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The 'number 8 wire' days for NZ's defence force are over – new priorities will demand bigger budgets

  • Written by John Moremon, Senior Lecturer in Defence Studies, Massey University

New Zealanders have been put on notice that defence and security are among the bigger challenges the country faces this century.

The assessment earlier this year by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Navigating a Shifting World-Te whakatere i tētahi ao hurihuri, warned “the future looks grim” geopolitically. The release last week of...

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