Back Government Communications Security Bureau German دفتر امنیت ارتباطات حکومت Persian Government Communications Security Bureau French הלשכה לביטחון התקשורת הממשלתית HE 政府通信保安局 Japanese Government Communications Security Bureau NB Government Communications Security Bureau Portuguese Служба безопасности правительственных коммуникаций Russian
| Te Tira Tiaki | |
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| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 1977 |
| Jurisdiction | New Zealand Government |
| Headquarters | Pipitea House, 1–15 Pipitea Street, Wellington 41°16′32″S 174°46′52″E / 41.2756572°S 174.7811653°E |
| Employees | 400 employees |
| Annual budget |  NZ$212 million (2021–22)[1] |
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| Website | gcsb |
The Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) (Māori: Te Tira Tiaki) is the public-service department of New Zealand charged with promoting New Zealand's national security by collecting and analysing information of an intelligence nature. The GCSB is considered to be New Zealand's most powerful intelligence agency,[2][3] and has been alleged to have conducted more espionage and data collection than the country's primary intelligence agency, the less funded NZSIS.[4] This has at times proven controversial, although the GCSB does not have the baggage of criticism attached to it for a perceived failure to be effective like the NZSIS does.[5][6][7] The GCSB is considered an equivalent of GCHQ in the United Kingdom or the NSA in the United States.[8]
According to the Bureau's official website, it has a mission of contributing to the national security of New Zealand by providing information assurance and cybersecurity, foreign intelligence, and assistance to other New Zealand government agencies.[9]
- ^ "Total Appropriations for Each Vote". Budget 2021/22. The Treasury. 20 May 2021.
- ^ "Former GSCB head on Snowden claims about mass surveillance". RNZ. 16 September 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
- ^ "GSCB says it's in clear - Inspector-General says maybe". RNZ. 21 May 2013. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
- ^ Patterson, Jane (11 March 2015). "GCSB: 'We do not do that'". RNZ. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
- ^ "The wrong people have been under surveillance - Marama Davidson". Māori Television. 17 March 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
- ^ "Sinking the Rainbow Warrior". nzhistory.govt.nz. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
- ^ "At home with the Mossad men - New Zealand News". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
- ^ "Oversight of intelligence agencies: a comparison of the Five Eyes nations". Parliament of Australia. 15 December 2017. Archived from the original on 5 March 2022. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
- ^ "Our work". Retrieved 10 October 2015.