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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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- 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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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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The Government is hoping to address attrition in the Defence Force with a major pre-Budget funding announcement that will deliver the "biggest pay increase in over a decade" for personnel.
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Read more: Massive Defence spend to see personnel receive 'biggest pay increase in over a decade'
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/05/budget-2023-massive-defence-spend-to-see-personnel-receive-biggest-pay-increase-in-over-a-decade.html
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The Government is spending up large on the Defence Force in an attempt to cauterize record numbers of personnel leaving.
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- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/05/budget-2023-defence-boost-to-stop-personnel-leaving-as-geostrategic-competition-in-our-region-intensifies.html
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Aotearoa's free trade agreement (FTA) with the United Kingdom will come into effect sooner than expected, with the two nations agreeing to bring forward the entry into force to the end of this month.
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- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/05/new-zealand-united-kingdom-free-trade-agreement-entering-into-force-early-by-end-of-may.html
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The Prime Minister has had a phone call with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky ahead of an anticipated announcement of more support for Ukraine.
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- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/05/prime-minister-chris-hipkins-has-warm-and-insightful-phone-call-with-ukrainian-leader-volodymyr-zelensky.html
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One of the Prime Minister's first duties in London was to visit the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) camp where Kiwi soldiers are training Ukranians for combat.
It's the first New Zealand prime ministerial visit the soldiers have had since the training programme began in June.
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- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/05/nzdf-soldiers-training-ukrainians-for-combat-in-united-kingdom-paid-first-visit-by-chris-hipkins-since-programme-began.html
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