New Zealand's government has declared that American far-right groups the Proud Boys and The Base are terrorist organisations.
NZ officials say the Proud Boys involvement in the attack on the US Capitol amounted to an act of terrorism
The Proud Boys are now banned in Canada and New Zealand, while The Base are banned in the UK, Canada, Australia and NZ The US groups are not known to be active in New Zealand, although the South Pacific nation has become more attuned to threats from the far right after a white supremacist shot and killed 51 Muslim worshippers at two Christchurch mosques in 2019.
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