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Taskforce Kiwi
Defence

Calling All Veterans: Taskforce Kiwi

January 11, 2023

Are you a defence or emergency services veteran keen to utilise your skills in the service of communities hit by natural disaster? Taskforce Kiwi might just be for you, writes Triplex Consulting’s Ross Browne. Taskforce […]

MQ-9B SeaGuardian
Defence

RIMPAC 2022 underscores game-changing value of MQ-9B SeaGuardian

October 6, 2022

New and current Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) prove ready for new roles and missions in major international naval exercise. Unmanned aircraft have always contained virtually limitless promise, though sometimes people need to be able to […]

HMNZS Aotearoa
Defence

The ties that bind: Defence Minister lauds NZDF Tonga assistance

April 4, 2022

In his inaugural Line of Defence article, Defence Minister Peeni Henare provides his perspectives on the NZDF’s HADR operations in response to the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai eruption. On the 15th of January 2022, Hunga Tonga-Hunga […]

HMCS Harry DeWolf
Defence

The Next Three Years: Less deployments, less dollars for the NZDF

April 19, 2021

Former Defence Minister Wayne Mapp forecasts a decline in NZDF deployments over the next three years, and less money to spend. For the time being, he writes, deployments and spending should be targeted closer to […]

Bushfire Assist
Defence

Investment in defence capabilities critical to national resilience

March 16, 2020

It’s been a high tempo summer for the NZDF, writes Defence Minister Hon Ron Mark. White Island/Whakaari recovery, Southland flooding evacuation and Australian bushfire assistance underline need for resource availability. Last year the New Zealand […]

Army MHOV
International

Mark to meet Australian Development and Pacific Minister

September 12, 2019

Minister of Defence Ron Mark will meet with Australia’s Minister for International Development and the Pacific, and Assistant Minister of Defence, Alex Hawke in Auckland tomorrow. The focus of the meeting will be to discuss […]

Two Embraer KC-390 aircraft
Air

Future airlift in an uncertain world of climate change and military support operations

August 24, 2019

The Defence Capability Plan 2019 continued the Government’s focus on the future impacts of climate change. According to Embraer, in an uncertain world the KC-390 continues to stand alone as the complete HADR airlift solution […]

Australian Civil-Military Centre Executive Director Alan Ryan
Defence

Interview: Towards an integrated approach to civil-military operations

November 20, 2018

Dr Alan Ryan, Executive Director of the Australian Civil-Military Centre (ACMC), will be presenting at this year’s NZDIA Annual Forum. In this interview, he sheds some light on the work of the ACMC and the […]

Climate Change
International

Climate change security implications for New Zealand and Indo-Pacific

July 20, 2018

Dr J. Scott Hauger, professor at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies, Hawaii, writes that there are several actions that security sector leaders must take in order to manage climate change. […]

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