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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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- Note from Nighthawk.NZ:
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.
- Category : Defence
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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- Category : Defence
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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- Category : News
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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- Category : Defence
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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- Category : Defence
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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- Category : Opinion
Talk of the entire NZDF maritime helicopter fleet being grounded appears to be incorrect according to flight data released to me under the Official Information Act.
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Read more: RNZN Seasprite Helicopters
- Article: https://unclas.wordpress.com/2023/06/20/rnzn-seasprite-helicopters/
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- Category : News
A recently published Fortinet whitepaper highlights the need to protect New Zealand’s critical infrastructure from “grey zone” threats as global tensions heighten and a new Cold War sets in.
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Read more: Protecting New Zealand’s critical infrastructure from attack
- Article: https://defsec.net.nz/2023/06/20/protecting-new-zealands-critical-infrastructure/
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