GCSB warned NZ tech company against hiring Chinese students

An influx of foreign students from countries where terrorism and sectarian violence are rife has prompted concerns New Zealand could be a nursery for international terrorists.

Rod Vaughan and NBR staff
Wed, 11 Jul 2018

UPDATE April 5: A leading New Zealand technology company figure has told NBR his company was warned by the GCSB against hiriing Chinese students.

Around 2004/05, the Government Communications Security Bureau - New Zealand's main intelligence organisation - approached the technology company,

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