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New Zealand Defence Force personnel and assets have begun to deploy to one of the world's largest multi-national military exercises being held in Australia next week.
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Read more: NZDF prepares for major warfighting exercise in Australia
- Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/06/05/nzdf-prepares-for-major-warfighting-exercise-in-australia/
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The Royal New Zealand Air Force’s (RNZAF) NH90 helicopter fleet has just been updated with software and equipment that will now allow the aircraft to better integrate into New Zealand’s controlled airspace – and it was done in record time at Base Ohakea.
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Read more: RNZAF NH90 fleet’s software upgrade a world first
- Article: https://www.nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/news/rnzaf-nh90-fleets-software-upgrade-a-world-first/
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New Zealand Defence Force recruits will now be kitted out in Norsewear socks made from traceable wool sourced from New Zealand farms and knitted at the company’s southern Hawke’s Bay factory.
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Read more: Win for Kiwi wool as New Zealand Defence Force chooses Norsewear
- Article: https://defsec.net.nz/2025/05/15/win-for-kiwi-wool-norsewear-nzdf/
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The government's $2 billion spend on new naval helicopters is being welcomed by experts, but the opposition says other problems need just as much focus.
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Read more: Navy helicopter upgrade needed after Seasprites 'worked to the bone' - experts
- Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/559902/navy-helicopter-upgrade-needed-after-seasprites-worked-to-the-bone-experts
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The Defence Force (NZDF) says it is aware the United States wants to expand options for rocket launches, but that it has nothing to do with it.
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Read more: US plans to expand rocket launch options 'nothing to do with' NZ Defence Force
- Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/561384/us-plans-to-expand-rocket-launch-options-nothing-to-do-with-nz-defence-force
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Heading into next week's Budget, Judith Collins would not want any more money for weapons, even if it was offered to her.
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Read more: A surplus of defence riches, but lack of skill and experience
- Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/561172/a-surplus-of-defence-riches-but-lack-of-skill-and-experience
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Analysis: The USS Buchanan was turned back. The USS Great Bridge was turned back. So what changed to allow warships like USS Blue Ridge into NZ?
Here’s one for the ship spotters. One of the biggest American warships ever to visit New Zealand sailed into Wellington on Friday morning.
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Read more: How the grand old dame of the US Navy navigated NZ’s nuke-free policy
- Article: https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/05/16/how-the-grand-old-dame-of-the-us-navy-navigated-nzs-nuke-free-policy/
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The US 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) has arrived in Wellington, marking its first visit to New Zealand and its capital city.
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Read more: US navy fleet flagship arrives for first New Zealand visit
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360691054/us-navy-fleet-flagship-arrives-first-new-zealand-visit
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Not to be confused with the Blue Ridge Ferry.
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