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- Category : Opinion
Treasury had an issue with the Defence Force wanting to shovel a lot of its Budget windfall into meeting cost pressures instead of new kit, newly released documents show.
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Read more: Cost pressures or new kit? The Budget dilemma for the Defence Force
- Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/572829/cost-pressures-or-new-kit-the-budget-dilemma-for-the-defence-force
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- Note from Nighthawk.NZ:
And this is what happens when you bleed the defence force of funding... they try their best by taking from Peter to feed Paul hoping to pay back Peter later on only to find out they now get less money so they can't... and it is all down hill from there.
- Category : Defence
Two 500kg external gas tanks were fitted to two Royal New Zealand Air Force helicopters as they flew between two countries for the first time, and crossed a large swathe of ocean.
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Read more: What are the new cannisters strapped to the RNZAF helicopters?
- Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/09/12/what-are-the-new-cannisters-strapped-to-the-rnzaf-helicopters/
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- Category : Opinion
Military historians say a law change will let the Defence Force off the hook for not keeping war records.
A change to the Public Records Act would let the NZDF seek an exemption from its legal duty to keep records if it is in multinational deployment.
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Read more: Defence won't have to keep some war records under law change
- Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/572705/defence-won-t-have-to-keep-some-war-records-under-law-change
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- Category : Defence
The New Zealand Defence Force has filed a notice of appeal against the sentence handed down in a landmark Court Martial held at Linton Military Camp last month, where a soldier was convicted of attempted espionage.
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Read more: NZDF appeals soldier's 'inadequate' attempted espionage sentence
- Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/09/05/nzdf-appeals-soldiers-inadequate-attempted-espionage-sentence/
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- Category : Defence
The New Zealand Defence Force and Bougainville appear to be at odds over whether a RNZ Air Force Hercules C-130J had permission to land in the autonomous region of Papua New Guinea.
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Read more: Bougainville reportedly unhappy with RNZAF presence
- Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/572313/bougainville-reportedly-unhappy-with-rnzaf-presence
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- Category : Defence
New Zealand is buying five new Seahawk maritime helicopters from the US for $400 million each, when Australia recently paid $82m each for the same choppers.
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Read more: Why NZ's new Seahawk maritime helicopters cost $400 million each
- Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/572387/why-nz-s-new-seahawk-maritime-helicopters-cost-400-million-each
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- Category : News
The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) has emerged from a US-led wargame testing how they could win a future conflict in space.
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Read more: NZ Defence force partakes in space conflict testing
- Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/571582/nz-defence-force-partakes-in-space-conflict-testing
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- Category : Opinion
A former New Zealand soldier convicted of attempted espionage wanted to defect to a foreign country. Instead, he'll serve time in military detention, and is likely to have his name suppression removed.
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Read more: Attempted spying conviction for soldier who was less Bond, more bumbling
- Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/thedetail/570687/attempted-spying-conviction-for-soldier-who-was-less-bond-more-bumbling
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