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Author: 1News Reporters

The New Zealand Defence Force has carried out a "high-stakes" medical evacuation from Antarctica’s McMurdo Station.

Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2026/04/25/defence-force-carries-out-high-stakes-antarctic-medical-evacuation/
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Category : Defence
Author: Defsec

The question is no longer whether drones will shape future conflict. The question is whether New Zealand intends to participate in that future – or be left behind, writes former New Zealand Army officer Graeme Doull.

Article: https://defsec.net.nz/2026/04/20/make-drones-the-main-effort/
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Category : News
Author: TVNZ News

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.1news.co.nz/2026/04/18/china-lodges-serious-protest-over-nz-air-forces-conduct-in-its-air-space/
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Category : Defence
Author: Lucy Xia

A global security expert said China's complaint, over what it calls the New Zealand Airforce's repeated "harassment" near its airspace, could be sign of Beijing's other concerns with New Zealand foreign policy settings - including its attitude towards the war in the Middle East.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/592774/china-s-complaint-over-nzdf-harassment-could-be-sign-of-other-concerns-expert
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Category : Defence
Author: Tim Kelly

Japan on Tuesday unveiled its biggest overhaul of defence export rules in decades, scrapping restrictions on overseas arms sales and opening the way for exports of warships, missiles and other weapons to several countries that include New Zealand.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/593100/new-zealand-could-buy-japanese-warships-missiles-under-export-overhaul
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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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