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Category : Analysis
Author: Nick Lee-Frampton

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand’s Defence Force and intelligence agencies are on track to receive almost $4.3 billion (US$2.5 billion) in this year’s budget, Finance Minister Nicola Willis announced on May 28.

The NZDF is among the handful of government agencies exempt from trimming their budgets by 2% this year.

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Article: https://www.defensenews.com/global/asia-pacific/2026/05/29/new-zealand-budget-spares-defense-intelligence-agencies-from-cuts/
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Author: Phil Pennington

Defence is running 18 months behind on upgrading a major fuel depot crucial to national reserves and during natural disasters that has been left to degrade till it was posing "significant risks".

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Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/politics/763577/does-the-defence-force-have-enough-fuel-for-war-or-disaster-authorities-won-t-say
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Author: rnz

Papua New Guinea and New Zealand have committed to deeper defence cooperation, particularly in the maritime domain.

The two countries have signed a statement of intent on defence cooperation for the next three years.

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Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/pacific/778677/png-and-nz-commit-to-deeper-defence-co-operation
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Author: Phil Pennington

The Doomsday Clock is closer to midnight than ever before - but New Zealand provides a source of hope, if it chooses to stand against the arms race, says a disarmament expert.

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Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/politics/720764/can-nz-help-turn-back-the-doomsday-clock
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Author: Phil Pennington

New Zealand's main military partners are weaponising sea drones and using them in actual attacks - video has captured the moment three uncrewed boats hit a naval pier in Iran on Monday in what was the United States' first-ever attack using sea drones.

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Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/politics/738435/lethal-sea-drones-strike-for-real-and-rehearsal
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Analysis - If there's one area of New Zealand foreign policy that demands delicate diplomatic language from elected officials, it is the country's nuclear-free status.

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Author: HARUKA SATAKE

TOKYO — New Zealand will “seriously” explore adopting Japan’s Mogami-class frigate as part of its naval fleet, the country’s foreign minister told Nikkei.

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Article: https://jcsmarinenews.wordpress.com/2026/07/15/new-zealand-to-seriously-consider-japans-mogami-frigate-fm-peters/
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Author: Newstalk ZB, Publish Date

Cabinet's being warned its window for a decision around replacing our two ageing warships is rapidly closing.  

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Article: https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/early-edition-with-ryan-bridge/audio/john-howard-retired-major-general-and-nz-initiative-senior-fellow-on-their-warning-about-the-state-of-new-zealands-warships/
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