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National supports the idea of New Zealand lifting its level of defence spending, possibly to a level of 2 per cent of GDP, the level regarded as something of an international benchmark.
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Read more: National keen on lifting defence spending, party discussing $1.7b costs
- Article: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/christopher-luxon-says-national-keen-on-lifting-defence-spending-party-discussing-17b-costs/ZHA3GAW7UPPMQE3K6X76WKQ6Q4/
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At a January meeting between a Chinese general and New Zealand’s defence secretary, there was one Pacific issue that New Zealand wanted to speak about in detail – the Solomon Islands.
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Read more: NZ defence secretary raises Solomon Islands concerns with Chinese general
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/128257356/nz-defence-secretary-raises-solomon-islands-concerns-with-chinese-general
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The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) has released a statement in relation to a story aired on Australian television overnight alleging incidents of brutality by an Australian soldier that were reportedly witnessed by NZ soldiers in East Timor in 1999.
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Read more: NZDF responds to East Timor allegations
- Article: https://insidegovernment.co.nz/nzdf-responds-to-east-timor-allegations/
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Secret documents have revealed the eyewitness accounts of New Zealand special forces soldiers who accused an Australian SAS operator of brutalising the corpses of two militiamen in the aftermath of a fierce firefight in East Timor in 1999.
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Read more: Investigation uncovers shocking NZ SAS statements about Australian soldier in East Timor
- Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/464639/investigation-uncovers-shocking-nz-sas-statements-about-australian-soldier-in-east-timor
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Experts say New Zealand’s Defence Force is “not yet in a fit state” to face current threats as military spending has been allocated to the wrong places.
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Read more: Defence Force 'not yet in a fit state' to face cyber and maritime threats
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/300555037/defence-force-not-yet-in-a-fit-state-to-face-cyber-and-maritime-threats--expert
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Oh Peeni Henare... you have no clue what so ever do you no clue... get your head out of the sand and out of your own arse and face the reality of the situation. You are turning out to be the worst Defence Minister New Zealand has ever had... and that is saying something
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The war in Ukraine has several features with which we in Australia are already familiar. The Ukrainian state has dominated the information war in our news cycles and social media. We have seen images of smashed Russian truck convoys, Ukrainian farmers towing off Russian armoured vehicles and air defence systems, and Russian tanks being destroyed in great numbers by Ukrainian artillery, armed drones and infantry wielding lethal, mobile anti-tank guided-missile systems such as the Javelin and NLAW (next-generation light anti-tank weapon).
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Read more: The Russo-Ukrainian war’s lessons for the Australian Army
- Article: https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-russo-ukrainian-wars-lessons-for-the-australian-army/
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Three soldiers suffered burns to their bodies during a training exercise using molotov cocktails to prepare them for peacekeeping duties.
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- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2022/03/defence-force-to-pay-450k-in-fines-reparation-after-three-soldiers-suffered-burns-during-training-exercise.html
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Three soldiers are dealing with mental and physical scars more than a year after they were doused in fuel and burnt by a Molotov cocktail during a training exercise.
Relationship break-ups, strange looks from children, panic attacks and what one described as “pyrophobia” – a fear of hot things – plague them as a consequence of the New Zealand Defence Force failing to keep them safe.
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Read more: Soldiers doused in fuel, set alight by Molotov during riot training
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/300553163/soldiers-doused-in-fuel-set-alight-by-molotov-during-riot-training
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