Terror risk drops

New Zealand’s national terrorism threat level has been downgraded from “medium” to “low” which means an attack is now a “realistic possibility”, rather than “feasible and could well occur”. Security Intelligence Service director-general Rebecca Kitteridge announced the move yesterday after an annual review of the threat level by New Zealand security agencies. It is the level change since April 2019 when the threat risk rose to medium after the Christchurch mosque attacks which killed 51 people.