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Research Note Cover Cabinet at the speed of strategic relevance with outline

Too slow to notice: Four fixes for a fast Cabinet

New Zealand has more information about emerging security threats than ever before, but Cabinet is still too slow to turn warnings into action, a research note released today by The New Zealand Initiative finds. Major General (Ret) John Howard MNZM and Dr Reuben Steff say the problem is speed, not information. Read more

Major General John G Howard, MNZM (Ret)
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Research Note
8 October, 2026
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