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.
Making crowded places safe from attack is consistent with Te Tiriti o Waitangi (The Treaty of Waitangi), which governs the relationship between Māori-the tangata whenua-and everyone else, and ensures that Māori and Pakeha (non-Māori) rights are protected.
The strategy enables a consistent approach to protecting crowded places throughout New Zealand and uses responses that are in proportion to the threat.
This document is the first part of a series of guidelines published on this site which are resources to help you understand the risks and to provide advice on how to manage them.
This document should be read first to provide context for the other documents on this site.
For more information and to download a poster for your work place from here.