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Category: Defence
Category : Opinion
Author: Major General John G. Howard, MNZM (Ret)

If nobody is planning to invade New Zealand, why would we need a defence force? So runs the logic of those questioning the decision to increase defence spending.

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Article: https://www.nzinitiative.org.nz/reports-and-media/opinion/nobody-is-planning-to-invade-us/
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Category: Defence
Category : Defence
Author: Dr Reuben Steff

With 99.7 percent of trade moving by sea, should NZ buy $12 billion Japanese frigates or lower-cost drones? It’s a false choice, they’re part and parcel.

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Article: https://newsroom.co.nz/2026/08/14/navy-frigate-decision-looms-as-pacific-security-threats-escalate/
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Author: Sharon Brettkelly

A manufacturer believes local companies are more than capable of filling orders for New Zealand's defence drones.

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Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/1020784/the-incredible-world-of-kiwi-made-drones
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Category : Analysis
Author: David Fisher

China-linked efforts to establish intelligence-capable space-tracking infrastructure in New Zealand are among a series of foreign-state threats exposed in the NZSIS annual assessment, alongside covert recruitment of officials, political interference and growing concern over violent extremism. David Fisher reports.

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Article: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/nzsis-report-reveals-chinese-space-tracking-bid-in-new-zealand/SVCASYKHPVCPBH5H4FTEVH466U/
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Category: Defence
Category : Analysis
Author: Penny Smith

The NZSIS is warning that geopolitical upheaval has intensified threats to New Zealand's safety and security.

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Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/politics/984367/most-challenging-of-recent-times-sis-warns-of-intensified-threats-to-nz-s-security
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Category: Politics
Category : Analysis
Author: Jo Moir

Analysis: National MPs who tried and failed to take down Christopher Luxon on Wednesday should be embarrassed and ashamed.

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Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/politics/984201/christopher-luxon-s-leadership-victory-you-come-at-the-king-you-best-not-miss
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 Dang I didn't mind Chris Penk as Def Minister... Oh well was good while it lasted.

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Category: Politics
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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Category: Defence
Category : Defence
Author: 1News Reporters

Six people in a small boat missing amid rough seas in Fiji have been rescued by a Royal NZ Air Force crew.

The group had left Namuka Island for Fulaga in the Lau Group in a small boat on Thursday morning but failed to reach their destination, the NZ Defence Force said.

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Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2026/08/08/six-missing-in-boat-off-fiji-amid-rough-seas-rescued-by-rnzaf/
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  1. Hunt on for private overseas investment in NZ's second rocket launchpad
  2. New Zealand’s maritime surveillance programme is a commercial contract waiting to be won
  3. Request for Information - Persistent Surveillance (Air) Phase 1
  4. New Zealand's digital infrastructure should not be run by single tech giant

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