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An advertisement seeking buyers for two recently-decommissioned New Zealand navy inshore patrol vessels has been removed from the internet at the request of the Defence Force.
Navy boats HMNZS Rotoiti and HMNZS Pukaki were listed for sale by Perth-based Global Work Boats in an online advertisement.
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Read more: Advert for HMNZS Rotoiti and Pukaki removed at request of Defence Force
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/118882303/hmnzs-rotoiti-and-pukaki-briefly-advertised-for-sale-on-australian-website#comments
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The Chief of Army says there is a "minimal" chance that unexploded New Zealand munitions caused civilian deaths in Afghanistan.
And he is questioning whether the NZ Defence Force left behind any unexploded ordnance at all in the firing ranges that its soldiers used near Bamiyan.
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Read more: Army chief: 'Minimal' chance NZ ordnance to blame for Afghan civilian deaths
- Article: https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/john-boswell-minimal-chance-nz-ordnance-to-blame-for-afghan-civilian-deaths/
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What I want to know is, what other ordnance did we take over there other than a couple of LAV's that would leave all these high explosives and unexploded ordnance rounds??? As the article said, they knew what they fired and cleared range after firing etc...
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Various photo's and videos of HMNZS Canterbury doing her thing...
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Read more: HMNZS Canterbury Out and About
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The NZ Defence Force has become an active participant in US military-space war games, together with other Five Eyes partners. As the extent of involvement continues to grow, questions arise around the trade-offs, and the absence of any public debate. Ollie Neas reports.
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Read more: New Zealand’s role in the new American war-fighting frontier – space
- Article: https://thespinoff.co.nz/members/14-01-2020/revealed-new-zealands-role-in-the-new-american-war-fighting-frontier-space/
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Various photo's of the NH-90 out and about
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Read more: The NH-90 out and about
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Deploying NH90 helicopters overseas is a well-rehearsed routine for the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF), as bushfire relief operations in Australia have demonstrated.
On January 5, New Zealand Defence Minister the Honourable Ron Mark announced the deployment of three NH90s from RNZAF Base Ohakea’s No. 3 Squadron.
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Read more: Help and hardware from across the Tasman
- Article: https://news.defence.gov.au/national/help-and-hardware-across-tasman
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A firefighting chemical banned from manufacture has been repeatedly leaked from Devonport Naval Base.
The eight leaks of halon – described as a powerful global warming agent – were among nearly 150 hazardous chemical spills investigated at the Auckland base in the past decade.
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Read more: Auckland Navy base repeatedly leaks restricted ozone-destroying chemical
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/118778368/auckland-navy-base-repeatedly-leaks-restricted-ozonedestroying-chemical
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Jim Rolfe’s vision for a New Zealand National Security Strategy has two main requirements. One is a comprehensive perspective – inclusive of international and domestic security challenges, inclusive of the many agencies that are part of an expanding national security community, and inclusive of the many building blocks which are already out there in existing documentation. The other is what Jim calls “overall coherence”. It’s the job of the national security strategy to connect the dots, providing guidance to agencies as they work together. An NSS for New Zealand would provide the big picture, the meta-narrative, for this collaborative effort.
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Read more: The All Singing All Dancing National Security Strategy Doesn't Exist
- Article: http://www.incline.org.nz/home/the-all-singing-all-dancing-national-security-strategy-doesnt-exist
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