According to a survey conducted in 2022, 57 percent of the respondents in New Zealand indicated that they would be interested in knowing more about a threat of a health epidemic. In contrast, 33 percent of the respondents indicated that they would be interested in knowing more about the risk of a nuclear / biological / chemical attack somewhere in world.
Threats that the general population is interested in knowing more about in New Zealand as of 2022
Characteristic
Share of respondents
Health epidemic
57%
Natural disaster
52%
Misinformation
52%
Terrorist attack / violent extremism in NZ
49%
Violent conflict between groups in NZ
48%
Breakdown in national infrastructure due to an attack
45%
Emerging technology (e.g. deep fakes)
42%
Personal safety / security of self / family violated
42%
Hacking into information systems
41%
Organised crime between NZ & another country
41%
Other countries interfering in NZ affairs
39%
Breach of NZ borders
38%
NZ involved in armed conflict with another country
37%
Foreign country / actor coercing NZ to act against its interests
37%
Other countries threatening NZ affairs in Pacific
35%
Nuclear / biological / chemical attack somewhere in world
33%
Other
1%
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Sources
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (Australia); Ipsos
Survey by
Ipsos
Published by
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (Australia)
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Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (Australia). (November 1, 2022). Threats that the general population is interested in knowing more about in New Zealand as of 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 10, 2024, from https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1356253/new-zealand-threats-public-interested-in-knowing-more-about/
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (Australia). "Threats that the general population is interested in knowing more about in New Zealand as of 2022." Chart. November 1, 2022. Statista. Accessed November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1356253/new-zealand-threats-public-interested-in-knowing-more-about/
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (Australia). (2022). Threats that the general population is interested in knowing more about in New Zealand as of 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1356253/new-zealand-threats-public-interested-in-knowing-more-about/
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (Australia). "Threats That The General Population Is Interested in Knowing More about in New Zealand as of 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Nov 2022, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1356253/new-zealand-threats-public-interested-in-knowing-more-about/
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (Australia), Threats that the general population is interested in knowing more about in New Zealand as of 2022 Statista, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1356253/new-zealand-threats-public-interested-in-knowing-more-about/ (last visited November 10, 2024)
Threats that the general population is interested in knowing more about in New Zealand as of 2022 [Graph], Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (Australia), November 1, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1356253/new-zealand-threats-public-interested-in-knowing-more-about/
