Sir Peter, who is director at Koi Tū: The Centre for Informed Futures, said the role of government is to keep its citizens, environment and economy safe. And yet, he said high-risk but predictable and inevitable events are often ignored by politicians and the policy community. The report cites examples of the potential of a space weather event to wreak havoc on multiple, interconnected infrastructure systems. Other high impact events include biosecurity issues, infrastructure issues, security issues and natural disasters. Sir Peter said many high-risk events are foreseeable even if their timing cannot be predicted. "We know these things would occur but it costs money and investment to prepare for them and it's easier to say 'oh it won't happen in our lifetime' ... so we put it off and if we keep on putting off things bad things happen."