Rhys Ball
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Rhys Ball

Dr Rhys Ball is a lecturer in defence and security studies at the Centre for Defence and Security Studies, Massey University.  His teaching specialises in New Zealand and global security risks, the gathering and analysis of […]

Professor Rouben Azizian
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Rouben Azizian

Rouben Azizian is a Professor and Director of Massey University’s Centre for Defence and Security Studies (CDSS). He has previously taught Political Studies at the University of Auckland prior to 13 years with the US Defense Department’s […]

Simon Ewing-Jarvie
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Simon Ewing-Jarvie

Dr Simon Ewing-Jarvie is Chief Disruption Officer at Torquepoint Ltd. He served in the New Zealand Army (Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment) for 25 years, with senior roles in peacekeeping operations in Sinai and East Timor. […]

John Battersby - Massey University Centre for Defence and Security Studies
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John Battersby

Dr John Battersby is a Teaching Fellow at the Centre for Defence and Security Studies, Massey University, and Managing Editor of the National Security Journal. He previously served in the Police’s Wellington and Central Districts […]

Line of Defence contributor Ross Browne
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Ross Browne

Ross Browne is Director of public affairs firm Museum Street Strategies and a former commercial advisor to the New Zealand Defence Force. Articles (as author) Judith Collins Takes Charge: It’s time for change, Line of […]

Nicholas Dynon
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Nicholas Dynon

Nicholas Dynon is Chief Editor of Defsec New Zealand’s enterprise and national security publications New Zealand Security Magazine, Line of Defence Magazine and Fire NZ Magazine. He has held security risk management and business development positions […]

Layla Branicki
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Layla Branicki

Dr Layla Branicki is a Lecturer in the Department of Security Studies and Criminology at Macquarie University, Sydney. She is an interdisciplinary researcher specialising in individual and organisational resilience and the factors that enable people […]

Line of Defence contributor Evan Butler-Jones
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Evan Butler-Jones

Evan Butler-Jones is Director of the Defence Product Line within the Aviation & Defence Business Unit of IFS, the global enterprise applications company. Mr Butler-Jones is responsible for ensuring that the products and services offered by […]

Chuck Davis
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Chuck Davis

Chuck Davis is director of cybersecurity at Hikvision. With more than 20 years’ experience building world-class cybersecurity programs for large enterprises, Mr Davis joined Hikvision as director of cybersecurity in North America in 2017.  He […]

Joe Burton - New Zealand Institute of Security and Crime Science
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Joe Burton

Dr Joe Burton is a Senior Lecturer in Waikato University’s political science and public policy programme and a member of the university’s New Zealand Institute for Security and Crime Science. He has worked as a […]

Line of Defence contributor Nicholas Borroz
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Nicholas Borroz

Nicholas Borroz is a doctoral candidate in international business at the University of Auckland. He is also a business intelligence consultant. Nicholas previously studied international economics at Johns Hopkins and international relations at Macalester College. […]

Philip Baum
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Philip Baum

Philip Baum is an international authority on behavioural analysis and profiling techniques. He is editor of Aviation Security International, visiting professor of aviation security at Coventry University, and managing director of security consultancy Green Light […]

Aliya Danzeisen
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Aliya Danzeisen

Aliya Danzeisen is lead coordinator of the Women’s Organisation of the Waikato Muslim Association (WOWMA) and Assistant National Coordinator of the Islamic Women’s Council of New Zealand. Aliya was a finalist for the New Zealand Women […]