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A key C-130-J project milestone was celebrated this week, as representatives from New Zealand, Defence personnel and Lockheed Martin senior staff gathered for a bulkhead signing ceremony at the factory in Marietta Georgia, USA.
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Read more: New C-130-Js taking shape
- Article: https://www.defence.govt.nz/the-latest/story/new-c-130-js-taking-shape
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The Government will spend more than $400 million on boosting defence personnel’s wages in the coming for years, as it battles record-high attrition in the armed forces.
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- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/131981601/chris-hipkins-announces-400m-for-defence-personnel-wages-after-returning-from-kings-coronation
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New Zealand Defence Force personnel are set to receive a pay rise from July in a bid to combat high staff turnover, the Government has announced.
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Read more: NZDF personnel to receive pay rise from July 1
- Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2023/05/08/nzdf-personnel-to-receive-pay-rise-from-july-1/#:~:text=The%20pay%20for%20many%20NZDF
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The Government is hoping to address attrition in the Defence Force with a major pre-Budget funding announcement that will deliver the "biggest pay increase in over a decade" for personnel.
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Read more: Massive Defence spend to see personnel receive 'biggest pay increase in over a decade'
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/05/budget-2023-massive-defence-spend-to-see-personnel-receive-biggest-pay-increase-in-over-a-decade.html
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The Government is spending up large on the Defence Force in an attempt to cauterize record numbers of personnel leaving.
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- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/05/budget-2023-defence-boost-to-stop-personnel-leaving-as-geostrategic-competition-in-our-region-intensifies.html
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One of the Prime Minister's first duties in London was to visit the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) camp where Kiwi soldiers are training Ukranians for combat.
It's the first New Zealand prime ministerial visit the soldiers have had since the training programme began in June.
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- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/05/nzdf-soldiers-training-ukrainians-for-combat-in-united-kingdom-paid-first-visit-by-chris-hipkins-since-programme-began.html
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The New Zealand Defence Force has quietly disposed of $29 million worth of air defence missiles which were never used or brought into service.
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Read more: Axing missile system leaves NZ Army without air defence
- Article: https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/axing-missile-system-leaves-nz-army-without-air-defence
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The Ministry of Defence is poised to go shopping for proposals on acquiring drones, as well as look at buying about $1 billion worth of maritime helicopters.
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Read more: Ministry of Defence sets sights on new maritime helicopters and drones
- Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/488588/ministry-of-defence-sets-sights-on-new-maritime-helicopters-and-drones
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