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A judge has rejected the New Zealand Defence Force's claim that a training exercise in which a decorated soldier died was exempt from health and safety laws.
This is in part because the training couldn't be deemed "operational" because it used US Black Hawk helicopters, which the New Zealand army does not normally have access to. The Black Hawk helicopters would therefore be unavailable for the New Zealand Defence Force to use in response to a domestic incident.
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Read more: Why a judge rejected NZDF claims about exemptions from health and safety laws
- Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/455335/explainer-why-a-judge-rejected-nzdf-claims-about-exemptions-from-health-and-safety-laws
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- Category : News
When Lee Alexander Doyle was betrayed by his platoon leader, his request for help was given a quick reply: suck it up.
Heartbroken after his partner had an affair with the leader, he turned to taking, then dealing, drugs to cope.
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Read more: Soldier who turned to drugs after heartbreak sentenced for dealing MDMA
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/300446004/soldier-who-turned-to-drugs-after-heartbreak-sentenced-for-dealing-mdma
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- Category : Defence
On 11 November 2021, the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) reported that NH90-TTH with serial NZ3302 (construction number 1206) reach 2,000 flying hours. With this milestone, the RNZAF NH90 is the first in the world of this type to reach this number of flying hours.
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Read more: Milestone RNZAF NH90
- Article: https://www.scramble.nl/military-news/milestone-rnzaf-nh90
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To be fair it's serial construction number 1206 ... and it is the first in the world to reach 2000 flying hours... it means the NH-90's are over worked and we don't have enough air frames to spread the work load out over the entire fleet. No something to be proud of really.
- Category : Defence
Future maritime conflict will be conducted in the grey zone. It’s a reality that New Zealand cannot ignore, and it has implications for the next generation of naval capability, writes maritime capability specialist and former Royal New Zealand Navy Officer Andrew Watts.
I once tried to explain to a very intelligent person what the Navy was for. I described how it protected our Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and Extended Continental Shelf (ECS), and that 90% of our trade by value and 99% by volume travelled in ships and thus needed to be protected, as did the 90% of our information traffic with the wider world that passes along undersea cables.
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Read more: Sustained Presence: The Royal New Zealand Navy and the Grey Zone
- Article: https://defsec.net.nz/2021/11/10/royal-new-zealand-navy-and-the-grey-zone/
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- Category : Defence
A private Defence Force (NZDF) briefing outlining a “much worse” strategic environment was published online for anyone to see.
The seminar – outlining the 2021 Defence Assessment – was removed from a professional development website after questions from Stuff.
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- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/300449073/internal-defence-force-briefing-warning-of-much-worse-strategic-environment-removed-from-public-website
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Christian Venzal has been appointed Managing Director of Airbus Helicopters in Australia and New Zealand, with effect 1 November. Based in Brisbane, Christian is responsible for the company’s civil and military helicopter business in both countries, as well as for its MRO services and local operations.
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Read more: Airbus Helicopters appoints new MD for Australia and New Zealand
- Article: https://asiapacificdefencereporter.com/airbus-helicopters-appoints-new-md-for-australia-and-new-zealand/
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Military email exchanges from the early days of Afghanistan’s fall show that talk of a New Zealand evacuation mission into Kabul went from “not feasible” to imminent within days – a sign of the volatile situation on the ground.
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Read more: Afghanistan evacuation: From ‘not feasible’ to underway within days
- Article: https://www.newsroom.co.nz/afghanistan-evacuation-from-not-feasible-to-underway-within-days
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A New Zealand Air Force aircraft is being deployed to help "detect and deter actions" by North Korea that contravene United Nations sanctions.
The deployment of the P-3 Orion, which will operate out of Japan, was announced by Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta and Defence Minister Peeni Henare on Thursday.
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Read more: Air force plane to help enforce sanctions on North Korea
- Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2021/11/04/air-force-plane-to-help-enforce-sanctions-on-north-korea/
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