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The Defence Force's (NZDF) ability to respond to a major disaster has been significantly compromised, mainly due to its security role at managed isolation hotels.
Top-ranking officials have warned that with more than 1000 troops at any one time staffing MIQ and quarantine, or preparing to go, it would not be able to respond at the same scale and speed as in the past.
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Read more: Defence Force role in MIQ 'reduces capability' to deal with major disaster
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/08/defence-force-role-in-miq-reduces-capability-to-deal-with-major-disaster.html
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A majority of New Zealanders say they oppose “killer robots”, or autonomous weapons, being used in conflict, making the country among the most concerned in the world.
As the Government considers its policy on autonomous weapons and pushes for international rules around their use, a survey commissioned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Mfat) shows there little knowledge of, but some concern about, so-called “killer robots” among the public.
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Read more: New Zealanders concerned about 'killer robots' as Government pushes against new arms race
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/126024267/new-zealanders-concerned-about-killer-robots-as-government-pushes-against-new-arms-race
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Britain's flagship carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth will sail through the South China Sea in August. It has already linked up with the Indian Navy for an expansive military drill. Will this armada of democracies rattle China?
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Read more: British warship to challenge Beijing in South China Sea
- Article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cp02DLratA
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Military assets in the Pacific are increasing, ostensibly in an effort to help curb one of the region’s biggest challenges: illegal fishing. However, it’s also in part an effort to counter China’s influence in the region. National correspondent Lucy Craymer looks at what this means and New Zealand’s role in it.
A New Zealand Defence Force P-3K2 Orion took off from Nauru’s only runway this week. The crew of the plane spent the next several hours peering out of its windows at the expanse of blue ocean below, looking for fishing boats, yachts and merchant ships.
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Read more: The new militarisation of the Pacific
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/300375964/the-new-militarisation-of-the-pacific
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A New Zealand navy officer has been accused of conspiring to import cocaine following one of the biggest international crime busts in modern times.
Darren Miini Kerekere Katipa, 42, was arrested in early June following Operation Van, a long-running investigation into organised crime in New Zealand.
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Read more: Organised crime bust: Navy officer accused of conspiring to import cocaine
- Article: https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/organised-crime-bust-navy-officer-accused-conspiring-import-cocaine
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Former Defence Minister Wayne Mapp forecasts a decline in NZDF deployments over the next three years, and less money to spend. For the time being, he writes, deployments and spending should be targeted closer to home.
The final withdrawal of NZDF personnel from Afghanistan will take place this May. By then New Zealand will have fewer NZDF personnel on overseas deployment than at any time over the last 25 years. It is therefore timely to look ahead for the next three years, being the current term of this government.
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Read more: The Next Three Years: Less deployments, less dollars for the NZDF
- Article: https://defsec.net.nz/2021/04/19/defence-deployments-spending/
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Welcome Canada frigate HMCS Calgary sails into Auckland today behind HMNZS Taupo. The visit is in strict compliance with the NZ Government’s Maritime Border Order. Crew cannot disembark without negative COVID-19 tests & are symptom-free for 14 days.
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Read more: HMCS Calgary sails into Auckland
- Article: https://twitter.com/NZNavy/status/1422713501923962880
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Work on the largest and most complex construction project ever undertaken by the Ministry of Defence and New Zealand Defence Force is picking up pace, with the foundations laid and piles drilled for the new Base Ōhakea.
When complete, the new base will be home to No. 5 Squadron and their four new Royal New Zealand Air Force P-8A Poseidon aircraft.
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Read more: Foundations laid for landing of NZDF’s newest aircraft
- Article: https://insidegovernment.co.nz/foundations-laid-for-nzdfs-newest-aircraft/
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