Queenstown, New Zealand hosts Five Eyes network gathering amid high secrecy and security

By: Kurt Bayer and Claire Trevett

 

There is a large security presence at Millbrook Resort near Arrowtown. Photo / NZME

American spies are gathering in Queenstown for a clandestine meeting of the global Five Eyes intelligence network, the Herald understands.

Representatives of Five Eyes – made up of intelligences agencies from New Zealand, Australia, the United States, Canada and Britain – have been quietly jetting into the alpine resort town over the last few days.