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Author: Simon Ewing-Jarvie

The Defence Capability Framework team will, no doubt, be working away on how much of the current wish list can be justified to government in a fiscally constrained time. I’ve gone for an alternative futures take on this podcast. For those not interested in war…guess what? War is interested in you.

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New Zealand has accepted a US invitation to join a top-level group that aims to deter hostile actors in space and reduce space debris.

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Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/527174/nz-joins-space-team-operation-olympic-defender
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Author: Phil Pennington

The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) is helping the United States to train the Japanese military to monitor satellites.

The training comes after the NZDF received US funding to set up a non-classified satellite monitoring hub in Auckland last year.

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Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/527095/nzdf-helps-train-japanese-military-to-monitor-satellites
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Author: Mr. Arya

A recent report from The Spinoff sheds light on the experiences and motivations of New Zealanders who have joined the conflict in Ukraine. Many of these volunteers are former members of the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) who have chosen to fight alongside Ukrainian forces against Russian aggression.

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Author: Alex Candlin

One of the Royal Navy's offshore patrol vessels has joined her inshore New Zealand counterpart for some important training in the waters off Auckland.

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Article: https://www.forcesnews.com/services/navy/offshore-meets-inshore-hms-tamar-joins-hmnzs-taupo-training-auckland
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Author: Kym Bergmann

Bohemia Interactive Australia (BIA) announced it has been awarded a contract by the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) for an upgrade to VBS4, a virtual desktop simulation for collective tactical and mission rehearsal with support for over 100 training use cases. The award also includes an enterprise-wide licence and supplementary development by BIA to ultimately deliver a customised simulation to the NZDF.

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Article: https://asiapacificdefencereporter.com/new-zealand-defence-force-upgrades-simulation-capabilities/
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Author: RNZ

A large number of irreplaceable naval memorabilia has been stolen from a Navy Cadets base in Cass Bay near Christchurch.

The Training Ship Godley Navy Cadets' building was broken into over the weekend of 10 and 11 August.

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Author: Geoffrey Miller

Opinion - New Zealand is not just on the same page, but is now in lockstep with Australia.

That was the general theme of keynote foreign policy address by New Zealand's prime minister to a Sydney thinktank on Thursday.

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Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/525332/geoffrey-miller-christopher-luxon-s-hawkish-foreign-policy-address-in-sydney
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  1. Mouldy military housing needs fixing, but money is short, government says
  2. Global Super Hercules fleet grows with delivery to New Zealand
  3. Campaign launched as images show 'horrendous' state of NZDF housing
  4. Waiouru exercises important in 'volatile, uncertain and complex world'

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