GCSB reveals counter-terrorism operations and concerns over white identity extremism

New Zealand's Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) has revealed some of its usually covert counter-terrorism work.

Speaking at parliament on Monday, chief spy Andrew Hampton disclosed that three recent operations had been carried out, including one involving an individual who made bomb threats last year with an implied ideological motivation.

In addition to these threats, the Security Intelligence Service has raised concerns about the risk of foreign interference and espionage in New Zealand.

Speaking to Tova O'Brien on Tuesday morning, Paul Spoonley, Director of the Centre for Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism, was asked about the seriousness of these threats and whether they posed an imminent danger. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.