Increase Defence Spending

Thank you to China for showing up in the Tasman Sea and rattling its sabre. Finally, the stupid politicians in Wellington are seeing that New Zealand does not live in a benign security environment:

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/542714/expert-says-china-s-military-exercise-in-tasman-sea-serves-as-serious-threat

I suggest NZ look at the following type of aircraft: https://www.northropgrumman.com/what-we-do/air/triton 

MQ-4C Triton

When it comes to attacking surface targets, kamikaze drones could be used to good effect. By swarming them, one is likely to get through a ship's defences. 

But, here's the thing: all of this is academic if the NZ government fails to address the underlying and very serious problem; and that is the government presents no reason for the young to want to fight for their country. In 2020, we all saw how the NZ government tried to kill its own people, put everyone under house arrest, wrecked lives. Then, they came in with jab mandates. If any young person asks me if they should sign up; my reaction is, are you a fool?

So, mea culpa required, change your ways NZ government, we see you, and we're not prepared to fight your wars.

Oh, and just to add: one seriously equipped warship parked off NZ's coast, effectively owns the country. NZ does not refine its own fuels, and the one hostile vessel would prevent fuel supplies arriving, and shut the whole country down. No farm output, no transport, the place comes to a standstill. You cannot even make this stuff up if you tried, New Zealand has reached peak stupidity. 

Chinese Warship Presence

Chinese warships are sailing off the east coast of Australia, near Sydney. New Zealand has gone into a panic, particularly as it lacks a navy and air force. By that I mean, NZ has no warship capable of meaningful surface combat and it completely lacks a fast, high flying air-to-air and air-to-surface strike capability. The current mess NZ finds itself in is a direct result of the Helen Clark years, when she said NZ lived in a benign security environment. Could anyone be more stupid? They couldn't, that's why NZ's prime minister at the time, moved on to the United Nations after her tenure came to an end. Since then, things have worsened, so much so that now NZ lacks a defence altogether. 

NZ, grow a pair, and employ drones capable of patrolling NZ's maritime environment and with the ability to attack. This would be enough to deter aggressors.

New Zealand Navy

Get yourself a navy New Zealand, and stop incompetently sinking what little you do have.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350441801/what-we-know-about-hmnzs-manawanui-disaster

A Court of Inquiry has been launched into the incident, which is the first time “in peace time” the navy lost a ship.

New Zealand, Japan and Australia - Allies

New Zealand needs to get itself a navy, so this is a good sign; in a move designed to remind China that Taiwan is not on its own, NZ, Japan and Australia have sailed through the Taiwan Strait. This is significant as Japan usually avoids the route, to avoid any confrontation.

History buffs will also be aware that this draws old allies together; in the First World War the three fought together and their ships served alongside one another.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/26/japan-sends-warship-through-taiwan-strait-for-first-time

Japan has sent a destroyer through the Taiwan Strait for the first time, Japanese media reported, amid increasing military activity around Japan by China.

The Sazanami entered the strait from the East China Sea on Wednesday morning, spending more than 10 hours sailing south to complete the passage, public broadcaster NHK and the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper reported on Thursday.

The passage was conducted with naval ships from Australia and New Zealand ahead of planned drills in the disputed South China Sea, the reports said.

The Chinese military was on “high alert” on Thursday and China said it had lodged a complaint with Japan.