New Zealand Security Intelligence Service

Now for us here in New Zealand, issues also happen on the ground.

Recently, the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service published that there was a foreign state looking to deceptively install ground-based space infrastructure to enhance their country's capabilities without really New Zealand's authorization or any transparency on how that might be used.

So things can happen in space, but also on Earth.

Now, there's another reason why satellites may be deliberately targeted, and that's that they're military targets.

Um, so I think, uh, uh, P- Palantir has contracts dating back to at least 2011, 2012, uh, with the New Zealand Defence Force and the New Zealand intelligence agencies.

So that's NZSIS, the Security Intelligence Services, and the GCSB, which is our, um, sig- SIGINT, you know, signals intelligence, uh, agency.

Um, so those, those have been ongoing since 2011.

Um, and in 2019, after the, uh, Christchurch massacre, which was the, where a, you know, fascist live-streamed himself, um, killing 51, um, worshipers at mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, um, Palantir approached the New Zealand...

Get access, maintain access, collect intelligence, and potentially preserve the ability to use that access later for disruption operations.

In August, the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service, or the NZSIS, released its security threat environment for the 2026 assessment period.

That report stated that several countries conducted espionage against New Zealand, but it made a very specific distinction.

The People's Republic of China was the only country New Zealand said it had detected conducting espionage at scale, and that espionage isn't restricted to cyberspace.

Recruitment has become an intelligence platform.

The New Zealand Security Intelligence Service says China's military intelligence services are increasingly targeting current and former government officials through professional networking and online employment platforms.

Officers or affiliates pose as recruiters, think tank employees, consultants, or human resources professionals.

They advertise for analysts in foreign policy, defense, security, and international affairs.