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Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) medic, Corporal Heidi Joseph, gained first-hand experience in Aeromedical Evacuations while training with international military partners this month.
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Read more: RNZAF medic gains emergency training alongside partner nations in multinational exercise
- Article: https://www.nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/news/rnzaf-medic-gains-emergency-training-alongside-partner-nations-in-multinational-exercise/
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Chinese warships have watched from the sea as Australia has undertaken its largest military training exercise ever.
They've joined forces with 13 nations, including New Zealand.
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- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2023/07/chinese-warships-watch-on-as-13-countries-including-new-zealand-take-part-in-massive-military-training-exercise.html
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ANALYSIS: Is New Zealand about to join 'NATO+'?
That seems to be the effective endgame, if reports ahead of New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins' attendance at the NATO summit in Lithuania are anything to go by.
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Read more: Geoffrey Miller: New Zealand gets ready to embrace NATO
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/07/geoffrey-miller-new-zealand-gets-ready-to-embrace-nato.html
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The headline of this article is a but dumb... NZ can not join NATO+ on any level...? NATO stands "North Atlantic Treaty Organization." Adding the + makes no difference and there is no NATO+. New Zealand is however a Major non-NATO ally or MNNA. There is a difference.
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TOKYO/BRUSSELS -- The North Atlantic Treaty Organization will deepen collaboration with its four major partners in the Indo-Pacific region, simultaneously preparing bilateral cooperation documents with Australia, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea, Nikkei Asia has learned.
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Read more: NATO to upgrade ties with Australia, New Zealand, South Korea
- Article: https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/Indo-Pacific/NATO-to-upgrade-ties-with-Australia-New-Zealand-South-Korea
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand — You fight with what you have, and the New Zealand Defence Force’s firepower is limited.
There are insufficient personnel to operate all the weapon systems in its inventory. Ships are mothballed, and although the first batch of new Bushmaster armored vehicles were delivered May 25 to Trentham Military Camp, Maj. Paul Napier of the Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps told Defense News that the Army lacks drivers.
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Read more: New Zealand’s military chief talks recruitment, drones and Ukraine
- Article: https://www.c4isrnet.com/interviews/2023/07/06/new-zealands-military-chief-talks-recruitment-drones-and-ukraine
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Three of the Royal New Zealand Air Force’s four new P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft are now available for operations.
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Read more: Air Force's new fleet of Poseidon aircraft present and ready for duty
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/300918317/air-forces-new-fleet-of-poseidon-aircraft-present-and-ready-for-duty
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An Australian force design oriented towards Distributed Maritime Operations poses questions for the design of NZ’s future fleet, writes maritime capability specialist and former Royal New Zealand Navy Officer.
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- Article: https://defsec.net.nz/2023/06/23/australian-defence-strategic-review-and-new-zealand/
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand’s military will receive about NZ$5.3 billion (U.S. $3.3 billion) under the country’s 2023/2024 defense budget, unveiled May 18.
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Read more: New Zealand unveils defense budget, with Army in the lead
- Article: https://www.defensenews.com/global/asia-pacific/2023/05/18/new-zealand-unveils-defense-budget-with-army-in-the-lead/
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