𝕊𝕦𝕣𝕧𝕖𝕪: 𝕎𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕒𝕣𝕖 ℕ𝕖𝕨 ℤ𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕞𝕠𝕤𝕥 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕔𝕖𝕣𝕟𝕖𝕕 𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕥?

𝕋𝕙𝕖 ℕ𝕖𝕨 ℤ𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕡𝕦𝕓𝕝𝕚𝕔 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕜𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕟𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕝 𝕤𝕖𝕔𝕦𝕣𝕚𝕥𝕪 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕚𝕟𝕔𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕘, 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕟𝕒𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕒𝕝 𝕕𝕚𝕤𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕤, 𝕞𝕚𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕞𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟, 𝕙𝕒𝕔𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕖𝕡𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕞𝕚𝕔𝕤 𝕒𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕠𝕡 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕚𝕣 𝕝𝕚𝕤𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕔𝕖𝕣𝕟𝕤.

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his was according to a recent government-led survey of more than a 1000 people, prompted by the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Christchurch terrorist attack.

At the top of the list, 87 percent of people surveyed said a natural disaster would present a threat within the next year, and 91 percent said within the next decade.

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This was a lot higher than the global average of 69 percent.

The report said this was not surprising, as New Zealand is one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world for earthquakes, floods, droughts and volcanic activity.

Eighty percent of those surveyed thought a terrorist attack or violent extremism would become a real threat within the next 10 years.

At the bottom of the list was the risk of armed conflict with another country. Fourty-two percent of people worried it would happen within the next decade - slightly lower than the global average of 46 percent.

When it came to confidence in the government to act against these threats, the best performing areas were natural disasters, terrorist attacks, and health epidemics.

These are all areas in which this government has had to demonstrate its ability to protect the population.

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Respondents were not confident in the government's ability to deal with the threat of a nuclear, biological or chemical attack elsewhere in the world, or misinformation, or violent conflict between groups within New Zealand.

Only 20 percent of respondents said national security agencies currently shared enough information - almost double that amount (39 percent) disagreed. A third were on the fence.

More than half (59 percent) would like to know more about national security threats, they said.

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