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New Zealand is becoming increasingly involved in operations designed to benefit the US Navy in its space race against China, even as the defence force denies its tentative steps into space have anything to do with military operations.

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Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/558317/nz-plugs-in-to-boost-us-navy-s-space-race-with-china
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The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) has deployed a P-8A Poseidon to Japan, where it will monitor UN sanctions against North Korea.

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Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/04/29/rnzaf-poseidon-deployed-to-japan-for-north-korea-sanctions-monitoring/
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A Royal New Zealand Air Force P-8A Poseidon aircraft has deployed to Japan to conduct monitoring of United Nations sanctions against North Korea.

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Article: https://www.nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/news/new-zealand-contributes-poseidon-to-north-korea-sanctions-monitoring/
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Author: Stephen Dziedzic

New Zealand is not exactly known as a major military power.

For decades the country has relied on its geographical isolation and the reassuring presence of the Australian Defence Force on its western flank, rather than building up its own forces.

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Article: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-08/why-new-zealand-plans-to-nearly-double-its-defence-spending/105151326
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Author: Eugene Doyle

NZ at a crossroads: the Defence Capability Plan 2025. After 500 years of almost incessant violence across the globe, Western countries are now rushing to increase military spending, New Zealand being the latest.

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Article: https://m.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2504/S00034/before-its-too-late-reimagine-new-zealands-military-future.htm
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Author: Robert Dougherty

The New Zealand government has announced a complete overhaul and universal rebuild of its military forces and defence infrastructure.

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Article: https://www.defenceconnect.com.au/geopolitics-and-policy/15867-is-it-too-little-too-late-new-zealand-announces-complete-rebuild-of-military-capability
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Author: Colin Clark

"Distance certainly is no longer any protection for New Zealand, not when we have an intercontinental ballistic missile launched in the South Pacific, not when ships with enormous strike power come into our backyard," Defense Minister Judith Collins told reporters at a Monday press conference.

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Article: https://breakingdefense.com/2025/04/new-zealand-pledges-to-double-defense-spending-to-modernize-ships-surveillance-networks/
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Officials have warned the prime minister that submarine cables are "attractive espionage targets".

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Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/559165/nz-submarine-cables-are-attractive-espionage-targets-officials-warn
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