The just-released Defence Capability Plan is the most comprehensive argument for investment in Defence in modern times, writes Editor-at-large Dr Peter Greener, Senior Fellow at the Centre for Strategic Studies (VUW).

Article: https://defsec.net.nz/2019/07/09/defence-capability-plan-2019/
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Soldiers from 1-27 Infantry Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, get on line to provide security as part of Phantom Major, a major annual training exercise for the New Zealand Armed Forces.

Article: https://www.dvidshub.net/image/5808543/25th-id-soldiers-train-exercise-phantom-major-19
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Author: B.K. Greener and Peter Greener

New Zealand’s Defence capability plan 2019 (DCP ’19), released last week, lays out ways to spend the NZ$20 billion pledged to defence by the coalition government early in its tenure. It clearly knits together future purchases and expenditure with the policy priorities set out in the preceding Strategic defence policy statement 2018 (SDPS). For the most part, DCP ’19 is a compelling document, but some questions remain.

Article: https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/capable-for-what-new-zealands-2019-defence-capability-plan/
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Author: Andrew Davies

I’ve just got back from Wellington, where ASPI was involved in Australia-New Zealand defence cooperation and policy discussions. As usual, we were hosted admirably by our Kiwi colleagues and the cultural and historical affinities between the two countries made for easy discussions.

Article: https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/nz-defence-capability-running-to-stand-still/
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 This is an older article thought would be a good read, to see and compare where we are today with the NZDF.


 

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New Zealand’s Largest Navy Ship Christened in South Korea

Article: http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1910/S00644/nzs-largest-navy-ship-christened-in-south-korea.htm
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WATCH || Take a tour around No. 3 Squadron's Rotary Wing Task Unit at Dip Flat, one of our field training facilities.

Article: https://www.facebook.com/NZAirForce/videos/2831172420228245/
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NEWS || “I name this ship.” Just five months after Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern named the @Royal New Zealand Navy's replacement diving support and hydrographic vessel #HMNZSManawanui, The Governor-General of New Zealand Dame Patsy Reddy was able to do likewise for the new sustainment vessel, Aotearoa.

Article: https://medium.com/@nzdefenceforce/new-zealands-largest-navy-ship-christened-in-south-korea-46243318eb3
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