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Home security

Many New Zealanders have been burgled, and few of these crimes are solved. With police support, neighbourhood watch groups have been set up in many towns and suburbs, and people have installed burglar alarms in their homes.

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John Wilson, Society – Modern society, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/2541/home-security (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by John Wilson, published 3 March 2009.