Category : Analysis
Author: Peter Greene
In April Prime Minister Chris Hipkins told Radio New Zealand that, ‘We have some big decisions ahead of us as well, as a country, in terms of capability we have in our Defence Force’. He went on to say that, ‘We’ve got some decisions ahead for the navy, we know that in the next 10 years or so we’re going to have to make some decisions about the future of the Anzac frigates.’

Article: https://www.incline.org.nz/home/the-new-zealand-defence-policy-and-strategy-statement-2023-what-are-the-implications-for-the-royal-new-zealand-navy
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Category : News
Author: CNN

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has said the death of Yevgeny Prigozhin – the Russian mercenary leader whose plane crashed weeks after he led a mutiny against Moscow's military leadership – shows what happens when people make deals with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2023/09/volodymyr-zelensky-says-yevgeny-prigozhin-s-death-shows-consequences-of-making-deals-with-vladimir-putin.html
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Category : News
Author: William Terite

Taiwan's New Zealand representative has spoken to Newshub to highlight her grave concerns about a conflict brewing in the South China Sea. 

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2023/09/taiwan-representative-in-new-zealand-warns-about-a-more-assertive-china.html
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Category : Analysis
Author: Nectar Gan

ANALYSIS: When the world's most powerful leaders descend on New Delhi this weekend to address the multiple crises facing the world, notably absent will be China's Xi Jinping, who has never missed a G20 summit since taking power in 2012.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2023/09/analysis-xi-jinping-s-g20-no-show-may-be-part-of-a-plan-to-reshape-global-governance.html
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Category : Defence
Author: Penny Wardle

A retired Orion has been pulled apart at Marlborough’s Base Woodbourne and will make its way to the Air Force Museum in Christchurch.

On Tuesday Airbus staff removed the fuselage and wings from the Lockheed P-3K2 Orion NZ4203, ready for transport to Wigram where it will be on public display.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-express/132874960/end-of-an-era-air-force-orion-takes-a-road-trip-from-woodbourne-to-wigram
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Category : News
Author: George Heagney

A campaign to have a soldier who died saving others on Mount Ruapehu recognised with New Zealand’s highest award for bravery has been denied by the prime minister.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300960550/pm-declines-request-to-upgrade-bravery-award-for-soldier-who-died-on-mt-ruapehu-helping-others
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Category : News
Author: RNZ

The government has unveiled new legislation to tax multinational companies that provide digital services.

Minister of Finance Grant Robertson and Minister of Revenue Barbara Edmonds said the "increasing digitisation of commerce" internationally has left gaps in the tax base.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/496826/government-unveils-digital-services-tax-aimed-at-multinationals
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Category : Analysis
Author: Clare Sebastian and Hanna Ziady

"We have no funding restrictions," Russia's President Vladimir Putin told a gathering of military top brass in December. "The country, the government will provide whatever the army asks for." Eighteen months into his war in Ukraine, Putin seems to be keeping that promise.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2023/08/ukraine-invasion-analysis-spiraling-cost-of-war-means-growing-economic-pain-for-russia.html
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