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Nicky Hager: Eavesdropping in New Zealand

Thu, 07. Nov 2019
City Gallery Wellington
Te Ngākau Civic Square
Wellington, New Zealand
7:30PM
Donation

Investigative journalist Nicky Hager takes a look at the history of eavesdropping in New Zealand—what our intelligence agencies did (and didn't do), to whom, when and why.

Nicky Hager is an investigative journalist and the author of seven books. He specialises in hard-to-document subjects, such as military and intelligence agencies, public relations activities and the unseen sides of politics. His books include Dirty Politics: How attack politics is poisoning New Zealand’s political environment (2014) and Secret Power: New Zealand’s role in the international spy network (1996).

In association with the exhibition Eavesdropping at City Gallery Wellington as part of November’s Tuatara Open Late.

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Nicky Hager
Nicky Hager is an author and investigative journalist based in Wellington, New Zealand. He was born and grew up in the small town of Levin, where his East African-born mother Barbara was a counsellor and district councillor, and his Austrian-refugee father Kurt ran a clothing factory. He spent five years at Victoria University in Wellington, gaining a BSc in physics and a BA Hons in philosophy. During university, and for some years after, he was well known in New Zealand for his role in political causes.