Introducing: The Service

The Service by RNZ

Jun 3, 202000:03:23Society & Culture

Just before he died, John Daniell's step-dad told him a secret from his time as a spy. A secret that was possibly New Zealand's biggest of the Cold War and that has never been revealed. Until now. To see more images and...

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