NZSIS warns of rising foreign interference and online radicalisation

Thursday 21 August 2025 · 2 outlets · 2 reports · updated Thu 21 Aug 2025, 5:00am

In this story New Zealand Security Intelligence Service

The NZ Security Intelligence Service reports that New Zealand faces a deteriorating security environment. Key threats include increased foreign interference activities and the online radicalisation of young people. The agency noted a spike in foreign interference agents visiting the country amid global instability.

How they headlined it

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1. NewsroomThu 21 Aug 2025, 5:00am

   Online radicalisation and foreign interference among rising threats to NZ (opens in new tab)

2. StuffThu 21 Aug 2025, 5:00am

   ‘Deceptive, coercive, corruptive’: The world power the SIS says carries out the most foreign interference in NZ (opens in new tab)