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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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Read more: Why New Zealand plans to nearly double its defence spending
- 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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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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Read more: Before It’s Too Late: Reimagine New Zealand’s Military Future
- Article: https://m.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2504/S00034/before-its-too-late-reimagine-new-zealands-military-future.htm
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The New Zealand government has announced a complete overhaul and universal rebuild of its military forces and defence infrastructure.
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Read more: Is it too little, too late? NZ announces complete rebuild of military capability
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"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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Read more: New Zealand pledges to double defense spending to modernize ships, surveillance, networks
- 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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Read more: NZ submarine cables are 'attractive espionage targets', officials warn
- Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/559165/nz-submarine-cables-are-attractive-espionage-targets-officials-warn
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Committing $12 billion over the next four years with $9 billion in new spending, the Government seems intent on ensuring the development of significant capabilities for the New Zealand Defence Force, writes Editor-at-large Dr Peter Greener. On 7 April 2025, quietly, and at a Post-Cabinet Press Conference, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon introduced the long-awaited 2025 Defence Capability Plan.
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Read more: Peter Greener: 2025 Defence Capability Plan is a DCP for the ages
- Article: https://defsec.net.nz/2025/04/24/defence-capability-plan-for-the-ages/
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New Zealand is extending its military assistance in support of Ukraine's self-defence until December 2026.
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon made the announcement early this morning (NZT) from London.
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Read more: New Zealand extends military assistance to Ukraine
- Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/04/22/new-zealand-extends-military-assistance-to-ukraine/
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New Zealand is extending its military assistance in support of Ukraine's self-defence until December 2026.
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon made the announcement early this morning (NZT) in London.
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Read more: New Zealand extending military assistance to Ukraine
- Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/558732/new-zealand-extending-military-assistance-to-ukraine
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