The Proud Boys and The Base join 18 other groups in New Zealand to be given an official terrorist designation. Getty New Zealand has classified far-right groups Proud Boys and The Base as terrorist organizations. It is now illegal for New Zealand residents to fund, recruit for, or participate in the groups. Advertisement New Zealand has classified American far-right groups Proud Boys and The Base as terrorist organizations, making it illegal for residents to fund, recruit for, or participate in the groups. "These are white supremacist terrorist groups, and we don't believe, and I don't think New Zealanders believe that...