Full Coverage Video of the media conference held by Ahmed Zaoui and his legal team shortly after the director of the Security Intelligence Service announced he had withdrawn a security risk certificate that had accused Mr Zaoui of being a risk to New Zealand's national security.

The director of security Warren Tucker said: "The recently received classified information is about support provided to terrorism in Algeria by people close to Mr Zaoui. This information has helped me to reach the view that it was Mr Zaoui’s associates who were involved in this activity, not Mr Zaoui himself."

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