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Just published: New Zealand’s Cybersecurity strategy to 2030

Digitising Government New Zealand and the National Cyber Security Summit 2026, both being staged in Wellington next week, will continue the critical national conversation shaped recently by the release of the NZ Cybersecurity Strategy. The [...]
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Wayne Mapp: New Zealand needs a Defence shopping list

New Zealand still has no specific plan for how it will reach its 2% of GDP Defence spend target, writes Wayne Mapp. But in order to spend an additional $16.5 billion over the next eight [...]
Defence

SYOS Aerospace to deliver NZDF multi-domain autonomous vehicles

SYOS awarded contract to supply the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) with a portfolio of air, land and sea uncrewed autonomous platforms and services. The contract will see SYOS provide multi‑domain uncrewed autonomous platforms to [...]
Electronic Security

New Zealand Outstanding Security Performance Awards open for nominations

The NZ Outstanding Security Performance Awards (OSPAs) have returned for a fifth consecutive year, and nominations are now open. “Celebrating excellence in security is vital, and the OSPAs are dedicated to recognising those who go [...]
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Good corporate security is good for the nation: Takeaways from Sweden’s crisis and war preparedness framework

A recently published Swedish government document urges businesses to get resilient. It’s no humdrum promotion of corporate best practice, writes Nicholas Dynon, but rather a call to urgent action in the face of Russian aggression. [...]
Features

Why NZ’s retail crime statistics rose so sharply… and then declined

Did New Zealand’s post-COVID retail crime wave actually happen, asks chief editor Nicholas Dynon, or was it just a statistical error? Over the past few years, retail crime statistics in New Zealand have demonstrated a [...]
Defence

Frigates, flexibility, and the case for a smarter New Zealand fleet

We should stop asking which frigate to buy and start asking how to build a force designed for a future in which sea battles are fought by drones, writes former New Zealand Army Officer Graeme [...]
Cyber Security

National Cyber Security Summit: Cybersecurity a strategic business risk

It’s been a busy time for New Zealand’s National Cyber Security Centre as it takes an unprecedentedly proactive posture in relation to cyber threats, a context the National Cyber Security Summit 2026 is set to [...]
Beyond Pacific

Top 100 arms producers revenues surge as states rush to expand arsenals

Revenues from sales of arms and services by the 100 largest arms-producing companies rose 5.9 percent in 2024, reaching a record $679 billion, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). Global arms revenues [...]
Defence

Less Offered, Less Expected: New Zealand’s change in strategic circumstances

As an Australian ally, New Zealand is bringing less to the party than in decades past, and it seems that the Australians are now expecting less of us, writes Wayne Mapp. Is New Zealand’s strategic [...]

Escape. Hide. Tell. The three words that could save your life

October 19, 2025

A new safety campaign guides New Zealanders on what to do to stay safe during an armed offender incident in a crowded place, but international opinion is divided as to its efficacy, writes Nicholas Dynon. […]

What can we learn from the Westfield Bondi Junction Mall incident?

May 30, 2024

The Sydney tragedy leaves us with the question of how to react to extremely low probability events with potential catastrophic consequences, writes Dr John Battersby of Massey University’s Centre for Defence and Security Studies. On […]

FBI report designates 50 shootings in 2022 as active shooter incidents

May 1, 2024

A report from the FBI on active shooter incidents in the United States shows handguns and rifles as firearms of choice, and open spaces as the most commonly used location type, writes chief editor Nicholas […]

Five years on from Christchurch mosque attacks political leadership needed

May 1, 2024

Government has remained reluctant to promote a public facing strategy that informs the public on how to protect venues from attack and stay safe during an attack, writes Chris Kumeroa, Chair of the Crowded Places […]

Spectator security survey: Preference for visible security measures, ignorance of active shooter policies

April 4, 2024

The latest survey of US spectator’s perceptions of venue safety and security highlights a preference for visible security measures and an ignorance of active shooter response policies. According to the authors of the Spectator Sports […]

Protecting Crowded Places: What to look for in a security provider

January 26, 2024

The Australian Government has released guidance to owners and operators of crowded places on selecting security providers, writes Chief Editor Nicholas Dynon, filling a key gap in the crowded places guidance suite. Focussed on the […]

Just published: New Zealand’s Cybersecurity strategy to 2030

Wayne Mapp: New Zealand needs a Defence shopping list

SYOS Aerospace to deliver NZDF multi-domain autonomous vehicles

New Zealand Outstanding Security Performance Awards open for nominations

Good corporate security is good for the nation: Takeaways from Sweden’s crisis and war preparedness framework

Why NZ’s retail crime statistics rose so sharply… and then declined

Frigates, flexibility, and the case for a smarter New Zealand fleet

National Cyber Security Summit: Cybersecurity a strategic business risk

Top 100 arms producers revenues surge as states rush to expand arsenals

Less Offered, Less Expected: New Zealand’s change in strategic circumstances

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