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In 1974, the New Zealand Police created its most effective weapon yet - the undercover police officer.
Tasked with living as an insider deep within the criminal world, these agents would make friends with society's lawbreakers - drug dealers, thieves, murderers, gang members - in order to secure enough evidence to convict.
Successful operations would result in hundreds of convictions.
The official undercover program is launched in the 1970s, as agents begin the war against drugs and take on the might of the Mr Asia crime ring.
Undercover agents take on the gangs in the 1980s and the program hits the headlines for all the wrong reasons.
The undercover program is under attack in the 1990s by drug-addicted former agents while modern-day undercover cops tackle the growing wave of organised crime.
