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Year: 2023

750XL handover
Air

Two 750XL STOL aircraft bound for Papua New Guinea Defence Force

April 18, 2023

NZSkydive Ltd announced on 29 March that is has delivered the first of two 750XL aircraft to the Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF). The PNGDF and Australian Defence Force announced at the Avalon Airshow […]

Dahua
Access / Perimeters

Dahua Insider Series: Touchless access for convenient and secure access control operation

April 18, 2023

Dahua launches touchless access solution offering touchless access, lightweight system, and simplified installation. With the advent of wireless technology, access control is rapidly shifting towards mobile options. According to data shared by the International Security […]

Gallagher
Access / Perimeters

Gallagher Security demonstrates federal government strengths with Platinum Govies win for Command Centre Mobile

April 18, 2023

Gallagher, has been awarded the Platinum badge for Command Centre Mobile in the Mobile Apps category at the 2023 Govies Government Security Awards. This is the 6th Govies award for Gallagher Security and 3rd win […]

Super Balloon
Aerospace

Airways partners with NASA to launch stadium-sized balloon to the edge of space

April 18, 2023

NASA has successfully launched a stadium-sized super pressure balloon from Wānaka Airport, with Airways New Zealand safely managing its ascent to the edge of space. Airways, New Zealand’s air navigation services provider, has worked with […]

OSPAs winner
Features

Winners of the 2023 New Zealand Outstanding Security Performance Awards celebrated

April 17, 2023

The second annual New Zealand Outstanding Security Performance Awards (OSPAs) event took place at the at the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron on Friday 14 April 2023. More than one hundred security professionals gathered at the 2023 OSPAs to […]

Line of Defence Magazine
2023

Line of Defence Magazine – Autumn 2023

April 11, 2023

Kia ora and welcome to the Autumn 2023 issue of Line of Defence Magazine! Ongoing war in Ukraine, flooding and cyclone at home, economic pressures mounting, and a national election just months away, and we’re […]

Tactical Response Model
Law Enforcement

Trial suggests Tactical Response Model will make police safer, but what about the community?

April 9, 2023

A recent evaluation by the Evidence Based Policing Centre of New Zealand Police’s Tactical Response Model fails to identify evidence that TRM will make communities safer, writes Nicholas Dynon. In a 29 March media release, […]

Space
Aerospace

Rotoiti Brief: Intellectual Property Strategies for Space Startups

April 5, 2023

Informed by interviews with intellectual property experts, Dr Nicholas Borroz writes that space firms’ IP strategies should be tailored to business objectives, and that space poses unique uncertainties for IP strategies. There are two common […]

Risk Report
Public Security

Global Risk Consulting Group releases 2023 New Zealand Country Risk Report

April 5, 2023

Risk consultancy Global Risk Consulting (GRC) Group has released its 2023 New Zealand Country Risk Report, an all-hazards analysis charting a challenging past year and uncertainties ahead. Auckland-based GRC Group has released its inaugural country […]

Exxovantage
Defence

Exoskeletons and wearable tech deployed to reduce injuries and future-proof workforces

April 5, 2023

Kiwi company Exxovantage is deploying wearable robotic solutions and technology that could save Kiwi businesses from losing money to workplace injuries while future-proofing their workforces. In the current climate of stark skill shortages, lost time […]

Gallagher SOC 2
Access / Perimeters

Gallagher Security reaches forefront of data protection with SOC2 Type 2 certification

April 5, 2023

Gallagher has announced the company has achieved System and Organisation Controls (SOC2 Type 2) certification for the cloud-hosted services of their flagship security solution – Command Centre.  The revered compliance standard for service organisations provides […]

Chinese cameras
Electronic Security

Seeing Red: What, exactly, is the problem with Chinese CCTV cameras?

April 4, 2023

In a rush of hysteria and moral panic, Five Eyes governments are ripping out Chinese branded cameras. Five years ago, they couldn’t install them fast enough. What’s changed? asks chief editor Nicholas Dynon. The realities […]

NZSM April 2023
2023

New Zealand Security Magazine – April-May 2023

April 3, 2023

Kia ora and welcome to the April-May 2023 issue of New Zealand Security Magazine! In this issue we kick the new financial year off with an eclectic issue extending from cyberattacks to country risk, hotel […]

FPA
Industry bodies

E tū initiates Fair Pay Agreement process for Security Industry

March 29, 2023

According to the New Zealand private security industry’s peak body, the New Zealand Security Association (NZSA), a Fair Pay Agreement process has commenced but it faces an uncertain post-election future. Today E tū has formally […]

NZDF CIO
Defence

NZDF CIO: Digital, data and decision making in the New Zealand Defence Force

March 29, 2023

NZDF Chief Information Officer Carl Nixon discusses the importance of cultivating a digital ecosystem to ensure the success of NZDF’s strategy, describing what digital really means for the Defence Force. The days of a separate […]

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