FBI opens first office in New Zealand ‘to counter China and cybercrime’

Kash Patel says the office will strengthen protection of the Five Eyes nations and that the US and New Zealand would work on important global issues'

The director of the FBI, Kash Patel, has opened the bureau's first ever office in New Zealand, in what he said was an attempt to help counter China's activities in the Indo-Pacific, crack down on issues including cybercrime, and strengthen protection of the Five Eyes nations.

Patel, who opened the office at the US embassy in Wellington on Thursday, called the event an historic moment".