The 5th Eye

Kiwis are part of a global mass surveillance system, and this documentary by Errol Wright and Abi King-Jones (OPERATION 8) places the incontrovertible fact into context alongside our long history supporting US geopolitical interests. Archival footage sits alongside interviews with experts Nicky Hager and Paul Buchanan, as well as the Waihopai 3, whose raid on the spy base of the same name first brought this issue to national attention. 

In 2008, long before the current National government evaded questions of mass surveillance or dissembled the truth, three everyday New Zealanders broke into, and damaged the Waihopai spy base. Their argument? New Zealand is part of a global surveillance network used to murder children in the Middle East. Post-Snowden, their claims no longer seem outlandish, and this documentary that begun filming at the time of the trio's action has been bolstered by subsequent revelations.

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