Risk and resilience

New Zealand faces a range of complex hazards and national security threats that could have serious, immediate and/or long-term effects on New Zealand’s safety, prosperity, and or national security, requiring national-level intervention and coordination.

We are particularly exposed to natural hazards, and the relative vulnerability of our people, property and critical infrastructure is growing.

National security threats are also reaching New Zealanders more directly than ever before, from terrorist attacks, growing disinformation, to cyber-attacks on our critical national infrastructure.