Documents obtained under a Freedom of Information request show I was denied entry to New Zealand because the Ardern government feared my “propensity to agitate people with opposing views”, not because of a minor criminal conviction.
I was sensationally turned away at the New Zealand border when I attempted to enter the country to report on anti-government protests in August.
New Zealand immigration officials told the mainstream media I had been refused entry to the country due to a historic criminal conviction.
But documents obtained under an FOI request prove New Zealand officials knew my historical criminal conviction did not meet the threshold for preventing someone from entering the country.
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