Category : Defence
Author: NZDF

The New Zealand Army has returned to field training in the Pacific after two years spent protecting New Zealand’s borders from COVID-19.

Article: https://www.nzdf.mil.nz/news/army-breaks-new-ground-in-new-caledonia-exercise/
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Category : Defence
Author: Rorbert Bird Group

Construction of hangers and offices to house new P8-A Poseidon aircraft for the New Zealand Defence Force. The building comprises two hangers and interconnecting two storey structures that house office and support functions. Seismic joints separate the building into eight separate structures with varying systems formed from steel framing and precast concrete walls.

Article: https://www.robertbird.com/rbg-projects/te-whare-toroa-ohakea-p8-a-hangars/
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Category : Defence
Author: Robert Ayson
​In little more than a year an inside-out experiment at foreign policy making for New Zealand has been turned outside-in. Barely fifteen months ago Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta set out an agenda which began with the Treaty of Waitangi and sought to globalise indigenous values. But claims to New Zealand’s foreign policy uniqueness have been overtaken by events in Europe. Since Russia launched its devastating invasion of Ukraine earlier this year, Jacinda Ardern’s government has been focused on expressing New Zealand’s solidarity with its larger western partners.

Article: https://www.incline.org.nz/home/new-zealands-foreign-policy-turnaround
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Category : News
Author: Christian Novak
Energy security - to borrow a definition from Australia’s 2019 Liquid Fuel Security Review -  comes down to ensuring reliability of supply, and that it is resilient enough to withstand the most likely disruptions. With the global economy facing upheaval after two years of a global pandemic and now, high inflation, the Russia-Ukraine conflict underscores the need for sovereign governments to protect and manage their strategic assets; in this case, energy supply and the risks associated with them. 

Article: https://www.incline.org.nz/home/new-zealands-management-of-its-strategic-assets-in-need-of-recalibration
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Category : News
Author: Simon Ewing-Jarvie

In the second part of 'Defending New Zealand', I discuss how the country might configure itself to deal with an invading force that has the intention of putting boots on the ground.

Article: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1792541/10834531-defending-new-zealand-2-the-prickly-kiwi
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Category : News
Author: William Hewett

Donald Trump's war of words with Elon Musk has continued with the former US President saying he could have made the Tesla owner "drop to his knees".

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/07/donald-trump-hits-back-at-elon-musk-says-he-could-ve-made-tesla-owner-drop-to-his-knees.html
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Category : Analysis
Author: Christine Rovoi

The United States says a major military exercise under way in the Pacific is not designed to counter or threaten China, but to defend Taiwan, the democratic island that Beijing considers a breakaway province.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/129248524/pacific-military-exercise-is-not-aimed-at-china-says-the-us
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 They say it isn't aimed at China.... but... we all know it is...

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