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WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand has released three defense and national security documents outlining prevailing challenges, principals for its military and ways to improve the force.
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Read more: New Zealand unveils defense strategy documents. Here’s what they say.
- Article: https://www.defensenews.com/global/asia-pacific/2023/08/08/new-zealand-unveils-defense-strategy-documents-heres-what-they-say/
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The Royal New Zealand Air Force has cleared its fleet of NH90 medium utility helicopters of any problems after the fatal crash of an Australian Army MRH90 Taipan helicopter in The Whitsundays.
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Read more: RNZAF clears NH90 helicopters as Talisman Sabre troops head home
- Article: https://www.defenceconnect.com.au/air/12531-rnzaf-clears-nh90-helicopters-as-talisman-sabre-troops-head-home
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Defence Minister Andrew Little held a press conference on Friday morning after the Government released a roadmap for the future of defence and national security.
Two documents were released alongside New Zealand's first National Security Strategy, the first in a series from the Government's Defence Policy Review.
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- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/shows/2023/08/is-nz-gearing-up-for-war-newshub-nation-s-laura-walters-quizzes-andrew-little-on-major-new-defence-strategy.html
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The first thing and realistically the only thing the NZ Government needs to pay for is the Defence of the Country. As Andrew Little says "The primary duty of the government is the safety of its people..." Education, health etc do not need to be paid for buy government... however yes, it makes sense for growth, safety and to have a happy society that government pitch in ...
- Category : Analysis
The New Zealand government published its Defence Policy Review on 4 August, with papers including the defence policy strategy statement, a future force design report, and its first ever national security strategy paper.
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Read more: New Zealand’s future force design seeks simple systems
- Article: https://www.army-technology.com/news/new-zealand-future-force-design-seeks-simple-systems/
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Antony Blinken is heading down under.
The US Secretary of State's visit to New Zealand and Australia this week comes as the two countries jointly host the FIFA Women's World Cup.
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Read more: Antony Blinken's endgame for New Zealand, AUKUS and a visit down under
- Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/on-the-inside/494546/geoffrey-miller-antony-blinken-s-endgame-for-new-zealand-aukus-and-a-visit-down-under
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Opinion - When Russia invaded Ukraine in early 2022, German Chancellor Olaf Scholtz proclaimed a "Zeitenwende", or historical turning point. It resulted in Germany's first ever official national security strategy.
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- Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/on-the-inside/495182/nz-s-first-national-security-strategy-signals-a-turning-point-and-the-end-of-old-certainties
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Around 300 New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) personnel are returning home after participating in the largest-ever iteration of Exercise Talisman Sabre, which ran in Queensland from late July to early August and involved around 30,000 military personnel from 13 countries.
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Read more: Talisman Sabre hones NZDF's readiness for combat
- Article: https://www.nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/news/talisman-sabre-hones-nzdfs-readiness-for-combat/
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New Zealand's Defence Force will ramp up its readiness for combat, taking a more "proactive and purposeful" approach as part of a new government strategy.
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Read more: Changing global tensions prompt New Zealand to ramp up security and defence resources
- Article: https://pacificmedianetwork.com/articles/changing-global-tensions-prompt-new-zealand-to-ramp-up-security-and-defence-resources
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