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Author: RNZ Online

The NZ Defence Force (NZDF) says it is learning "immediate lessons" about the use of drones from the technology's deployment in Ukraine.

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Author: Alexander Gillespie

Analysis: Following some very public protests - including Victoria Cross recipient Willie Apiata handing back his medal - the government's announcement of an expanded official definition of the term 'veteran' brings some good news for former military personnel before this year's Anzac Day.

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Author: Phil Pennington

Defence Minister Judith Collins has announced half a billion dollars or more will be spent on space operations. 

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Author: Phil Pennington,

New Zealand is becoming increasingly involved in operations designed to benefit the US Navy in its space race against China, even as the defence force denies its tentative steps into space have anything to do with military operations.

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The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) has deployed a P-8A Poseidon to Japan, where it will monitor UN sanctions against North Korea.

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A Royal New Zealand Air Force P-8A Poseidon aircraft has deployed to Japan to conduct monitoring of United Nations sanctions against North Korea.

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Author: Stephen Dziedzic

New Zealand is not exactly known as a major military power.

For decades the country has relied on its geographical isolation and the reassuring presence of the Australian Defence Force on its western flank, rather than building up its own forces.

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Article: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-08/why-new-zealand-plans-to-nearly-double-its-defence-spending/105151326
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Author: Eugene Doyle

NZ at a crossroads: the Defence Capability Plan 2025. After 500 years of almost incessant violence across the globe, Western countries are now rushing to increase military spending, New Zealand being the latest.

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  2. New Zealand pledges to double defense spending to modernize ships, surveillance, networks
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