New Zealand has experienced few terrorist incidents in its short history and the threat is generally regarded as very low. However, the Security Intelligence Service (SIS) has warned against complacency. This article serves as a list and compilation of past acts of terrorism, attempts of terrorism, and other such items pertaining to terrorist activities within New Zealand. Significant acts of terrorism include the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior in 1985 (an act of state-sponsored terrorism by France), and the Christchurch mosque shootings in 2019, which killed 51 people and injured 40 others. Definition A common definition of terrorism is the "systematic use of violence to create a general climate of fear in a population and thereby to bring about a particular political objective." There is no single definition that commands full international approval, but unlike many other jurisdictions, New Zealand has actually defined terrorism in an Act of Parliament. The major piece of terrorist-related legislation in New Zealand is the Terrorism Suppression Act 2002. The Act was introduced by the Government to strengthen its counter-terrorism powers, in response to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 in the United States. The Terrorism Suppression Act defines terrorism, in New Zealand or elsewhere, as an act that "is carried out for the purpose of advancing an ideological, political, or religious cause" and with the following intention: to induce terror in a civilian population; or to unduly compel or to force a government or an international organisation to do or abstain from doing any act. And if it results in one or more of the following outcomes: the death of, or other serious bodily injury to, one or more persons (other than a person carrying out the act): a serious risk to the health or safety of a population: destruction of, or serious damage to, property of great value or importance, or major economic loss, or major environmental damage, if likely to result in one or more outcomes specified in points 1, 2 and 4: serious interference with, or serious disruption to, an infrastructure facility, if likely to endanger human life: introduction or release of a disease-bearing organism, if likely to devastate the national economy of a country. Alternatively, instead of the listed outcomes, "it occurs in a situation of armed conflict and is, at the time and in the place that it occurs, in accordance with rules of international law applicable to