Smith K. Stead
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"I believe there's deep seated trouble throughout New Zealand" - Sir David Joseph Dobbyn
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It’s official: ASIO got 15 people killed.
New claims from a whistleblower: ASIO knew of the Bondi shooters, but made a choice not to do anything
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NEW ON EXIT FROM AFFCO: a whistleblower has claimed that he reported the Bondi shooters to ASIO in 2019 due to their connections to pro-ISIS networks in Sydney, 6 years before the Bondi shooting, and ASIO ignored his warnings
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NEW ON EXIT FROM AFFCO: a whistleblower has claimed that he reported the Bondi shooters to ASIO in 2019 due to their connections to pro-ISIS networks in Sydney, 6 years before the Bondi shooting, and ASIO ignored his warnings
www.exitfromaffco.com/p/its-offici...
www.exitfromaffco.com/p/its-offici...
It’s official: ASIO got 15 people killed.
New claims from a whistleblower: ASIO knew of the Bondi shooters, but made a choice not to do anything
www.exitfromaffco.com
February 16, 2026 at 12:27 AM
NEW ON EXIT FROM AFFCO: a whistleblower has claimed that he reported the Bondi shooters to ASIO in 2019 due to their connections to pro-ISIS networks in Sydney, 6 years before the Bondi shooting, and ASIO ignored his warnings
www.exitfromaffco.com/p/its-offici...
www.exitfromaffco.com/p/its-offici...
i'm glad the new zealand legal system is accomodating to these israeli men's trauma response (drug trafficking) ❤️
February 14, 2026 at 12:51 AM
i'm glad the new zealand legal system is accomodating to these israeli men's trauma response (drug trafficking) ❤️
i'm just so glad NZ police would agree to meet with (on his request) an israeli police attache stationed here in april 2025, including the directors of the national intel, organised crime, financial intel, and national security group
February 11, 2026 at 4:25 AM
i'm just so glad NZ police would agree to meet with (on his request) an israeli police attache stationed here in april 2025, including the directors of the national intel, organised crime, financial intel, and national security group
BREAKING: we now have photos of the israeli fruit juicer
February 11, 2026 at 3:54 AM
BREAKING: we now have photos of the israeli fruit juicer
NEW ON EXIT FROM AFFCO: Jeffery Epstein and Lawrence Krauss’ planned (but cancelled) trip to New Zealand in 2010, Krauss’ attempts at a Epstein-funded institute at Otago Uni, and a wider discussion on Epstein, Aotearoa, and why elites keep flocking here www.exitfromaffco.com/p/epsteins-p...
Epstein's (planned) New Zealand trip and Otago Uni institute
Jeffery Epstein, and his associate Lawrence Krauss's obsession with New Zealand
www.exitfromaffco.com
February 6, 2026 at 1:25 AM
NEW ON EXIT FROM AFFCO: Jeffery Epstein and Lawrence Krauss’ planned (but cancelled) trip to New Zealand in 2010, Krauss’ attempts at a Epstein-funded institute at Otago Uni, and a wider discussion on Epstein, Aotearoa, and why elites keep flocking here www.exitfromaffco.com/p/epsteins-p...
celebrity physicist lawrence krauss, jeffery epstein's planned trip to new zealand in 2010, and a (scuppered) institute at otago university: a thread🧵
February 5, 2026 at 11:46 PM
celebrity physicist lawrence krauss, jeffery epstein's planned trip to new zealand in 2010, and a (scuppered) institute at otago university: a thread🧵
this was apparently from an earlier tranche but epstein was in talks back in 2012 with auckland uni professor and nabokov researcher brian boyd to pay him to write his "wish list" book on lolita
February 2, 2026 at 8:57 AM
this was apparently from an earlier tranche but epstein was in talks back in 2012 with auckland uni professor and nabokov researcher brian boyd to pay him to write his "wish list" book on lolita
i am very curious who this "peter" who was emailing epstein about the 2018 NZ banksy exhibition is
February 2, 2026 at 8:55 AM
i am very curious who this "peter" who was emailing epstein about the 2018 NZ banksy exhibition is
don't know if this has been previously reported, but it seems that brice and karen gordon, the NZ couple who managed epstein's zorro ranch, were also managing little st. james
February 2, 2026 at 8:53 AM
don't know if this has been previously reported, but it seems that brice and karen gordon, the NZ couple who managed epstein's zorro ranch, were also managing little st. james
2010 email to epstein:
"[REDACTED] is sick at home...
New Zealand looked cute today)
[REDACTED] is 19 but I look younger than her)
I like [REDACTED] more...
Will ask her out this week)"
"[REDACTED] is sick at home...
