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Luxon claims underdog status for NZ leaders' debate

Opposition Leader Chris Luxon has been caught out telling a porkie on the eve of the first leaders' debate of the New Zealand election campaign.

AAP · Sep 18, 2023

Ben Stokes crosses 3,000 run mark in ODI cricket

Ben Stokes crossed 3,000 ODI runs mark vs NZ, smashing 182 in 124 balls. He surpassed Jason Roy's 180, with 4 centuries & 22 half-centuries in 108 ODIs. England scored 368, NZ 187 in 39 overs. Woakes, Livingstone & Topley starred with the ball. Stokes won 'Player of the Match'.…

The Hindu · Sep 14, 2023

NZ election 2023: with a month to go, polls point to a right-wing coalition government

The New Zealand general election to be held in one month, on October 14, will be the country’s tenth under the mixed member proportional system (MMP).

The Conversation · Sep 14, 2023

Natural hazards, a warming climate and new resource laws – why NZ needs geoscientists more than ever

Earth scientists and technical staff are in scope for potential job losses at New Zealand universities as part of a wider cost-cutting exercise. As a geologist, I find these mooted redundancies stupefying.

The Conversation · Aug 29, 2023

Talk of a new Cold War is overheated – but NZ faces complex challenges in the era of ‘strategic competition’

As the general election nears, the campaign focus so far has been almost exclusively on domestic issues. And yet, over the past two months, no fewer than five government documents have been released outlining the significant defence and security challenges the country now faces.

The Conversation · Aug 28, 2023

The defence dilemma facing NZ's next government: stay independent or join 'pillar 2' of AUKUS?

Strategy, as the great military thinker Carl von Clausewitz once observed, is the process of effectively applying means to achieve clearly defined ends. But good strategy in global politics has proved easier said than done.

The Conversation · Aug 23, 2023

Out of the shadows: why making NZ’s security threat assessment public for the first time is the right move

Today’s release of the threat assessment by the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (SIS) is the final piece in a defence and security puzzle that marks a genuine shift towards more open and public discussion of these crucial policy areas.

The Conversation · Aug 11, 2023

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

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

The Conversation · Aug 10, 2023

Trent Boult returns to national camp ahead of New Zealand's white-ball series against England

New Zealand speedster Trent Boult has made a return to the national side training camp ahead of the white-ball series against UAE and England. Read further on Dynamite News :

Dynamite News · Aug 10, 2023

Meeting the long-term climate threat takes more than private investment – 10 ways NZ can be smart and strategic

The announcement of a partnership between the government and the world’s biggest investment manager BlackRock in a NZ$2 billion climate infrastructure fund suggests the company is expecting renewable energy in New Zealand to increase its own profitability.

The Conversation · Aug 9, 2023