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Pacific

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 […]

US Coast Guard
International

Why the Pacific Islands Is Seeing a Rise in ‘Defence Diplomacy’

May 31, 2024

As the Pacific becomes a locus of geopolitics, the region is seeing unprecedented levels of defence diplomacy, writes Associate Professor Anna Powles from the Centre for Defence and Security Studies at Massey University and Associate […]

SeaGuardian
Air

Japan appreciates the game-changing benefits of SeaGuardian. So will New Zealand

February 27, 2023

New maritime patrols from Hachinohe show the endurance, flexibility and value of medium-altitude, long-endurance, remotely piloted aircraft in the Western Pacific. Serious security challenges call for serious responses. This is true all over the world, […]

RNZAF NH90
Defence

Tim van de Molen: Focus on Information, Maritime, and People needed

June 25, 2022

National Party spokesperson for Defence and Veterans Tim van de Molen writes that the time is right for identifying what investments are needed to defend our values, play a leadership role in the Pacific, and […]

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 […]

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 […]

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