Secretive Organisation With Troubling Record And Influence Over Public Life

I don't want to get into tinfoil hat stuff but this is pretty wild.

There is, in New Zealand, a certain powerful, tightly controlled organisation. It has secretive membership numbers, opaque finances and a history of safeguarding and other scandals. It boasts strong connections at the highest levels of New Zealand public life.

Its followers, who include a number of former government ministers and current opposition figures, meet regularly. They are expected to adhere to internal discipline. Dissent is discouraged and an exclusive loyalty enforced.

We know there are at least 500 members, but there’s no way to know how many more. It’s probably in the thousands. We just don’t know. It’s a closely guarded secret.