Soldier admits spying against NZ by trying to give military base maps to foreign country

A soldier with links to several far-right groups has admitted trying to pass on critical and classified information about New Zealand Defence Force bases to what he thought was a foreign agent, but was actually an undercover officer.

The name of the soldier and the country he attempted to give the information to are suppressed, but according to the charges, he tried to pass on a wealth of information obtained from the NZDF’s restricted IT system.

These included telephone directories for several military bases as well as maps, aerial photographs and a letter assessing the security vulnerabilities of Linton Military Camp in Manawatū.

The soldier also provided his own NZDF identity card, access codes to Linton and Ohakea bases, and his personal username and passwords for the NZDF IT system.

Read more: New Zealand Herald