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Category : Defence
Author: Phil Pennington,

The Defence Force aims to send 50 personnel to a big aerial and ground drones exercise in the United States alongside American forces.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/592120/nzdf-to-send-50-personnel-to-aerial-and-ground-drones-exercise-in-us
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Category : Defence
Author: RNZ

China says it has lodged a serious complaint over the New Zealand Air Force's alleged repeated harassment near its airspace, which the Defence Force denies.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/592746/china-lodges-serious-protest-over-nz-air-force-s-conduct-near-its-air-space-nzdf-denies-disruption
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Category : Opinion
Author: RNZ

New Zealand's top spies will be weighing cutting the US out of some intelligence it shares with other Five Eyes partners, a former CIA head of counterintelligence has told RNZ.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-depth/592256/why-new-zealand-is-probably-withholding-intelligence-from-the-united-states
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Category : News
Author: TVNZ News

Australia and New Zealand will strengthen military co-operation as both nations navigate increasingly challenging global circumstances, with the war in Iran dragging on and the Pacific becoming more precarious.

Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2026/03/18/nz-and-australia-boost-military-co-operation-over-decade/
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Category : Defence
Author: Phil Pennington

The Defence Force is looking at buying drones that can cope with harsh polar conditions offshore of Antarctica as international tensions grow while NZDF remains under-equipped to surveill vast swathes of ocean.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/591864/defence-force-look-to-buy-antarctica-equipped-drones
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Category : Defence
Author: Phil Pennington

A briefing shows former Defence Minister Judith Collins met US defence technology powerhouse Palantir in February on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference to talk about an ongoing "partnership".

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/591822/no-plans-to-use-palantir-in-emerging-defence-tech-space-government-says
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Category : Defence
Author: Defsec

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has announced a refreshed ministerial lineup, which includes the elevation of Chris Penk to Cabinet, replacing the outgoing Judith Collins as New Zealand’s Minister of Defence.

Article: https://defsec.net.nz/2026/04/02/chris-penk-to-become-defence-minister/
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Category : Opinion
Author: Jonathan Milne

The operation was called ‘Trojan Compass’ and it’s a call sign of things to come. The Royal NZ Air Force No 40 Squadron aircraft, crew and detachment were deployed last month to RAAF Base Richmond in New South Wales to work as part of the Australian Defence Force, under Australian call signs, flying to locations across Australia and the Indo-Pacific.

Article: https://newsroom.co.nz/2026/03/18/nz-joins-forces-with-australia-the-most-dangerous-times-in-my-lifetime/
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