New Zealand looked cute today)
[REDACTED] is 19 but I look younger than her)
I like [REDACTED] more...
Will ask her out this week)"
February 2, 2026 at 8:52 AM
2010 email to epstein:
"[REDACTED] is sick at home...
New Zealand looked cute today)
[REDACTED] is 19 but I look younger than her)
I like [REDACTED] more...
Will ask her out this week)"
"[REDACTED] is sick at home...
New Zealand looked cute today)
[REDACTED] is 19 but I look younger than her)
I like [REDACTED] more...
Will ask her out this week)"
epstein to google co-founder larry page: "when you are next on your island give me a call and come visit. I would like to take you up on your invitation to test your new zealand catamaran. next step?" the boat was bought from NZ businessman douglas myers
February 2, 2026 at 8:52 AM
epstein to google co-founder larry page: "when you are next on your island give me a call and come visit. I would like to take you up on your invitation to test your new zealand catamaran. next step?" the boat was bought from NZ businessman douglas myers
apparently new zealand wool was not high quality enough for the carpet in the lolita express
February 2, 2026 at 8:51 AM
apparently new zealand wool was not high quality enough for the carpet in the lolita express
collins is stepping down, but that doesn't mean she's done. she's positioned herself to remain a crucial node (and likely lobbyist) in the nascent NZ mil-tech industry she's helped build up over this term. read her speech notes from a 2024 NZ Defence Industry Assocation meeting below
January 28, 2026 at 1:09 AM
collins is stepping down, but that doesn't mean she's done. she's positioned herself to remain a crucial node (and likely lobbyist) in the nascent NZ mil-tech industry she's helped build up over this term. read her speech notes from a 2024 NZ Defence Industry Assocation meeting below
NEW ON EXIT FROM AFFCO: following the Bondi attack, the AU gov is investigating "antisemitism and social cohesion" instead of the failures of intelligence agencies to stop a massacre carried out by a man "known" to ASIO (by William Evans) www.exitfromaffco.com/p/the-bondi-...
The Bondi shooting and dodging accountability
The Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion, and the intelligence coverup it perpetrates
www.exitfromaffco.com
January 25, 2026 at 3:19 AM
NEW ON EXIT FROM AFFCO: following the Bondi attack, the AU gov is investigating "antisemitism and social cohesion" instead of the failures of intelligence agencies to stop a massacre carried out by a man "known" to ASIO (by William Evans) www.exitfromaffco.com/p/the-bondi-...
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Another banger from smith, this is hands down *the* substack to be signed up with to understand what's happening in the backrooms of nz politics
OUT NOW ON EXIT FROM AFFCO: as a warning for this upcoming election year, a piece from 2024 on the treaty principles bill, the conservative counter-reaction to māori sovereignty, and the global/national forces behind seymour and his policies www.exitfromaffco.com/p/the-haka-i...
The haka in Parliament and the Treaty Principles Bill
David Seymour, the Atlas Network, and the latest attempt to snuff out Māori sovereignty
www.exitfromaffco.com
January 18, 2026 at 9:40 AM
Another banger from smith, this is hands down *the* substack to be signed up with to understand what's happening in the backrooms of nz politics
OUT NOW ON EXIT FROM AFFCO: as a warning for this upcoming election year, a piece from 2024 on the treaty principles bill, the conservative counter-reaction to māori sovereignty, and the global/national forces behind seymour and his policies www.exitfromaffco.com/p/the-haka-i...
The haka in Parliament and the Treaty Principles Bill
David Seymour, the Atlas Network, and the latest attempt to snuff out Māori sovereignty
www.exitfromaffco.com
January 18, 2026 at 1:42 AM
OUT NOW ON EXIT FROM AFFCO: as a warning for this upcoming election year, a piece from 2024 on the treaty principles bill, the conservative counter-reaction to māori sovereignty, and the global/national forces behind seymour and his policies www.exitfromaffco.com/p/the-haka-i...
