Proud Boys declared terror outfit

Wellington, June 30

New Zealand's government has declared that American far-right groups the Proud Boys and The Base are terrorist organisations.

The two groups join 18 others including Islamic State that have been given an official terrorist designation, making it illegal in New Zealand to fund, recruit or participate in the groups, and obligating authorities to take action against them.

The US groups are not known to be active in New Zealand, although the South Pacific nation has become more attuned to threats from the far right after a white supremacist shot and killed 51 Muslim worshippers at two Christchurch mosques in 2019. — AP