the NZSIS sometimes obtains information about criminal acts unrelated to national security. Under the Intelligence and Security Act it has discretion on whether to disclose such information to the Police. Read More
The Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security has recommended improvements to the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service’s approach to screening visa applications for security risk. Read More
The Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security has released its annual report for 2020-21. Read More
The Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security has today released a report on New Zealand Security Intelligence Service use of access to closed circuit television(CCTV). Read More
The Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security has released its annual report for 2019-20. Read More
The Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security has today released its Report of Inquiry into the role of the GCSB and NZSIS in relation to certain specific events in Afghanistan. Read More
The Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security has released its annual report for 2018-19. Read More
The Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security has published the report into whether the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS) and the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) had any connection to the CIA’s “enhanced interrogation”, detention and rendition programme in Afghanistan between 2001-2009. Read More
Statement attributable to the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security, Cheryl Gwyn. Read More
The Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security (IGIS), Cheryl Gwyn, has today published a report summarising a review she completed into the NZSIS’s practices in 2016/17 of acquiring personal information from New Zealand banks about customers by seeking voluntary disclosure from the bank. Read More
The Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security, Cheryl Gwyn, has today published a report on the first nine months of intelligence warrants issued to the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service and the Government Communications Security Bureau under the new Intelligence and Security Act 2017 (ISA). The report sets out the Inspector-General's interpretation of the new warrant provisions under the ISA and her expectations of the GCSB and NZSIS when they prepare warrant applications. "My job is to identify what the legal standards mean in practice for the agencies, and ensure they act lawfully." Read More
The Annual Report of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security (IGIS) for the 2017-18 year has been tabled in Parliament by the Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern. Read More
The Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security, Cheryl Gwyn, today released a report on a review of the New Zealand Security Classification System. Read More
The Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security, Cheryl Gwyn, today released the public report of her inquiry into allegations of intelligence gathering activity by the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) in relation to the South Pacific. Read More
The Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security has published an unclassified version of her office’s work programme for the next year to update the public about the inquiries and reviews she is undertaking to ensure the intelligence and security agencies are acting lawfully and properly. Read More
Recent public discussion about the IGIS's Reference Group has prompted a range of comments and questions about the group and its role. Read More
In response to discussion in the news media about her Reference Group the Inspector-General released this statement yesterday: Read More
The Inspector-General has today announced the establishment of a Reference Group. The Group brings together a broad range of individuals and groups, all of whom have specific expertise and experience that in one way or another touches on the work of the Inspector-General's office. The first meeting of the Reference Group was held last week in Wellington. Read More
The Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security, Cheryl Gwyn, has released a report relating to the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service’s (NZSIS) unlawful acquisition by NZSIS of Customs data from 1997 until 2016. Read More
The Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security, Cheryl Gwyn, has released a report relating to the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS) practice of giving warnings to members of the public in order to disrupt or deter certain conduct. Read More