27 Sep 2024

Fifty years since Sutch Civil Secrets Act charges

From Morning Report, 8:43 am on 27 September 2024

Fifty years ago today New Zealanders woke to the news that Dr Bill Sutch, one of the country's top economists and a former senior civil servant, had been charged with breaching the Official Secrets Act. RNZ's Black Sheep podcast has just released a new episode investigating the Sutch affair. Its host William Ray filed this report.