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NEWS || We’re supporting the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade-led New Zealand Government response to the Samoan Measles epidemic, sending our Royal New Zealand Air Force Hercules aircraft with medical equipment and 50,000 vaccines last Friday and our Boeing aircraft with 2784 kgs of medical supplies today.
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Read more: New Zealand Defence Force supporting Samoan measles epidemic response
- Article: https://medium.com/@nzdefenceforce/new-zealand-defence-force-supporting-samoan-measles-epidemic-response-fefdb89a56e6
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The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) last night welcomed home the second-last contingent of personnel who have been serving as part of the Building Partner Capacity Mission in Iraq.
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Read more: NZDF personnel welcomed home from second-last camp Taji deployment
- Article: https://medium.com/@nzdefenceforce/nzdf-personnel-welcomed-home-home-from-camp-taji-as-10th-and-final-group-deployed-8d795afa2d47
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- Note from Nighthawk.NZ:
Tērā te haeata takiri ana mai i runga o Pukaha!
Ara tai uru, whai uru, whai uru!
Ara whai ato, whai ato, whai ato!
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- Article: https://www.beehive.govt.nz/speech/speech-2019-defence-industry-advisory-council-and-defence-employer-support-council-awards
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THE NEXT major defence project on the books after the C-130J Hercules and the Boeing P-8A Poseidons are replacements for the RNZN’s two Anzac Class frigates Te Mana and Te Kaha. While these are due to remain in service until late in the next decade, planning is under way.
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Read more: Australians hope NZ will buy Hunter class frigates
New Zealand Defence Force firefighters are currently working in Australia to help control bushfires spreading across New South Wales and Queensland.
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Read more: NZ Defence firefighters on Oz bushfire front lines – ADF cites OH&S
- Article: https://www.contactairlandandsea.com/2019/11/26/new-zealand-defence-firefighters-on-australian-bushfire-front-lines/
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Naval opinion is firming on the next class of frigate to replace the RNZN’s two Anzac Class frigates Te Kaha and Te Mana which are scheduled to be retired within 10 years under the Defence Capability plans.
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Read more: Navy firms its thinking about frigate replacements
- Article: https://pointofordernz.wordpress.com/2019/11/25/navy-firms-its-thinking-about-frigate-replacements/
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Military brass from China, the US, Australia and New Zealand convened at SkyCity to simulate the evacuation of a Pacific island.
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Read more: Green MP questions why $16,000 military exercise held at SkyCity
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/117557713/green-mp-questions-why-16000-military-exercise-held-at-skycity
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- Note from Nighthawk.NZ:
With the scaffolding gone, HMNZS TE KAHA reveals her new superstructure to workers in Victoria Shipyard in Esquimalt. TE KAHA, sitting beside HMNZS TE MANA, departed New Zealand on 9 February 2018, as the first of the two frigates to start her Frigate System Upgrade in Canada.
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Read more: TE KAHA’s new look.
- Article: http://nighthawk.nz
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