Fresh details have been revealed about FBI director Kash Patel's secretive trip to New Zealand - including who he met, what he did and the estimated cost to taxpayers. "The NZIC [Intelligence Community] will have the opportunity to provide detailed classified briefings to Director Patel in this regard." "New Zealand derives significant benefit from our relationship with the FBI," Collins said. In his own comments while in New Zealand, Patel said the dedicated attaché office would help counter the Chinese Communist Party in the Indo-Pacific region. Patel, appointed FBI director earlier this year, is a long-time Trump loyalist and former defence department chief of staff.