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Category : Opinion
Author: John MacDonald

Do we need a dedicated plane for the Prime Minister? I’m starting to think that we do.

Before now, though, I’ve been of the opinion that we’re New Zealand for goodness sake, we’re not the United States, so why should we blow money on a plane?

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Article: https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/christchurch/canterbury-mornings-with-john-macdonald/opinion/john-macdonald-drop-the-sniping-and-buy-a-plane-for-the-pm/
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Author: Phil Pennington

New Zealand has signed up for another two years to an elite US-led space security group that America is aiming to expand and make more combat ready.

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Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/politics/1631967/more-sharing-in-space-with-same-controls-nz-defence
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Category: Defence
Category : Defence
Author: 1News Reporters

New Zealand has renewed the deployment of Defence Force personnel in Europe to support Ukraine, as its war against Russia drags on.

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Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2026/09/08/nz-renews-deployment-of-defence-force-staff-to-support-ukraine/
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Category : Defence
Author: Amanda Gillies

Veterans' Affairs is in the firing line as New Zealand veterans claim the system is failing them.

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Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/politics/1548597/nz-s-veteran-support-system-worst-in-the-western-world
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Category: Politics
Category : Defence
Author: Thomas Coughlan

Labour Party leader Chris Hipkins has floated the possibility that a Labour-led Government might not replace New Zealand’s ageing Anzac frigates.

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Article: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/chris-hipkins-considering-pushing-pause-on-replacing-frigates-but-defends-five-eyes/43MCN7ZRYBCKTFAUFGM5HMWZDM
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 And just like that the wally lost my vote... (Not that I was going to vote for this wally)

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Author: Lucy Craymer

New Zealand's Defence Force says two of its naval ships have transited the Taiwan Strait, amid tension over the waterway claimed by China and regarded by Taiwan and the United States as international waters.

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Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/1496526/new-zealand-naval-ships-transit-contested-taiwan-strait
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Category : Defence
Author: RNZ

New Zealand has signed a pact with Australia to deepen cooperation between both countries' navies.

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Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/1493408/new-zealand-and-australia-deepen-naval-partnership
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Author: Alexia Russell

The NZSIS 2026 Security Threat Environment report didn't hold back about intensified threats to the country's security, naming interference in our elections, efforts to get hold of critical assets - including high-tech secrets from the space sector - targeting of our diaspora community groups, and homegrown threats and violence from extremists.

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Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/politics/1055057/espionage-at-scale-why-businesses-must-beware
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