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Category: Defence
Category : Defence
Author: NZ Government

The New Zealand Ministry of Defence is seeking information from those UAS manufacturers relevant to the delivery of a Commercially Owned Commercially Operated (COCO) contract for the Persistent Surveillance (Air) project. The COCO contract will provide uncrewed airborne Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance activities over a four year period. The RFI details a series of assumptions, and seeks answers to a number of questions which will inform the project’s next stages.

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Article: https://www.gets.govt.nz/FutureProcurementOpportunitiesIndex.htm
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Category: Politics
Category : Defence
Author: Nona Pelletier

A leading open-source technology provider warns New Zealand's digital infrastructure is critical to our national interests and should not be run by a single global tech giant.

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Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/596711/new-zealand-s-digital-infrastructure-should-not-be-run-by-single-tech-giant-open-source-tech-firm-warns
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New Zealand need to truly think about digital sovereignty and not be controlled by Microsoft who can easily leak any information, which they have openly admitted they have done to foreign governments, Frances as deleted Windows from their governmental systems, not only capitalizing their digital sovereignty but saving millions of euro's a year. Germany and many other EU Countries are following this. 

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Category: News
Category : Opinion
Author: NighthawkNZ

The move to Linux has started with the buying of hardware first of which is a refurbish Mini Form PC.

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Article: https://www.nighthawk.nz
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Category: Defence
Category : Defence
Author: Hon Chris Penk

The Government is beginning the process to purchase long-range one-way strike drones, looking particularly toward Kiwi industry for solutions, Defence Minister Chris Penk says.

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Article: https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/defence-force-modernise-strike-drones
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Category: Defence
Category : Defence
Author: Newstalk ZB,

A retired Major General says one-way military strike drones would rapidly modernise the nation's military.

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Article: https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heather-du-plessis-allan-drive/audio/john-howard-new-zealand-initiative-senior-fellow-on-why-new-drones-are-the-right-move-for-nz-military
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Category: Defence
Category : Defence
Author: RNZ

The government is moving to buy strike drones that drop bombs on a target and wants to get them locally if it can.

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Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/politics/829841/government-moves-to-buy-local-strike-drones-as-lower-cost-alternative-to-missiles
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Category: News
Category : Defence
Author: 1News Reporters

The crew of a Royal New Zealand Navy ship has pulled off an unexpected rescue mission, going to the aid of a battered outrigger while participating in an exercise off Hawaii.

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Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2026/07/28/watch-nz-navy-crew-make-dramatic-high-seas-rescue-off-hawaii/
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Category : News
Author: Nighthawk

Yes, the title is real. No, it is not clickbait. I am in the process of moving to Linux. I am testing a couple of distributions in a virtual machine and, as I type this, this article is being written from Firefox running in Linux through Windows 11.

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