The New Zealand Government has developed Protecting Our Crowded Places from Attack: New Zealand’s Strategy to help owners and operators of crowded places protect the lives of people working in, using and visiting their crowded place. The strategy intends to preserve the public’s use and enjoyment of crowded places, while ensuring that their safety has been considered.
We all have a responsibility to keep our crowded places safe. As individuals we need to understand how to recognise and report suspicious behaviour and we need to be clear about what to do in the unlikely event of getting caught up in an attack. Read more on how you can help.
Attacks on crowded places can come in many forms such as bomb threats, Improvised Ex[plosive Devices, active armed offender, hostile vehicle, hostile drone, chemical or biological