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NZ Police

Escape-Hide-Tell
Counter-Terrorism

Escape. Hide. Tell. The three words that could save your life

October 19, 2025

A new safety campaign guides New Zealanders on what to do to stay safe during an armed offender incident in a crowded place, but international opinion is divided as to its efficacy, writes Nicholas Dynon. […]

Crowded Places
Features

Crowded Places Strategy: from development to implementation

May 7, 2021

Recent discussions between New Zealand Police and the New Zealand Security Association around Protecting our Crowded Places from Attack: New Zealand’s Strategy is a positive development, writes Nicholas Dynon. Published by Police on 17 September 2020, Protecting our […]

Crowded Places Strategy
Counter-Terrorism

A New Zealand strategy for protecting crowded places from attack

March 17, 2020

Chief Editor Nicholas Dynon gains insights into the soon-to-be released New Zealand strategy for protecting crowded places from attack. It’s a strategy that will rely on unprecedented engagement between Police and businesses and community. New […]

Gun control
Law Enforcement

New Zealand’s Arms Act Reform: Buy-back is not an end in itself

February 1, 2020

Dr John Battersby of Massey University’s Centre for Defence and Security Studies makes a sober assessment of the efficacy of the gun buy-back scheme, arguing that a starting point should have included identifying gun owners […]

Beyond Pacific

Communicating between men and women for peace and security

February 17, 2019

New Zealand Police Senior Sergeant Claire Bibby recently received the Australasian Council of Women and Policing Award for Excellence in Research for Improving Law Enforcement for Women. In this article she shares insights from her […]

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