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Cabinet has confirmed New Zealand will send a further 30 NZ Defence Force personnel to the UK to train Ukrainian in using a light artillery gun, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says.
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Read more: Jacinda Ardern details Ukraine deployment, US trip in post-Cabinet briefing
- Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/467682/watch-jacinda-ardern-details-ukraine-deployment-us-trip-in-post-cabinet-briefing
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New Zealand will deploy 30 Defence Force personnel to support the Ukrainian Armed Forces against Russia.
But at no point will the team enter Ukraine. Instead they will be stationed in the United Kingdom until the end of July.
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Read more: New Zealand sending 30 Defence Force personnel to Europe to train Ukraine's Armed Forces
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2022/05/new-zealand-sending-30-defence-force-personnel-to-europe-to-train-ukraine-s-armed-forces.html
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The second of the country's two naval frigates is due to leave Canada, eight years after an upgrade project began.
The costs to upgrade the ship Te Mana, and before it Te Kaha, have blown out to between $600 million and $700m, due in part to project management mistakes.
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Read more: New Zealand navy frigate to leave Canada after 8 years
- Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/467270/new-zealand-navy-frigate-to-leave-canada-years-after-upgrade-began
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Warning - this article discusses sexual abuse and may distress some readers.
An Australian sailor says she was drugged and raped while serving with the Royal New Zealand Navy on an exchange - and told if she pressed charges she would be sent home.
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- Article: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/australian-sailor-says-she-was-drugged-and-raped-while-serving-with-nz-navy-and-told-not-to-report-it/MAN6VHQZMQYJFZU3P3LXX2V4EE/
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I am getting sick of seeing this in the NZDF as a whole... I don't know what has happening to the NZDF but it's morals have gone down hill since I left. Sort it out. The officer/crew member should not have been able to get away with this behavior in any form.
And while it does nothing for Jennifer now, I apologise that it happened, and if this had happened on my watch the person involved would have had fingers slammed in a hatch as is closed (by accident)
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Defence Force recruitment numbers are below required targets as recruiters battle a strong civilian labour market and a high attrition rate.
A Defence Force spokesperson said recruitment was below required targets for the Army, in particular.
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Read more: Defence Force recruitment for 2022 currently below requirement
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300584463/defence-force-recruitment-for-2022-currently-below-requirement
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Australian-owned NIOA has acquired Sportways Distributors to expand its presence in New Zealand. Sportways is a firearms and ammunition wholesale distributor and will be renamed as NIOA in New Zealand, building on NIOA’s relationships that already include the New Zealand Defence Force and New Zealand Police.
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Read more: NIOA acquires New Zealand firearms wholesaler
- Article: https://asiapacificdefencereporter.com/nioa-acquires-new-zealand-firearms-wholesaler/
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Confusion reigns in discussions about the cost of the Department of Defence’s equipment projects. Whether we’re talking about media articles, parliamentary committee hearings, letters to the editor, duelling internet commentators or any other forms of discourse that address Defence acquisitions, the only thing that’s clear is that we’re almost always talking past each other when it comes to the cost of military equipment. Defence doesn’t help when it releases only a bare minimum of information. This sorry state of affairs reached its peak several years ago, when it turned out that when Defence said that the cost of the Attack-class submarine was $50 billion it really meant that the cost was somewhere around $90 billion.
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Read more: Understanding the price of military equipment
- Article: https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/understanding-the-price-of-military-equipment/
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'Insidious' loss of capability: The Defence Force's struggle to respond to emergencies big and small
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Grounded aircraft, mothballed naval ships. The Defence Force has repeatedly warned the Government it has struggled to respond to even small-scale emergencies. But, as countries hike their defence spending, it’s not clear NZ can solve its woes with billion-dollar defence assets. Thomas Manch reports.
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- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/128498549/insidious-loss-of-capability-the-defence-forces-struggle-to-respond-to-emergencies-big-and-small
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Defence Minister Peeni Henare up there with being one of the weakest Defence Ministers the NZDF has ever had...
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