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Terrorism legislation

Martyn's Law
Counter-Terrorism

Martyn’s Law: Landmark UK anti-terror legislation gains Royal Assent

April 5, 2025

Martyn’s Law will deliver increased protection to people in the United Kingdom by ensuring public premises and events are better prepared in the event of a terrorist attack, writes Nicholas Dynon. Premises and events across […]

Violent extremism and lone actors
Counter-Terrorism

One Eye Open: Mental health blind spot in counterterror efforts

September 23, 2021

Chief editor Nicholas Dynon writes that established punitive approaches by New Zealand’s government to individuals exhibiting lone actor terrorist behaviours are not necessarily making us safer. Ahamed Aathill Mohamed Samsudeen, the 32-year-old ISIS sympathiser who […]

countering terror
Counter-Terrorism

Q&A: History lost on Christchurch Attacks Royal Commission of Inquiry

March 12, 2021

Massey University intelligence and counter terrorism specialist Dr John Battersby answers our questions on the report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Christchurch terrorist attacks. NZSM: The government has accepted all 44 recommendations […]

Terrorism legislation
Counter-Terrorism

New Zealand and Terrorism: the case for new legislation

October 1, 2017

The nature of terrorism has changed, and is continuing to do so. Despite this, writes Dr John Battersby of Massey University’s Centre for Defence and Security Studies, New Zealand relies on terrorist legislation that is […]

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