Abstract
New Zealand’s security agencies need to balance conflicting missions of secrecy, accountability, and transparency in conducting national security government operations. Citizens expect protection without violating their liberties and for security agencies to act effectively and legally. From public revelations about the agencies and government reform efforts, the agencies evolved from almost total secrecy to greater accountability and transparency since World War II. This study employs a historical methodology, which examines primary source documents to reveal the history of secret behavior and to reform the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service and the Government Communications Security Bureau.
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Amata, Ben.
2025.
"New Zealand Security Agencies’ Secrecy, Accountability, and Transparency in the Modern Era."
Secrecy and Society
3(2).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.55917/2377-6188.1088
https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/secrecyandsociety/vol3/iss2/8
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