The need for speed to take advantage of the intelligence glut

Major General John G Howard, MNZM (Ret)
Reuben Steff
The Post
14 October, 2026

Here is a paradox that ought to trouble ministers more than any single threat named in the NZSIS’s 2026 Security Threat Environment report, released in August.

The New Zealand Government has never had more useful intelligence available to it than it does today. Yet it is not digesting that intelligence quickly enough to matter.

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