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The 2018 Major Projects Report has just been released.

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August 31, 2019 – Expeditionary forces from Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States completed exercise Hydracrab 2019, Aug. 31.

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Article: https://seawaves.com/2019/09/02/u-s-allied-forces-complete-eod-exercise-hydracrab-2019/
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Plans for a second airport in Auckland have taken flight today.

Air New Zealand's confirmed it's working on plans to fly some domestic routes from Whenuapai, which it says will help save passengers money.

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Article: https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heather-du-plessis-allan-drive/audio/grant-bradley-air-new-zealand-backs-second-auckland-airport/
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 Both of ANZAC's frigates are currently over in Canada getting an extensive midlife upgrade. So what are the upgrades our frigates are actually getting? 

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Defence giant Babcock is on the cusp of clinching a lucrative contract to build a new generation of Royal Navy Type 31e frigates, according to industry sources.

The Devonport Dockyard operator is leading a consortium of key players under the umbrella name Arrowhead 400 on behalf of the £1.25billion deal.

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Article: https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymouth-news/royal-navy-type-31e-frigate-3252844
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Author: SAM SACHDEVA

With an inquiry into claims of a military cover-up over deaths in Afghanistan set to wrap up within months, a new report argues New Zealand needs to better track, and prevent, civilian harm in conflicts.

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Article: https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2019/09/04/788870/is-nz-selling-civilians-short-in-our-military-conflicts
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The New Zealand Defence Force says it is preparing court martial proceedings against a soldier accused of several assault charges.

In a media advisory today, the military said the court martial will sit on September 23 at Burnham Military Camp near Christchurch.

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A reunion - twenty years in the making.

In 1999, Navy Captain Shaun Fogarty was deployed to East Timor as a military liaison officer with the United Nations.

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