New cyber-monitoring measures have been quietly introduced in New Zealand giving police and

officers the power to monitor all aspects of someone’s online life.

The measures are the largest expansion of police and SIS surveillance capabilities for decades, and mean that all mobile calls and texts, email, internet surfing and online shopping, chatting and social networking can be monitored anywhere in New Zealand.

The New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS or SIS) is an intelligence agency of the New Zealand government.