(Stuff) New Zealand’s terrorism threat level has been dropped from “medium” to “low,” meaning a terror attack is now deemed “a realistic possibility” instead of “feasible and could well occur.” Security Intelligence Service (SIS) director-general Rebecca Kitteridge announced the change on Wednesday […]
(Stuff) The repatriation of Suhayra Aden, a woman who joined Islamic State, has cost the government more than $60,000. The government organised a “managed return” of Aden and her two children from Turkey earlier this year, after she was detained at the […]
(Stuff) The family of Suhayra Aden, a woman who joined Islamic State, moved to New Zealand in recent months in anticipation of her return. Aden, the first New Zealander known to return after joining the extremist Islamic State of Iraq and Syria […]
(Stuff) The government has been preparing since 2018 for numerous New Zealand citizens to return from the former Islamic State of Iraq and Syria with their children. Cabinet ministers last month agreed to the managed repatriation of Suhayra Aden, who will be […]
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