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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Read more: NZSIS report reveals Chinese space-tracking bid in New Zealand
- Article: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/nzsis-report-reveals-chinese-space-tracking-bid-in-new-zealand/SVCASYKHPVCPBH5H4FTEVH466U/
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The NZSIS is warning that geopolitical upheaval has intensified threats to New Zealand's safety and security.
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Read more: 'Most challenging of recent times': SIS warns of intensified threats to NZ's security
- 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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Analysis: National MPs who tried and failed to take down Christopher Luxon on Wednesday should be embarrassed and ashamed.
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Read more: Christopher Luxon's leadership victory: You come at the King, you best not miss
- 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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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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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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Read more: Six missing in boat amid rough seas in Fiji rescued by RNZAF
- 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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The National Aerospace Centre says it expects to tap intense global demand for rocket launches to get private investment for the country's second launchpad.
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Read more: Hunt on for private overseas investment in NZ's second rocket launchpad
- Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/888333/hunt-on-for-private-overseas-investment-in-nz-s-second-rocket-launchpad
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Buying a service, not a fleet
The Ministry of Defence has issued a request for information seeking commercial operators who can fly maritime surveillance missions up to 1,400 nautical miles from base for at least six hours. The RFI, published on the Government Electronic Tender Service, sets a demanding bar: high-definition imaging, maritime search radar, and near real-time imagery in all weather, day or night.
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Read more: New Zealand’s maritime surveillance programme is a commercial contract waiting to be won
- Article: https://b2bnews.co.nz/news/nz-defence-eyes-commercial-drones-for-pacific-surveillance/
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