The NZSIS annual report has again identified the Chinese Communist Party as New Zealand's top security threat, and the Asian superpower's reaction is telling.

Nick Hanne of civil liberties group Pillar explains that the intelligence agency pinpointed increasingly pervasive interference beyond local Chinese groups into New Zealand politics, business, and community organisations. He says the Chinese embassy's veiled warning underscores the risk of speaking out, and the need for legislation to disclose foreign government relationships.

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