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Dr Reuben Steff is a senior lecturer at the University of Waikato, where he teaches courses on geopolitics, international relations and global security.
OPINION: In December 2021, the Government released a defence assessment declaring that New Zealand’s security environment was being transformed by strategic competition between the United States and China, as well as climate change.
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Read more: Diplomacy isn’t enough – we need deterrence and defence
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/opinion/132070459/diplomacy-isnt-enough--we-need-deterrence-and-defence
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Newshub Nation's political panel sat down on Saturday morning to discuss the state of the NZDF and the country's approach to AUKUS.
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Read more: Newshub Nation: Political panel discuss Defence Force funding and AUKUS
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/shows/2023/05/newshub-nation-political-panel-discuss-defence-force-funding-and-aukus.html
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand’s military has tested some of its beach-landing equipment in an overseas environment for the first time — a type of exercise one officer admitted hasn’t happened for a while amid recruitment woes and the pandemic.
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Read more: New Zealand military plays catchup in pandemic aftermath
- Article: https://www.defensenews.com/global/asia-pacific/2023/05/04/new-zealand-military-plays-catchup-in-pandemic-aftermath/
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A key C-130-J project milestone was celebrated this week, as representatives from New Zealand, Defence personnel and Lockheed Martin senior staff gathered for a bulkhead signing ceremony at the factory in Marietta Georgia, USA.
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Read more: New C-130-Js taking shape
- Article: https://www.defence.govt.nz/the-latest/story/new-c-130-js-taking-shape
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Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta says New Zealand can “speak out alone if necessary” on the world stage, but the country’s independence should not be confused with “neutrality”.
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Read more: Mahuta says New Zealand can ‘speak out alone’ on world stage
- Article: https://www.thepost.co.nz/a/politics/350007084/mahuta-says-new-zealand-can-speak-out-alone-on-world-stage
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Prime Minister Chris Hipkins will this afternoon announce a planned $240 million spend on defence assets and infrastructure in the upcoming Budget.
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Read more: Budget to include more than $240m for defence assets
- Article: https://www.thepost.co.nz/a/politics/350008616/budget-to-include-more-than-240m-for-defence-assets
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The Government will spend more than $400 million on boosting defence personnel’s wages in the coming for years, as it battles record-high attrition in the armed forces.
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New Zealand Defence Force personnel are set to receive a pay rise from July in a bid to combat high staff turnover, the Government has announced.
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Read more: NZDF personnel to receive pay rise from July 1
- Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2023/05/08/nzdf-personnel-to-receive-pay-rise-from-july-1/#:~:text=The%20pay%20for%20many%20NZDF
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