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NZDF prepares for major warfighting exercise in Australia

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Parent Category: News
Category: Defence
Published: 07 June 2025
Category : News
Author: 1News Reporters

New Zealand Defence Force personnel and assets have begun to deploy to one of the world's largest multi-national military exercises being held in Australia next week.

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Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/06/05/nzdf-prepares-for-major-warfighting-exercise-in-australia/
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RNZAF NH90 fleet’s software upgrade a world first

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Written by NighthawkNZ
Category: News
Published: 28 May 2025
Category : News
Author: NZDF

The Royal New Zealand Air Force’s (RNZAF) NH90 helicopter fleet has just been updated with software and equipment that will now allow the aircraft to better integrate into New Zealand’s controlled airspace – and it was done in record time at Base Ohakea.

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Read more: RNZAF NH90 fleet’s software upgrade a world first

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Navy helicopter upgrade needed after Seasprites 'worked to the bone' - experts

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Written by NighthawkNZ
Category: News
Published: 18 May 2025
Category : Opinion
Author: Russell Palmer

The government's $2 billion spend on new naval helicopters is being welcomed by experts, but the opposition says other problems need just as much focus.

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Read more: Navy helicopter upgrade needed after Seasprites 'worked to the bone' - experts

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/559902/navy-helicopter-upgrade-needed-after-seasprites-worked-to-the-bone-experts
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DCP 2025 - Thoughts

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Written by NighthawkNZ
Parent Category: News
Category: Defence
Published: 20 April 2025
Category : News
Author: Nighthawk

After taking some time to reflect on the Defence Capability Plan (DCP) 2025, I am generally supportive of its direction and content. I agree with Judith Collins' characterization of it as a beginning — “the floor, not the ceiling” — and the analogy that the NZDF has moved “out of intensive care and into the ward.” However, much more remains to be done.

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Government unveils $12 billion Defence Capability Plan

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Written by NighthawkNZ
Parent Category: News
Category: Defence
Published: 07 April 2025
Category : Defence
Author: Anneke Smith

The government will invest $12 billion over the next four years for a "modern, combat-capable" New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF).

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Read more: Government unveils $12 billion Defence Capability Plan

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