The group, calling itself Anonymous, held a worldwide action day yesterday, with about 20 people gathering at Britomart in downtown Auckland and in other centres, handing out fliers attacking Scientology as a dangerous cult "that scams members with pseudo science".
The project was started in response to the Church of Scientology's attempts in January to remove a YouTube video featuring actor Tom Cruise.
New Zealand activists have for the past two weeks been posting messages on an anti-Scientology site, Enturbulation.org, discussing ways of exposing the local church's involvement in a controversial drug rehabilitation programme called Narconon.