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The Defence Minister wants to see New Zealand develop lethal weapons for international export through the help of tech companies.
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Read more: Government unveils strategy for the defence industry
- Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/574893/government-unveils-strategy-for-the-defence-industry
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The recently released 2025 Defence Capability Plan (DCP) focuses largely on replacing existing assets but offers little genuine change. Rather than addressing New Zealand’s long-term defence requirements, it reads like a compromise between competing Services’ bids, mediated by bureaucrats, and assembled to meet the Government’s desire to increase military spending.
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Read more: In Depth: New Zealand Defence needs a Pacific-centric reset
- Article: https://defsec.net.nz/2025/09/03/new-zealand-defence-needs-pacific-reset/
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In the wake of sinking the $100 million HMNZS Manawanui survey ship off Samoa 11 months ago, the Navy is spending $35 million to start up a ship not used for three years.
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Read more: 'Obsolete systems' part of $35m reboot to fill in for sunk navy ship
- Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/573956/obsolete-systems-part-of-35m-reboot-to-fill-in-for-sunk-navy-ship
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The OPV's were due for a mid-life upgrade anyway and no extra money is being spent on it as it is all coming from the current budget so...
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Modularity, flexibility, and the exploitation of autonomy should inform New Zealand’s maritime fleet renewal, writes maritime capability specialist and former Royal New Zealand Navy Officer Andrew Watts ONZM.
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Read more: New Zealand’s maritime fleet renewal and the Pacific-centric reset
- Article: https://defsec.net.nz/2025/09/18/new-zealand-maritime-fleet-renewal-and-pacific-centric-reset/
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Fresh details have been revealed about FBI director Kash Patel's secretive trip to New Zealand – including who he met, what he did and the estimated cost to taxpayers.
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Read more: Inside the hush-hush visit that brought Trump's FBI boss Kash Patel to NZ
- Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/09/23/inside-the-hush-hush-visit-that-brought-trumps-fbi-boss-kash-patel-to-nz/
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New Zealand Defence has just procured a capability in insufficient numbers due to budget constraints, and this leaves the NZDF with little resilience, writes former New Zealand Army Officer Graeme Doull.
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Read more: How did New Zealand end up buying only five MH-60R Seahawks?
- Article: https://defsec.net.nz/2025/09/18/how-did-new-zealand-buy-only-five-seahawks/
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New Zealand and the United Kingdom have agreed to explore opportunities for closer defence cooperation in the face of a changing world.
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Read more: NZ and UK sign new defence cooperation statement
- Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/572816/nz-and-uk-sign-new-defence-cooperation-statement
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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.
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Read more: Spot, jam and shoot dronemakers spread wares from London to Wellington
- Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/573031/spot-jam-and-shoot-dronemakers-spread-wares-from-london-to-wellington
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