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President Trump has been in office for nearly two months. In that time, he has certainly upset the status quo. In many respects he has done just as he said he would do during the presidential campaign.
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Read more: Wayne Mapp: Will we invest in the capability to protect our Future?
- Article: https://defsec.net.nz/2025/03/12/wayne-mapp-protecting-our-future/
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Severe weather events have the New Zealand Defence Force carrying out exercises in a forest near Bulls to prepare medics for real-life scenarios in disaster relief operations.
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Read more: NZDF prepares medics for disaster relief amid severe weather events
- Article: https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/lower-north-island/nzdf-exercises-in-bulls-to-ready-medics-for-extreme-weather-events/
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The deaths of three military veterans by suspected suicide over just three weeks has one support group trying to crowd-source similar cases to plug a data hole and come up with a system that will show the extent of self-harm among those who served.
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Now is a good time to consider building on our defence relationship with Canada, writes retired New Zealand Army Lieutenant Colonel and director and co-founder of Latent, Josh Wineera.
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Read more: Canadian technology helps New Zealand Navy track Chinese warships
- Article: https://defsec.net.nz/2025/03/12/canadian-technology-helps-nz-navy-track-chinese-ships/
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From Hawaii to the South China Sea, HMNZS Aotearoa’s 2024 Operation Crucible deployment has been a successful reaffirmation of New Zealand’s partnerships on the water.
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Read more: Aotearoa completes Indo-Pacific mission
- Article: https://www.nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/news/aotearoa-completes-indo-pacific-mission/
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In a world-first a Seasprite helicopter has launched a Penguin anti-ship guided missile. And, as expected, it was right on target.
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Read more: Behind the Penguin Missile launch
- Article: https://www.nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/news/behind-the-penguin-missile-launch/
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand’s new defense minister has a lot on her plate.
The government appointed Judith Collins to the role in October. She’s also the attorney general; the minister for the Government Communications Security Bureau; the minister in charge of digitizing the government; the minister of the Security Intelligence Service; the minister of science, innovation and technology; and the minister of space.
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Read more: New Zealand’s defense minister talks strategy, supply chains and AUKUS
- Article: https://www.defensenews.com/interviews/2024/02/08/new-zealands-defense-minister-talks-strategy-supply-chains-and-aukus/
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Papua New Guinea's Foreign MinisterJustin Tkatchenko says he was not notified about a sophisticated drone that flew into the country's air space around the time a Chinese naval vessel navigated the border between PNG and Australia.
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Read more: Large drone spotted near border with PNG as Chinese warships passed nearby
- Article: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-04/drone-spotted-near-australian-png-border/105005862
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