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Neil Sanderson has research from Pew. In 2008, the number of people gettign their news off the Internet went from 24% to 40%, beating newspapers at 34% for the first time. Tv remains top at 70R% but...
View ArticleThe Defence Review
The Government has announced terms of reference for the Defence Review. I have a proposal which I think will result in a better Defence Force. It is: To abolish the Royal New Zealand Air Force as a...
View ArticleThe Stephen Wilce CV
TV3 have done a great job with their expose of a top defence official’s fake CV. The claims made on there should have been simple to verify, and it is disturbing that this was not done. I think the...
View ArticleA further inquiry re Wilce is needed
The Herald reports on the latest revelations from 60 minutes about Stephen Wilce: Disgraced former Defence Force top scientist Stephen Wilce ignored concerns about military projects which led to at...
View ArticleIs a seperate air force viable?
Labour’s abolition of the strike wing of the air force, was one of the things they did I most disagree with. Sadly, it was also one of those decision almost impossible to reverse – the pilots have...
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Bringing the SAS home – a week early
This is almost too funny for words. Labour’s bold new defence policy is: Labour will withdraw New Zealand’s SAS troops from Afghanistan within 90 days of assuming office Why is this so funny? Well the...
View ArticleA small boost for Defence
Stuff reports: The Government has confirmed $100 million in new funding for the defence force in the coming financial year – part of a $535 million package for the next four years. A $100.9 million...
View ArticleDefence spending to remain modest
The Herald reports: Up to $20 billion will be spent on New Zealand’s Defence Force over the next 15 years, the Government revealed today, including a scaling-up of operations in the Southern Ocean and...
View ArticleBurr: Labour/Greens will decimate NZ Defence Force
Lloyd Burr at Newshub writes: Labour and the Greens are in la-la land if they think they can use $20 billion earmarked for a long-needed Defence Force upgrade as a slush fund for their election...
View ArticleSurprise, Greens against military planes
Stuff reports: The Green Party says New Zealand is not truly subscribing to the rules-based order by purchasing new military planes with increased combat capability. On Monday, Defence Minister Ron...
View ArticleBall supporting the Defence industry
A good op ed by NZ First MP Darroch Ball: Very shortly Palmerston North will be hosting the Defence Industry Association’s annual conference. We have been hearing it called a “weapons conference” and...
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