Coverage

Why the draft ‘foreign interference’ bill is so dangerous for Aotearoa

COMMENTARY: By Maire Leadbeater

Aotearoa New Zealand’s coalition government has introduced a bill to criminalise “improper conduct for or on behalf of a foreign power” or foreign interference that echoes earlier Cold War times, and could capture critics of New Zealand’s foreign and defence policy, especially if they liaise with a “foreign country”.

It is a threat to our democracy and here is why.

Article by AsiaPacificReport.nz