The statistics are truly alarming. In the last six years, there has been a 130 percent increase in laser pointer cases, and 717 recorded cases since 2014. In the previous two weeks alone, there have been three cases: one where a man was arrested for flashing a laser at a police Eagle helicopter in Christchurch, and the others were a small plane in Wellington, and then, the following night, a two-seater aircraft was targeted. That's two incidents in two nights. Time and time again, we are now reading about reoccurring cases of lasers being pointed at aircraft, which puts a huge amount of lives at risk. People continue to point lasers at helicopters and planes, which just demonstrates that the current penalties simply are doing little to deter offenders. What we need to do here is to deter these offenders. 