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Does the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service's most recent threat assessment identify far-left or left-wing extremism as a significant terrorism threat in New Zealand, and if so, in what terms?

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Vanushi Walters

List MP · Labour Party

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  • Does the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service's most recent threat assessment identify far-left or left-wing extremism as a significant terrorism threat in New Zealand, and if so, in what terms?

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Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs

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Officials continue to see a range of motivations with no one ideology dominating. Identity and faith motivasted ideologies remain the most common, but we also see a small number of violent extremists motivated by political or single issues. There are also an increasing number of individuals with mixed, unclear or unstable motivations.