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Category : Analysis
Author: Phil Pennington

Analysis - The US Navy ship, the USS Tarawa, was first launched into service in the mid-1970s.

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Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/522116/us-leads-international-military-exercise-to-sink-old-warship
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Author: Adam Pearse

The Government’s upcoming Budget will contain $571 million of new funding to boost pay for Defence Force staff, upgrade its NH90 helicopter fleet and replace dated military vehicles.

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Article: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/government-commits-571m-for-defence-force-pay-helicopter-and-vehicle-upgrades/IKZNCRRE35GXZLBQMO625JCU7A/?ref=readmore
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Author: Jeremy Wilkinson,

A young woman has confronted a soldier who secretly filmed her in the shower for nearly six years telling him "it is hard to live in a body contaminated by your sight".

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Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/521512/nz-soldier-adrien-bell-avoids-sex-offender-register-after-secretly-filming-naked-teens-in-shower
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The number of operational SH-2G(I) Seasprite naval helicopters in the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) has been reduced from eight to five, it has emerged.

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Article: https://www.australiandefence.com.au/news/news/nzdf-reduces-seasprite-helicopter-fleet
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Author: Alecia Rousseau

Drinking in the New Zealand Defence Force has come into question during a court martial at Linton Military Camp.

On the fourth day of his trial, an army private was dismissed from service for four charges of indecent assault and one of insubordination. He has interim name suppression.

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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350331835/soldier-dismissed-service-undermining-nzdf-values
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Category: Defence
Category : Opinion
Author: Simon Ewing-Jarvie

Indefensible New Zealand kicks off the year with an episode introducing the basic elements of the defence lobby in New Zealand. Also available in audio format from all major platforms.

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Article: https://unclas.wordpress.com/2024/01/31/podcast-is-back-for-2024/
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Author: Amelia Wade

The prime minister has caught a commercial flight after the Defence Force plane taking him to Japan blew two fuses in Papua New Guinea.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2024/06/christopher-luxon-forced-to-catch-commercial-flight-to-japan-after-defence-force-plane-breaks-down.html
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Author: Alice Wilkins

A group of MPs is calling for an inquiry into 'foreign interference' following claims about Chinese Communist Party influence in New Zealand.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2024/06/mps-demand-inquiry-into-foreign-interference-amid-chinese-premier-s-visit.html
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