Category : Defence
Author: Nick Lee-Frampton

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand’s Defence Ministry has issued a request for information to replace nearly the entire naval fleet, which currently includes nine ships in six different classes.

Article: https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2023/09/11/new-zealand-seeks-new-ships-to-replace-majority-of-naval-fleet/
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Category : Analysis
Author: Peter Greene
In April Prime Minister Chris Hipkins told Radio New Zealand that, ‘We have some big decisions ahead of us as well, as a country, in terms of capability we have in our Defence Force’. He went on to say that, ‘We’ve got some decisions ahead for the navy, we know that in the next 10 years or so we’re going to have to make some decisions about the future of the Anzac frigates.’

Article: https://www.incline.org.nz/home/the-new-zealand-defence-policy-and-strategy-statement-2023-what-are-the-implications-for-the-royal-new-zealand-navy
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Category : Defence
Author: Penny Wardle

A retired Orion has been pulled apart at Marlborough’s Base Woodbourne and will make its way to the Air Force Museum in Christchurch.

On Tuesday Airbus staff removed the fuselage and wings from the Lockheed P-3K2 Orion NZ4203, ready for transport to Wigram where it will be on public display.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-express/132874960/end-of-an-era-air-force-orion-takes-a-road-trip-from-woodbourne-to-wigram
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Category : News
Author: George Heagney

A campaign to have a soldier who died saving others on Mount Ruapehu recognised with New Zealand’s highest award for bravery has been denied by the prime minister.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300960550/pm-declines-request-to-upgrade-bravery-award-for-soldier-who-died-on-mt-ruapehu-helping-others
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Category : Defence
Author: Tim Fish

The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) will officially retire the first of its Lockheed C-130H Hercules tactical transport aircraft this week.

Located at Base Auckland the RNZAF’s No. 40 Squadron, which operates a fleet of five C-130H aircraft, will hold a ceremony to mark to occasion on 12 February and a Squadron retirement function in the hangar the day before.

Article: https://www.australiandefence.com.au/defence/air/end-of-an-era-rnzaf-retires-first-c-130h
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Category : Defence
Author: NZDF

The Royal New Zealand Navy’s maritime sustainment vessel, HMNZS Aotearoa, has sailed today from Auckland bound for South East Asia to participate in the Five Power Defence Arrangements Exercise Bersama Lima in Malaysia, alongside frigate HMNZS Te Mana.

Article: https://www.nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/news/nz-navy-to-participate-in-major-south-east-asia-exercise/
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Category : News
Author: Alecia Rousseau

The last aircraft to join the Royal New Zealand Air Force’s latest fleet has hit the tarmac in Ōhakea.

All four Boeing P-8A Poseidon were lined up at the base on Friday marking the final chapter in what has been a five-year journey to bring the planes to New Zealand.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300952255/p8a-poseidon-final-aircraft-joins-maritime-surveillance-fleet
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Category : Opinion
Author: Dr Simon Ewing-Jarvie

I read the recently released government documents on strategic foreign policy assessment, national security strategy, defence policy and strategy statement, future force design principles and the security threat environment – three times.

Article: https://unclas.wordpress.com/2023/08/16/hybrid-interference-cure-worse-than-the-disease/
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