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Category : Opinion
Author: Reuben Steff

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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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/opinion/132070459/diplomacy-isnt-enough--we-need-deterrence-and-defence
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Author: Simon Shepherd & Gray Gibson

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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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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Author: Nick Lee-Frampton

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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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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Author: Thomas Manch

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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Article: https://www.thepost.co.nz/a/politics/350007084/mahuta-says-new-zealand-can-speak-out-alone-on-world-stage
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Author: Thomas Manch

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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Author: Thomas Manch

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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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/131981601/chris-hipkins-announces-400m-for-defence-personnel-wages-after-returning-from-kings-coronation
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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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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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  1. Massive Defence spend to see personnel receive 'biggest pay increase in over a decade'
  2. Defence boost to stop personnel leaving as 'geostrategic competition in our region' intensifies
  3. New Zealand-United Kingdom free trade agreement entering into force by end of May, earlier than expected
  4. Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has 'warm and insightful' phone call with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky

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