Survey question: How real do you feel the threat is of any of the following happening in the next twelve months?
Figures represent top 2 box (% somewhat real + very real threat)
Fieldwork overlapped Cyclone Gabrielle (5–16 February 2023). Ipsos postponed fieldwork for a few days in the areas most affected by the cyclone – Gisborne and Hawke’s Bay regions. This event may have impacted people’s responses.
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Most commonly perceived threats to New Zealand in the next 12 months 2023
According to a survey conducted in 2023, ** percent of the respondents in New Zealand indicated that they consider the threat of natural disasters occurring in the next twelve months to be real. In contrast, ** percent of the respondents indicated that the threat of New Zealand becoming involved in an armed conflict with another country in the next twelve months is real.
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Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, New Zealand. (August 4, 2023). Public perception of threat of events occurring in the next twelve months in New Zealand as of 2023 [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved August 02, 2026, from /statistics/1356232/new-zealand-most-commonly-perceived-threats-to-country/
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, New Zealand. "Public perception of threat of events occurring in the next twelve months in New Zealand as of 2023." Chart. August 4, 2023. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed August 02, 2026. /statistics/1356232/new-zealand-most-commonly-perceived-threats-to-country/
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, New Zealand. (2023). Public perception of threat of events occurring in the next twelve months in New Zealand as of 2023. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc.. Accessed: August 02, 2026. /statistics/1356232/new-zealand-most-commonly-perceived-threats-to-country/
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, New Zealand. "Public Perception of Threat of Events Occurring in The next Twelve Months in New Zealand as of 2023." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 4 Aug 2023, /statistics/1356232/new-zealand-most-commonly-perceived-threats-to-country/
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, New Zealand, Public perception of threat of events occurring in the next twelve months in New Zealand as of 2023 ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, /statistics/1356232/new-zealand-most-commonly-perceived-threats-to-country/ (last visited August 02, 2026)
Public perception of threat of events occurring in the next twelve months in New Zealand as of 2023 [Graph], Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, New Zealand, August 4, 2023. [Online]. Available: /statistics/1356232/new-zealand-most-commonly-perceived-threats-to-country/
