What I am saying, has already been reported in the news. For some reason, terrorists have been interested in New Zealand. To attack New Zealand, I think not. To use New Zealand to acquire finances, or use it as a launching platform to somewhere else, like the U.S., perhaps!!!!!<br /><br />I think you'll find that Agents that are sent overseas, are professionals. Trained to kill, and leave little evidence, or missleading evidence behind. They are trained to operate in hostile environments were the odds are against them, trained to operate by themselves. This is their life, their job, and to perform such a task in "enemy territory" you have to have the mind to go with it. I never mentioned Arnie, or remotely suggested they would need to be someone like him. Your ideas that a man must be a muscle bound freak to defend themselves, is some what naive. So you believe that a Maori would be more than a match against someone who has been trained for many years to kill people efficiently????? But besides all this, DO they actually lock up captured foreign intelligence agents with the day to day local criminals???? I would be very surprised if they did.<br /><br />As for Australia spying? Would we do such a thing?? Of course we would. We are part of a "spy ring" called UKUSA. Have a look and see which countries are part of UKUSA!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br />Read this article http://www.fas.org/irp/news/1999/06/990602-275397.htm<br /><br />It also mentions the debarcle over the chinese embassy here in Australia, having hundreds of microphones burried inside the embassy as it was being built. Now before you say, "ahhh but that was here in Australia", an embassy is the territory of the country whose flag they fly. Therefore the Chinese embassy was legally and officially Chinese Territory.<br /><br />So far I have suggested a POSSIBILITY as to why those agents were in NZ. What is your explanation? So far the idea that they were there to commit a crime, is a bit general. What crime? What purpose to Israel would it serve? Did they intend to harm NZ or its people?