Finally, the business end of Defence’s big investments

Finally, the business end of Defence’s big investments
Chris Penk (from left), Winston Peters, Judith Collins and Christopher Luxon announce a defence funding boost at Whenuapai on Sunday. (Image: NZME)
Josh Wineera
Josh Wineera (Lieutenant Colonel retired), is a director and co-founder of Latent, a consultancy company specialising in partnerships for advanced defence and national security technologies. He is a visiting fellow with the University of Canterbury’s Pacific Regional Security Hub and served as a defence adviser to Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, the Cook Islands, Niue, Tuvalu and Kiribati.The $2.96 billion pre-Budget Defence announcement by the Prime Minister and three other ministers at Whenuapai Air Force base on Sunday was both remarkable and invi...

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