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Author: Robert Ayson
Australia has just announced that it will join the US-led mission to protect shipping lanes in the Strait of Hormuz against harassment by Iran. New Zealand not only seems unlikely to do the same. It seems unable. Defence Minister Ron Mark has said that "The bottom line [is] that I can barely struggle to keep two P3s [surveillance aircraft] flying ... I just don't see that we have any spare capability right now to engage in that kind of a mission."
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Article: http://www.incline.org.nz/home/where-are-the-frigates
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Author: seawaves

August 14, 2019 – The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) and Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) took time in early August to conduct professional exchanges while off Samoa and in American Samoa.

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Article: https://seawaves.com/2019/08/14/uscg-rnzn-conduct-professional-exchanges-during-operations-in-oceania/
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Author: LINE OF DEFENCE MAGAZINE

Defence Minister Ron Mark has announced on 17 August that Tranche Two of the Network Enabled Army programme has been approved and will commence this year.

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Article: https://defsec.net.nz/2019/08/17/network-enabled-army-two/
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Author: Nathan Gain

Delivered under a US$22 million contract to enhance the nation’s airborne anti-submarine warfare (ASW) capability, this is the first time the technology has been installed on P-3 Orion aircraft anywhere in the world.

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Article: https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2019/08/boeing-completes-upgrade-of-rnzaf-p-3k2-orion-mpas/
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Author: ADM

Boeing recently upgraded the Royal NZ Air Force’s (RNZAF) fleet of six P-3K2 Orion aircraft with new acoustics processing and training simulation technology.

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Article: http://nighthawk.nz/index.php?option=com_content&view=form&layout=edit&a_id=0&Itemid=153
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The New Zealand government has opened tenders for the construction of a new home for the P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft.

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Article: https://navaltoday.com/2019/08/12/new-zealand-seeking-p-8a-poseidon-base-builders-ahead-of-first-aircraft-arrival-in-2023/
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Category: Defence
Author: Commanders William Woityra and Kenneth Boda and Captain Michael Davanzo

In February 1985, the government of New Zealand refused the destroyer USS Buchanan (DDG-14) entry to the port of Auckland after the U.S. Navy refused to declare whether the Buchanan was carrying nuclear weapons, which ran afoul of New Zealand’s recently implemented “nuclear free zone” policy. This otherwise minor incident led the U.S. Navy to ban New Zealand port calls by any Navy or Coast Guard ship and to prohibit New Zealand Navy vessels from visiting U.S. Navy facilities.

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Article: https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2019/july/lift-ban-new-zealand-port-visits
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Category: Defence
Author: Brian Hartigan

A fleet-wide grounding of all Australian MRH-90 helicopters recently put a significant dent in ship-to-shore capabilities – and no doubt dented some egos too – during Australia’s largest and most prestigious exercise.

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Article: https://www.contactairlandandsea.com/2019/07/29/aussies-fly-kiwi-choppers-as-own-fleet-grounded/
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