Other Undiplomatic Activities

In its time here the Consulate has been successful in seriously offending a number of groups in New Zealand. For instance, in 1971, the then Race Relations Council asked the Government to consider closing the Consulate, claiming that the South African Consul-General was having "a negative influence" on racial feeling in New Zealand.(8)

In all the time the Consulate has been here there has been a constant shroud of suspicion as to whether the Consul's activities have not included the gathering of information for the South African Bureau of State Security. To date no proof has been found, although there is no question that some of the information the Consul collects in New Zealand ultimately finds its way into BOSS hands.