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Category : Opinion
Author: SOPHIE MAK

Closer ties could see Wellington follow Canberra in buying Mogami-class frigate. New Zealand is continuing to weigh its options for replacing two navy frigates, with a statement this week hinting Japan could achieve another big win for its Mogami-class vessels.

Article: https://archive.ph/myxAo#selection-2675.0-2675.67
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Category : Opinion
Author: Morning Report

The Chinese Embassy says New Zealand and Australia's recent comments on China are unwarranted and inappropriate, accusing the nations of "inexplicable colonial-style arrogance".

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/590014/colonial-style-arrogance-china-unhappy-with-nz-australia-statement
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Category : Opinion
Author: Q+A Reporters

A retired military leader has issued a stark warning about the Defence Force's capabilities in light of the Iran war.

Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2026/03/22/extreme-risk-retired-generals-warning-about-nzdf-amid-iran-conflict/
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Category : Defence
Author: Justin Bassi, David Capie and Alex Bristow

Tuesday’s meeting between the foreign and defence ministers of Australia and New Zealand was a nicely poised display of strategic alignment and statecraft. It balanced an ambitious plan to build an ANZAC platform of joint procurement, sustainment and operations by 2035 with a clear articulation of both countries’ shared interests and agency in the Pacific and beyond.

Article: https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/anzmin-shows-the-australia-new-zealand-alliance-has-focus-and-potential/
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Category : Defence
Author: Hon Judith Collins KC

At approximately 4:30am on the 25th of April 1915, the first ANZAC landing at Gallipoli forged a bond unlike any other; changing the Australian and New Zealand relationship forever. Since then, Australians and New Zealanders have served and fought side-by-side with selflessness, courage, perseverance, and mateship, to defend our freedom, our values, and uphold a peaceful world.

Article: https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/operationalising-australia-new-zealand-alliance-anzac-2035-closer-defence-relationskk0EO4fLKA
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Category : News
Author: Sam Sachdeva

Military leaders champion being a ‘fast follower’ to Australia through a joint Anzac force, but one academic warns of potential downside.

New Zealand’s military risks losing crucial advantages if it becomes “a small Australia” as part of efforts to build a joint Anzac force, an academic has warned.

Article: https://newsroom.co.nz/2026/03/12/anzac-force-multiplier-talk-risks-nz-defence-identity-expert/
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Category : Defence
Author: NZDF

The Royal New Zealand Navy, Defence Science and Technology (DST), and Dawn Aerospace, have completed a live radar tracking experiment using a reusable rocket-powered aircraft off the Canterbury coast.

Article: https://www.nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/news/defence-navy-and-industry-complete-sovereign-radar-tracking-trial-off-banks-peninsula/
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