sunday marked 180 yrs since the end of the battle of ruapekapeka pa, and the 1845-46 northern war between ngāpuhi and the british crown. the pa was so impressive to british officials that in 1851 a model was commissioned and gifted to the world's oldest defence think tank, RUSI
January 15, 2026 at 3:08 AM
sunday marked 180 yrs since the end of the battle of ruapekapeka pa, and the 1845-46 northern war between ngāpuhi and the british crown. the pa was so impressive to british officials that in 1851 a model was commissioned and gifted to the world's oldest defence think tank, RUSI
a NZ charter yacht first mate and his colleague / wife might have been at epstein's private island when the FBI raided, as photocopies of both their passports/IDs, her luggage, resume, and an air NZ ticket were photographed as part of the search
December 22, 2025 at 3:47 AM
a NZ charter yacht first mate and his colleague / wife might have been at epstein's private island when the FBI raided, as photocopies of both their passports/IDs, her luggage, resume, and an air NZ ticket were photographed as part of the search
with very little pushback or attention, NZ's foreign and military policy is rapidly aligning with the new military alliance the US is building against china, one that seeks to gut each country to pour money into the defence industry and use them as cannon fodder for the empire
December 19, 2025 at 1:59 AM
with very little pushback or attention, NZ's foreign and military policy is rapidly aligning with the new military alliance the US is building against china, one that seeks to gut each country to pour money into the defence industry and use them as cannon fodder for the empire
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"• We want to support our allies in preserving the freedom and security of Europe, while restoring Europe’s civilizational self-confidence and Western identity;"
ah yeah okay support for white supremacy is official US national security policy.
ah yeah okay support for white supremacy is official US national security policy.
OUT NOW ON EXIT FROM AFFCO: the Trump admin's National Security Strategy document from earlier this month, and how New Zealand's government is already acting out on it and falling in behind the American empire www.exitfromaffco.com/p/new-zealan...
Caught in a "Kill-Web": New Zealand and America's 2025 National Security Strategy
The Trump admin's new military and foreign policy direction, and New Zealand falling into lockstep
www.exitfromaffco.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:47 AM
"• We want to support our allies in preserving the freedom and security of Europe, while restoring Europe’s civilizational self-confidence and Western identity;"
ah yeah okay support for white supremacy is official US national security policy.
ah yeah okay support for white supremacy is official US national security policy.
OUT NOW ON EXIT FROM AFFCO: the Trump admin's National Security Strategy document from earlier this month, and how New Zealand's government is already acting out on it and falling in behind the American empire www.exitfromaffco.com/p/new-zealan...
Caught in a "Kill-Web": New Zealand and America's 2025 National Security Strategy
The Trump admin's new military and foreign policy direction, and New Zealand falling into lockstep
www.exitfromaffco.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:10 AM
OUT NOW ON EXIT FROM AFFCO: the Trump admin's National Security Strategy document from earlier this month, and how New Zealand's government is already acting out on it and falling in behind the American empire www.exitfromaffco.com/p/new-zealan...
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Here it is!!
With significant work from one of our contributors we're soft-relaunching the 1/200 newsletter this summer
Includes a round-up of links for progressive articles AND what we hope will become a more substantive "gig guide" of upcoming protests, strikes and petitions
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With significant work from one of our contributors we're soft-relaunching the 1/200 newsletter this summer
Includes a round-up of links for progressive articles AND what we hope will become a more substantive "gig guide" of upcoming protests, strikes and petitions
Please share!
December 12, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Here it is!!
With significant work from one of our contributors we're soft-relaunching the 1/200 newsletter this summer
Includes a round-up of links for progressive articles AND what we hope will become a more substantive "gig guide" of upcoming protests, strikes and petitions
Please share!
With significant work from one of our contributors we're soft-relaunching the 1/200 newsletter this summer
Includes a round-up of links for progressive articles AND what we hope will become a more substantive "gig guide" of upcoming protests, strikes and petitions
Please share!
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The historical context is also key to understanding just how deeply rotten and corrupt these institutions are; smithkstead has the rundown for us
NEW FROM EXIT FROM AFFCO: A discussion about the Jevon McSkimming / IPCA report, a look back on a few oft-forgotten police scandals, and the cultural rot deep inside the NZ establishment open.substack.com/pub/smithkst...
McSkimming, and more skeletons in the Police's closet
Another episode in New Zealand police's culture of silence
open.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:16 AM
The historical context is also key to understanding just how deeply rotten and corrupt these institutions are; smithkstead has the rundown for us
NEW FROM EXIT FROM AFFCO: A discussion about the Jevon McSkimming / IPCA report, a look back on a few oft-forgotten police scandals, and the cultural rot deep inside the NZ establishment open.substack.com/pub/smithkst...
McSkimming, and more skeletons in the Police's closet
Another episode in New Zealand police's culture of silence
open.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:21 AM
NEW FROM EXIT FROM AFFCO: A discussion about the Jevon McSkimming / IPCA report, a look back on a few oft-forgotten police scandals, and the cultural rot deep inside the NZ establishment open.substack.com/pub/smithkst...
hello new zealand police, we the israeli police are just gifting you this kitchen appliance for you to plug into the wall in some sort of office. oh you're putting it in the national HQ? that's wonderful, thanks
November 9, 2025 at 11:54 PM
hello new zealand police, we the israeli police are just gifting you this kitchen appliance for you to plug into the wall in some sort of office. oh you're putting it in the national HQ? that's wonderful, thanks