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Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has announced a refreshed ministerial lineup, which includes the elevation of Chris Penk to Cabinet, replacing the outgoing Judith Collins as New Zealand’s Minister of Defence.
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Read more: Chris Penk to become New Zealand’s 44th Minister of Defence
- Article: https://defsec.net.nz/2026/04/02/chris-penk-to-become-defence-minister/
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The operation was called ‘Trojan Compass’ and it’s a call sign of things to come. The Royal NZ Air Force No 40 Squadron aircraft, crew and detachment were deployed last month to RAAF Base Richmond in New South Wales to work as part of the Australian Defence Force, under Australian call signs, flying to locations across Australia and the Indo-Pacific.
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Read more: NZ joins forces with Australia: ‘The most dangerous times in my life’
- Article: https://newsroom.co.nz/2026/03/18/nz-joins-forces-with-australia-the-most-dangerous-times-in-my-lifetime/
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Closer ties could see Wellington follow Canberra in buying Mogami-class frigate. New Zealand is continuing to weigh its options for replacing two navy frigates, with a statement this week hinting Japan could achieve another big win for its Mogami-class vessels.
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Read more: Australia-New Zealand alliance hints at fresh warship win for Japan
- Article: https://archive.ph/myxAo#selection-2675.0-2675.67
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China is warning that alliances will likely escalate rather than de-escalate tensions and "spread rather than limit the conflicts".
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Read more: Military alliances: is NZ getting a tangled web or a ticket to get in?
- Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/590125/military-alliances-is-nz-getting-a-tangled-web-or-a-ticket-to-get-in
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Tuesday’s meeting between the foreign and defence ministers of Australia and New Zealand was a nicely poised display of strategic alignment and statecraft. It balanced an ambitious plan to build an ANZAC platform of joint procurement, sustainment and operations by 2035 with a clear articulation of both countries’ shared interests and agency in the Pacific and beyond.
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Read more: ANZMIN shows the Australia–New Zealand alliance has focus and potential
- Article: https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/anzmin-shows-the-australia-new-zealand-alliance-has-focus-and-potential/
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Operationalising the Australia-New Zealand Alliance: Anzac 2035 - Closer Defence Relations Statement
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At approximately 4:30am on the 25th of April 1915, the first ANZAC landing at Gallipoli forged a bond unlike any other; changing the Australian and New Zealand relationship forever. Since then, Australians and New Zealanders have served and fought side-by-side with selflessness, courage, perseverance, and mateship, to defend our freedom, our values, and uphold a peaceful world.
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- Article: https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/operationalising-australia-new-zealand-alliance-anzac-2035-closer-defence-relationskk0EO4fLKA
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Military leaders champion being a ‘fast follower’ to Australia through a joint Anzac force, but one academic warns of potential downside.
New Zealand’s military risks losing crucial advantages if it becomes “a small Australia” as part of efforts to build a joint Anzac force, an academic has warned.
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Read more: Anzac ‘force multiplier’ talk risks NZ defence identity
- Article: https://newsroom.co.nz/2026/03/12/anzac-force-multiplier-talk-risks-nz-defence-identity-expert/
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The Royal New Zealand Navy, Defence Science and Technology (DST), and Dawn Aerospace, have completed a live radar tracking experiment using a reusable rocket-powered aircraft off the Canterbury coast.
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Read more: Defence, Navy and industry complete sovereign radar tracking trial off Banks Peninsula
- Article: https://www.nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/news/defence-navy-and-industry-complete-sovereign-radar-tracking-trial-off-banks-peninsula/
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