Published: 08 Dec 2021
Category: Publication
Defence Assessment 2021: he moana pukepuke e ekengia e te waka / a rough sea can still be navigated was released on 8 December 2021 by the Secretary of Defence alongside the Minister of Defence.
The document provides a comprehensive review of the challenges to New Zealand’s strategic defence interests, as well as defence officials’ advice to Government on changing New Zealand’s defence policy settings.
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Defence Assessment 2021 concludes that two major challenges will have the greatest impact on New Zealand’s security interests over the next 20 years. These are:
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strategic competition; and,
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the impacts of climate change.
To respond to these challenges, Defence Assessment 2021 recommends New Zealand’s defence policy should shift from a predominantly reactive risk management-centred approach to one based on a more deliberate and proactive strategy.
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