Secret History : State Surveillance in New Zealand 1900 - 1956

The first volume in a history of spies and spying in New Zealand.In 1900, a handful of New Zealand police detectives watched out for spies, seditionists and others who might pose a threat to state and society. The first of two volumes chronicling the history of state surveillance in New Zealand, Secret History opens up the secret world of security intelligence through to 1956. It is the story of the surveillers who in times of war and peace, turmoil and tranquillity - monitored and analysed perceived threats to national interests. It is also the story of the surveilled : those whose association with organisations and movements led to their public and private lives being documented in secret files.