NZ blocked 4chan because…
Right on Que when the narrative desperately needed changing.. good old John Podesta - the Clinton fix-it guy showed up in New Zealand on March 10th and did an exclusive TV interview, choosing very odd words to describe a claim that NZ's 2020 election is at risk of major cyber-attack by Russia and China, calling it a a 'juicy target.
He even refers back to the Comet Pizza emails, calling it a mere conspiracy, fake news, blah, blah, blah and inferring that the Anons on 4/8chan were ultimately responsible for the shooting at the pizza parlor in DC.
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2019/03/2020-new-zealand-election-a-juicy-target-for-major-hack-john-podesta.html