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Jun 2020
49m 57s

One Night in Wadestown

RNZ
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On his 10th birthday, John Daniell's Mum tells him she used to work for the SIS. But that's just the start of the secrets...

To see more images and details about the series, vist the website here.

John Daniell grew up in a house where spying was the family business. His mum had worked for New Zealand's Security Intelligence (SIS) before he was born and his step-dad worked for them throughout his childhood.

Through the tense years of the Cold War, John's step-dad, who we're calling Jim Stewart, went out on missions and the family kept New Zealand's secrets. The SIS - known as The Service - works on a need to know basis. But one night, not long before he died, Jim told John a story about one particular mission; a raid on a foreign embassy right here in New Zealand that has remained a closely guarded secret. Until now.

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