Government promises more openness on threats as security agencies appeal for public help in identifying those at risk of violent extremism
New Zealand is rolling out a bespoke deradicalisation program as the threat from people holding violent anti-authority beliefs grows and its security agencies make an unprecedented plea for the public to report those showing signs of taking extremist action.
Security officials say that in a “sea of hate speech” where, increasingly, younger people are being radicalised online by a messy grab-bag of ideologies, they more than ever need the public’s help in identifying those at risk of turning to violence.
