• Home
  • Advertise
  • About
    • Line of Defence
    • NZSM
    • THE BRIEF
    • Defsec People
    • Contact
  • Contributors
    • A – E
    • F – K
    • L – R
    • S – Z
  • WiSAA
    • About
    • Categories
    • Terms
    • FAQs
    • Winners
  • Privacy
  • Subscribe
  • Linkedin
  • Instagram
  • Facebook
Defsec
  • Defence
    • Maritime Domain
    • Land Domain
    • Air Domain
    • Information Domain
    • Enablers
    • Procurement
    • Contracts
    • Features
    • Interviews
  • Aerospace
  • International
    • Pacific
    • Beyond Pacific
  • Public
    • National Security
    • Counter-Terrorism
    • Law Enforcement
    • Risk and Resilience
    • Emergency Response
  • ELECTRONIC
    • Access / Perimeters
    • Drones / Robots
    • Smart Cities
    • Surveillance / Cameras
  • CYBER
    • Cyber Security
    • Cyber Defence
  • FIRE PROTECTION
    • Passive
    • Sprinklers
  • Line of Defence Magazine (PDF)
    • 2026
    • 2025
    • 2024
    • 2023
    • 2022
    • 2021
    • 2020
    • 2019
    • 2018
  • New Zealand Security Magazine (PDF)
    • 2026
    • 2025
    • 2024
    • 2023
    • 2022
    • 2021
    • 2020
    • 2019
    • 2018
  • Fire NZ Magazine (PDF)
  • THE BRIEF

Graeme Doull

Damen LST
Defence

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

February 5, 2026

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 […]

1RNZIR CO
Defence

Short Term Penny Pinching: QAMR and 1st Battalion Amalgamation

January 23, 2026

The latest NZDF unit amalgamation presents both a loss of capability and a lack of respect for tradition, writes former NZ Army officer Graeme Doull. The NZ Army has amalgamated two of its three Regular […]

Drones
Air

Top 5 actions to get drones into New Zealand soldiers’ hands

November 14, 2025

In the modern battlespace there are drones or there are targets, and it’s now time for the New Zealand Army’s leaders to make some decisions and take some risks, writes former New Zealand Army Officer Graeme Doull. […]

MRSS
Defence

New Zealand’s maritime fleet renewal and the Pacific-centric reset

September 18, 2025

Modularity, flexibility, and the exploitation of autonomy should inform New Zealand’s maritime fleet renewal, writes maritime capability specialist and former Royal New Zealand Navy Officer Andrew Watts ONZM. In an article that provides invaluable insight […]

MH-60R
Air

How did New Zealand end up buying only five MH-60R Seahawks?

September 18, 2025

New Zealand Defence has just procured a capability in insufficient numbers due to budget constraints, and this leaves the NZDF with little resilience, writes former New Zealand Army Officer Graeme Doull. The decision to acquire the […]

Pacific reset
Defence

In Depth: New Zealand Defence needs a Pacific-centric reset

September 3, 2025

New Zealand faces a choice. We can continue to tinker at the edges, replacing old assets with new ones, or we can intentionally design a Defence Force for the Pacific. That means tough decisions, writes […]

Drones
Air

Political leadership key to modernising Defence for drone warfare

August 14, 2025

New Zealand risks falling behind amid a drone-enabled transformation in warfare. We need a fundamental shift in both military strategy and our approach to innovation – and political leadership is needed, writes former New Zealand […]

Crucible
Defence

Opinion: Beyond the crucible of combat, capability must evolve through competition

July 14, 2025

Preparing for the remotely fought battlefield will require the NZDF to take a new approach to simulation, wargaming and the development and testing of drone and counter drone technologies, writes former New Zealand Army officer […]

In other news

  • Judith Collins
    Wayne Mapp: New Zealand needs a Defence shopping list
    March 6, 2026
  • SYOS
    SYOS Aerospace to deliver NZDF multi-domain autonomous vehicles
    March 6, 2026
  • OSPAs
    New Zealand Outstanding Security Performance Awards open for nominations
    March 5, 2026
  • Swedish
    Good corporate security is good for the nation: Takeaways from Sweden’s crisis and war preparedness framework
    March 5, 2026
  • Retail crime
    Why NZ’s retail crime statistics rose so sharply… and then declined
    February 18, 2026
  • Damen LST
    Frigates, flexibility, and the case for a smarter New Zealand fleet
    February 5, 2026
  • Cyber Security Summit
    National Cyber Security Summit: Cybersecurity a strategic business risk
    January 24, 2026
Babcock

* indicates required
/* real people should not fill this in and expect good things - do not remove this or risk form bot signups */

Intuit Mailchimp


SimPro
NZ Security Career Pathways
Loktronic

We're on Social Media

  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Instagram

Search

Subscribe to The Brief

Archives

  • Linkedin
  • Instagram
  • Facebook

Copyright © 2026 | MH Magazine WordPress Theme by MH Themes

Social media & sharing icons powered by UltimatelySocial
error

A good read? Consider sharing, or following DEFSEC.

  • Facebook
    Facebook
    fb-share-icon
  • LinkedIn
    LinkedIn
    Share
UA-45810762-3