I'm surprised

Having seen all the media coverage of the raids in Ruatoki, you could have been mistaken into beleiving that the general view is that the Police over-reacted to some tomfoolery and what is not a serious threat.

But I was surprised when I saw todays poll on Stuff - with over 10,000 votes now recorded, the reaction is overwhelmingly in favour of the Police taking action under anti-terror laws.



It's good to see that the Police generally still have the confidence of the public in this matter, and that a small (but vocal) minority are not fooling anyone into believing that the allegations of various activists owning an AK47 is not a serious matter.