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Public Security

NZ Labour Party MPs Raymond Huo and Andrew Little
National Security

The curious case of the dog in the night-time

August 24, 2019

Despite media suggesting that all roads to foreign political interference lead to Beijing, Hon Heather Roy writes that only a broader understanding of the issue will ensure the resilience of our electoral system. A National […]

Crowded places
Counter-Terrorism

Christchurch Mosque Attacks: A Tipping Point for New Zealand

March 20, 2019

New Zealand is experienced in responding to crises, write Dr Bridgette Sullivan-Taylor (University of Auckland) and Dr Layla Branicki (Macquarie University), but achieving resilience requires a joined-up approach before crises hit. New Zealanders are collectively […]

Call out extremism
Counter-Terrorism

Interview: Call out extremist behaviour, define underpinning values

March 20, 2019

Dr Richard Shortt, former Combined Threat Assessment Group manager (New Zealand Police/NZ Security Intelligence Service) and national security policy advisor (Department of Prime Minister & Cabinet), suggests the need for a circumspect response to extremism. […]

countering terror
Counter-Terrorism

Countering terrorism where there used to be no terrorism to counter

March 20, 2019

The failure to prevent the Christchurch attack is a collective one, writes Dr John Battersby of Massey University’s Centre for Defence and Security Studies. It is a horribly uneasy and uncomfortable feeling to review one’s […]

Peace action
Law Enforcement

Peace Action Protest and the NZDIA Annual Forum: Is it irreconcilable?

February 20, 2019

Dr William Hoverd of Massey University’s Centre for Defence and Security Studies writes that violent protest needn’t be a perennial feature of the NZDIA Annual Forum. Dialogue is an important first step. This year I […]

Women in national security
National Security

Women in National Security Mentoring Programme kicks off

January 8, 2019

National Security Workforce Senior Advisor Navlene Singh writes that a new New Zealand government-led programme is opening up opportunities for women in the National Security sector. Launched earlier this year, the Women in National Security […]

National security force multiplier
Counter-Terrorism

Private security as an untapped national security force multiplier

December 15, 2018

The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) special report ‘Safety in numbers: Australia’s private security guard force and counterterrorism’ is an account of both the massive opportunities and stifling barriers facing Australia’s security industry, writes editor […]

T.E. Lawrence
Beyond Pacific

Against the Tide: A red team view of tech trends in NZ’s national security

November 15, 2018

Red teaming includes war-gaming, physical and digital penetration testing, alternative futures and alternative analysis. In this article, Dr Simon Ewing-Jarvie, Chief Disruption Officer at Torquepoint Ltd, discusses the latter two in the context of emerging […]

New Zealand Civil Defence Minister Kris Faafoi
Civil Defence

$5.2 million shake-up of emergency management system

November 1, 2018

Civil Defence Minister Kris Faafoi released the Government’s response to a Ministerial Technical Advisory Group (TAG) report on New Zealand’s civil defence emergency response system on 29 August. The response includes funding of $5.2 million […]

QuakeCoRE 2018
Line of Defence Magazine

Why collaboration and innovation lead to resilient cities

October 22, 2018

Richard Voss, Director at Ignite Architects, and Dr Bridgette Sullivan-Taylor, Senior Lecturer at the University of Auckland, record their learnings from QuakeCoRE 2018 – the annual meeting of the NZ Centre for Earthquake Resilience. It […]

RiskNZ Awards
New Zealand Security Magazine

Risk managers honoured at RiskNZ annual awards

October 1, 2018

Auckland Council a big winner at the annual RiskNZ Awards of Excellence, with Council’s Cecilia Tse named risk management professional of the year. The RiskNZ Awards of Excellence was presented in Wellington on Wednesday 12 […]

Safe Crowded Places
Emergency Response

Safe and Healthy Crowded Places Handbook launched

August 1, 2018

The Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience has launched a companion document to Australia’s Strategy for Protecting Crowded Places from Terrorism – the Safe and Healthy Crowded Places Handbook. The Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience (AIDR) […]

Centre for Defence and Security Studies - National Security Conference
Beyond Pacific

Reflections on the Second National Security Conference

July 21, 2018

Dr William Hoverd, Senior Lecturer at Massey University’s Centre for Defence and Security Studies, is guest editor of this 2018 National Security Conference special issue of Line of Defence. He offers his reflections on the […]

Terrorist propaganda
International

A societal narrative for national security?

July 20, 2018

Dr Germana Nicklin of Massey University’s Centre for Defence and Security Studies, writes that disparate views in New Zealand about ‘national security’ need to be resolved. The concept of national security in New Zealand is […]

Democratic government requires openness and transparency
International

Andrew Little addresses Massey University National Security Conference

July 20, 2018

In his first official speech as minister responsible for the GCSB and NZSIS, Hon Andrew Little highlights progress in intelligence agency oversight and reform, and identifies terrorism – including Daesh activity in southern Philippines – […]

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