Govt attempts to gain powers over the design and operation of all networks in NZ

This all seems to happen in about the same time in different countries: US, India, Australia, NZ, UK recently, France might try it soon, too - and that doesn't even include the more "oppressive" countries.

I don't think it's just a coincidence. After all it's what the UN proposed at that ITU meeting, too, and I think there already was an interception standard passed last fall.