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Category : News

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.

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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Category : Analysis
Author: Jamie Ensor

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.

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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Category : Defence
Author: Amelia Wade

The Government is spending up large on the Defence Force in an attempt to cauterize record numbers of personnel leaving.

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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Category : Defence
Author: Alexa Cook

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. 

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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Category : Defence
Author: Oscar Francis

The New Zealand Defence Force has quietly disposed of $29 million worth of air defence missiles which were never used or brought into service.

Article: https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/axing-missile-system-leaves-nz-army-without-air-defence
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Category : Defence
Author: Phil Pennington

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.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/488588/ministry-of-defence-sets-sights-on-new-maritime-helicopters-and-drones
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Category : Defence
Author: Andy Brew

The Royal New Zealand Navy’s newest and largest ship, the HMNZS Aotearoa, has been practising its manoeuvres in the Marlborough Sounds.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-express/news/131808680/navys-newest-and-biggest-ship-undergoes-training-drills-in-picton-harbour
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Category : News
Author: APDR

Following the news that New Zealand expressed its willingness in joining the non-nuclear ‘pillar two’ of the AUKUS agreement that involves working on several emerging technologies, Harshavardhan Dabbiru, Defence Analyst at GlobalData, a data and analytics company, offers his view:

Article: https://asiapacificdefencereporter.com/globaldata-new-zealand-potential-involvement-in-aukus-may-enhance-regional-security-challenges/
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