Sign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inbox The court martial heard the soldier gave military base maps and photographs to an undercover officer posing as an agent for the foreign nation. PALMERSTON NORTH, New Zealand - A military court sentenced a New Zealand soldier on Aug 20 to two years’ detention for attempted espionage for a foreign power. The soldier, whose name has been suppressed, admitted to attempted espionage, accessing a computer system for a dishonest purpose and knowingly possessing an objectionable publication. The court martial at Linton Military Camp near Palmerston North heard the soldier gave...