Hi Guys.
From Stuff.co.nz:

"She reports that this morning's arrests are the culmination of months of work by a specialist police anti-terror unit which has hundreds of hours of recordings from bugged conversations, video surveillance, and tapped cellphone calls and texts."

Repition for emphasis: [em]hundreds[/em] of hours... [em]months[/em] of work... [em]tapped cellphones[/em]...

I'm not sure what the truth behind these allegations are, so I for one am drawing few conclusions.
One of my few conclusions is this -
A lot of activists who have been operating perfectly within the law (regardless of whatever their pals have been up to)have been inside a high-tech, well orchestrated surveillance event-horizon for a long time.

Cease to assume that being law-abiding gives you moral safety from covert surveillance. Take the security of activist activity more seriously, without fear of being labelled paranoid.

Having nothing to hide doesn't protect you either.
Taking your privacy seriously protects the people around you.

I don't mean to be rude or anything here, but this series of raids could be a god thing for the activist community here, if it inspires people to learn how to protect their security and privacy.

Sure - no amount of vigilance can entirely protect anyone from police harrassment - but securing your communications costs the harassers time and money. Sometimes they just give up.

Anyway, good luck to all, and I hope this gets resolved as soon as possible.