In both Aust & NZ the greens are the nearest thing we have to the ancient concept of fairies in fantasyland (Transl: people who suck magic mushrooms & hug trees to feel their life force).

Any laws that threaten their access to the fantasy is evil.

But I will conceed that SIS in NZ have some extraordinary powers & permissions but in balance these are probably less than same agencies in most other countries.

Cheers Doug

Actually, since the Lord of the Rings was filmed in NZ, the greens there seem to have been able to make a lot more noise.