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 […]
Line of Defence Magazine Editor-at-large Dr Peter Greener explains New Zealand’s deliberations over the ANZAC frigates replacement – and why two ships should not be an option. When the Defence Capability Plan 2025 was released […]
Committing $12 billion over the next four years with $9 billion in new spending, the Government seems intent on ensuring the development of significant capabilities for the New Zealand Defence Force, writes Editor-at-large Dr Peter […]
NATO members are expected to spend 2% of GDP on Defence. New Zealand isn’t spending enough, but how much is enough, and is 2% too much, writes Hon Dr Wayne Mapp. The ongoing unavailability of […]
Editor-at-large Dr Peter Greener writes that we’ll have to wait until after the upcoming General Election and into next year before we get to learn whether a future New Zealand government will be putting its […]
Major procurements require a steady drumbeat of activity, writes Wayne Mapp, and the post-2023 election government will have purchase decisions to make in relation to the ANZAC and Project Protector fleet replacements. In October this […]
New Zealand can afford an appreciably enhanced defence force that will cost less than 2% of GDP, writes Dr Wayne Mapp, and over the last decade the strategic environment has changed sufficiently to justify it. […]
Dr Wayne Mapp writes that if New Zealand is to provide its Defence Force with modern platforms capable of interoperability with partners, it will need to maintain defence expenditure at 1.5 percent of GDP over […]
In the wake of last week’s AUKUS announcement, decisions around what to replace New Zealand’s Anzac class frigates with have become immediately more important, writes former Defence Minister Dr Wayne Mapp. This article is part […]
UK defence and security electronic system specialist SEA announced on 13 September that it had been awarded a contract by New Zealand’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) for the first phase of upgrading the communications systems […]
Hon Dr Wayne Mapp looks to the past in order to explore the maritime acquisition landscape of the future, focusing on the Offshore Patrol Vessel and Frigate replacement decisions facing the next government. The first […]
New Zealand has a habit of deferring major equipment purchases as along as possible, writes former Defence Minister Dr Wayne Mapp, and a decision on the ANZAC frigate replacement may be left to the next […]
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