Category : Defence

The Defence Force is looking to add to its fleet of about 60 drones.

Some of the current 60 are obsolete and being withdrawn just four years after the military began buying drones, but new ones will be added.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/443165/defence-force-seeks-more-drones-for-fleet
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Category : Defence
Author: Royal New Zealand Navy

Can’t beat Wellington on a good day ☀️😍 HMNZS Aotearoa sailed into Te Whanganui–a-Tara this morning on her maiden voyage to the Capital for a week of official engagements.

The 26,000 tonne vessel, Aotearoa, is the newest in our fleet and, at 173 metres in length, the largest-ever to have flown our Navy’s White Ensign.

Article: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=249651273581321
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Category : Defence
Author: George Block

The Ministry of Defence is testing the waters with the military maritime industry over a new ship to patrol the vast icy expanse between New Zealand and Antarctica.

The project is in its early stages, but planning documents indicate the ice-strengthened ship would cost between $300m and $600m.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300310572/defence-force-launches-new-southern-ocean-patrol-vessel-project-price-tag-300m
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Author: Jimmy Ellingham

Pacific nuclear test veterans are encouraged their quest to gain a long-awaited apology for being exposed to radiation appears to have ministerial support.

Kiwi sailors on the decks of the HMNZS Rotoiti and HMNZS Pukaki witnessed atomic explosions and collected weather data during Operation Grapple, Britain’s Pacific nuclear testing programme of the 1950s.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300309768/nuclear-test-veterans-encouraged-quest-for-apology-will-succeed
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Author: Nick Lee-Frampton

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — The New Zealand Defence Force has issued a request for information on design and build solutions for an eventual ice-strengthened offshore patrol vessel that the Royal New Zealand Navy would operate in the Southern Ocean and Antarctic’s Ross Sea for at least four months per year.

Article: https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2021/05/13/new-zealand-is-seeking-industry-info-to-build-antarctic-patrol-vessel/
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Author: Thomas Manch

New Zealand’s navy will join the United Kingdom's flagship aircraft carrier in a tour of the Indo-Pacific, including passing through the contested South China Sea, the defence minister says.

The HMS Queen Elizabeth departed Portsmouth, England, on Sunday for its maiden voyage. It will lead a carrier strike group that includes United States and Dutch navies on a tour of 40 countries, reaching India, East Asia, and the Pacific later this year.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/125013434/new-zealand-navy-will-join-british-flotilla-on-tour-through-east-asia-defence-minister-says
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Author: Hon Peeni Henare & Hon Nanaia Mahuta
We’re deploying one of our Royal New Zealand Air Force Orion maritime patrol aircraft in support of United Nations Security Council (UNSC) sanctions on North Korea.
Category : Defence
Author: Royal New Zealand Navy
From topside to inside. Following the installation of her new superstructure, HMNZS Te Mana recently moved across Canada’s Esquimalt Harbour from Victoria Shipyards to the Fleet Maintenance Facility for the next stage of her frigate systems upgrade.

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