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Category : Defence
Author: RNZ Online

New Zealand and the United Kingdom have agreed to explore opportunities for closer defence cooperation in the face of a changing world.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/572816/nz-and-uk-sign-new-defence-cooperation-statement
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Category : Analysis
Author: Phil Pennington

The Pentagon's go-to killer drone-maker, Anduril, has cemented a big deal in Australia and has come visiting New Zealand.

Meantime, Defence Minister Judith Collins has been in London, where drones are the first order of the day at the UK's biggest defence expo.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/573031/spot-jam-and-shoot-dronemakers-spread-wares-from-london-to-wellington
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Category : Analysis
Author: Teuila Fuatai

The Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG) is criticising Aotearoa over the presence of a New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) plane in the region.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/572730/stupid-explanation-bougainville-slams-new-zealand-over-military-aircraft-landing-in-buka
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 Some one stuffed up some where...?

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Category : Opinion
Author: Phil Pennington

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.

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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 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.

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Category : Defence
Author: 1News Reporters

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.

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
Author: Phil Pennington

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.

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
Author: 1News Reporters

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.

Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/09/05/nzdf-appeals-soldiers-inadequate-attempted-espionage-sentence/
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Category : Defence
Author: RNZ

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.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/572313/bougainville-reportedly-unhappy-with-rnzaf-presence
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