It is clear from the actions that have happened in New Zealand and overseas more recently that the nature of terrorism is changing, and our laws need to change in order to respond to it. Across the world, we've seen more lone acts or small groups rather than larger organised terrorist groups, and, as we've seen, New Zealand is not immune to these events. This is why the objective of this bill is to strengthen our counter-terrorism laws to better prevent and respond to the threat and risks of terrorism. It provides our enforcement agencies with clear legal authority to disrupt terrorism-related activity, and, hopefully, before it occurs.