"Security" in New Zealand

The signs of the implementation of these policies are already with us. The argument to place under police investigation the Hart organisation has been based on the supposed undermining by Mart of the country's economic security

The public attack by the Government aligned Truth newspaper of New Zealanders associated with the NZ-DPR of Korea (North Korea) Society with the clear imputation that these New Zealanders are communists and should be evicted from New Zealand is followed almost immediately by a Government attempt to silence a Fretilin representative.

In both cases those interested in Fretilin and the DPR of Korea are in favour of policies diametrically opposed to current foreign policy.

In the case of the NZ-DPR of Korea Society members of the public who were invited to a private reception to meet a three person cultural delegation from the DPRK were questioned by the police concerning their attendance at the reception. The Koreans were warned against making 'political statements' through an official letter to an officer of the NZ-DPRK Society, at the time of entry permits being issued in Djakarta, and during customs formalities at the Wellington International Airport. As with the South Korean Park Regime the decisions to limit freedom of speech have been made by the Government and Civil Services without any recourse to Parliament.

And while not yet as visable as has been the case in the United States or South Korea the New Zealand Army is clearly available for the control of New Zealanders. At Bastion Point the Army cooperated with the police when Maori land protestors were arrested. The author has heard middle level Government servants seriously suggesting that the Army could well be used for law and order purposes in those urban areas (state housing) where the police cannot maintain control.