Category : News
Author: Lewis Jackson and Lucy Craymer

New Zealand is facing the most challenging strategic environment in decades amid a great power rivalry and with a military not fit for future challenges, according to a government review that lacked concrete plans to reverse the situation.

Article: https://www.illawarramercury.com.au/story/8295480/new-zealand-to-boost-defence-citing-pacific-challenges/
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Category : Defence
Author: Adam Pearse

China can’t expect to exclude New Zealand from its relationships with Pacific countries as the global superpower progresses its “assertive pursuit” in the region.

Article: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/new-zealands-message-to-china-in-new-defence-strategy-minister-rejects-country-on-path-to-war/UGD6NI4IQZBOXPYL3C43IT7NWM/
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What I will say is... at least some of the pollies are starting to wake up from their slumber sleep... we will just have to wait and see what the go is... and what the other parties say when the they release the updated DCP.

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Category : Opinion
Author: RNZ

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.

Article: https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/not-fit-state-nz-ramp-defence-resources
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Category : Defence
Author: ABC

Four people are feared dead after an Australian Army helicopter crashed into the ocean off north Queensland - the second emergency involving the trouble-plagued MRH90 Taipan fleet in less than six months.

It is not clear yet what caused the helicopter to ditch into waters near Hamilton Island about 10.30pm on Friday (local time) during a two-helicopter training mission.

But it came just months after another incident involving a Taipan helicopter off the New South Wales south coast.

In March, 10 ADF personnel - including special forces soldiers - had to be rescued after the MRH90 ditched into the sea at Jervis Bay during counterterrorism exercises.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/494805/exploring-the-troubled-history-of-the-australian-army-s-taipan-helicopters
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Category : Defence
Author: RNZ

Human remains have been found in the search zone where an Australian Army helicopter crashed into the sea in Queensland's Whitsundays last week.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/495100/human-remains-found-near-wreckage-of-mrh90-taipan-helicopter-in-queensland-s-whitsundays
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Category : Defence
Author: tvnz
Category : Defence

About 800 defence and emergency services personnel in Australia have joined the search for four crew members after a helicopter involved in a multi-national military exercise crashed off Queensland's coast on Friday night.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/494765/exercise-talisman-sabre-helicopter-wreckage-found-after-crash-search-continues-for-crew
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