Media Insider: NZ’s spy agency investigated case of RNZ journalist who edited Russia-Ukraine stories

New Zealand’s spy agency investigated the actions of an RNZ journalist whose edits of foreign news stories came under scrutiny in 2023, it has been revealed. The journalist, Mick Hall , complained that he had been investigated by the NZSIS unlawfully and that the agency had improperly shared information about him. The NZSIS concluded that Hall was not engaging in any form of state-sponsored foreign interference.

In a report released today, the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security, Brendan Horsley , found that the activities of the NZSIS in making “initial inquiries” into the matter were “limited in scope to what was strictly necessary to satisfy the NZSIS that this was not a case of foreign interference”..