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Pirates have kidnapped 19 crew members from a crude oil tanker off Nigeria in an area where acts of piracy are on the rise, an official with the ship's operator says.
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Read more: Pirates kidnap Greek ship crew off Nigeria
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2019/12/pirates-kidnap-greek-ship-crew-off-nigeria.html
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If we had a four frigate navy we could send a frigate to help patrol the shipping lanes... which we use to import and export... So why aren't we... Wake up New Zealand
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It is a huge area that a country with only a population of (at the time of writing) 4.8 million and a GDP of around 385 NZD billion (roughly $250 USD billion.) Now believe it or not New Zealand has been spending 1.3% on defence. Roughly $3.75 NZD billion dollars. There is also the 20 billion dollar injection over 15 years which works out to be around an extra 1.3 NZD billion a year. (but this extra money is set aside to buy the tools required and replace aging assets.
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Read more: Bringing things in to perspective
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NEWS || We’re supporting the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade-led New Zealand Government response to the Samoan Measles epidemic, sending our Royal New Zealand Air Force Hercules aircraft with medical equipment and 50,000 vaccines last Friday and our Boeing aircraft with 2784 kgs of medical supplies today.
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Read more: New Zealand Defence Force supporting Samoan measles epidemic response
- Article: https://medium.com/@nzdefenceforce/new-zealand-defence-force-supporting-samoan-measles-epidemic-response-fefdb89a56e6
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The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) last night welcomed home the second-last contingent of personnel who have been serving as part of the Building Partner Capacity Mission in Iraq.
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Read more: NZDF personnel welcomed home from second-last camp Taji deployment
- Article: https://medium.com/@nzdefenceforce/nzdf-personnel-welcomed-home-home-from-camp-taji-as-10th-and-final-group-deployed-8d795afa2d47
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Tērā te haeata takiri ana mai i runga o Pukaha!
Ara tai uru, whai uru, whai uru!
Ara whai ato, whai ato, whai ato!
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- Article: https://www.beehive.govt.nz/speech/speech-2019-defence-industry-advisory-council-and-defence-employer-support-council-awards
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THE NEXT major defence project on the books after the C-130J Hercules and the Boeing P-8A Poseidons are replacements for the RNZN’s two Anzac Class frigates Te Mana and Te Kaha. While these are due to remain in service until late in the next decade, planning is under way.
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Read more: Australians hope NZ will buy Hunter class frigates
- Article: https://pointofordernz.wordpress.com/2019/11/26/australians-hope-nz-will-buy-hunter-class-frigates-but-size-and-price-will-come-into-defence-considerations/
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New Zealand Defence Force firefighters are currently working in Australia to help control bushfires spreading across New South Wales and Queensland.
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Read more: NZ Defence firefighters on Oz bushfire front lines – ADF cites OH&S
- Article: https://www.contactairlandandsea.com/2019/11/26/new-zealand-defence-firefighters-on-australian-bushfire-front-lines/
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Naval opinion is firming on the next class of frigate to replace the RNZN’s two Anzac Class frigates Te Kaha and Te Mana which are scheduled to be retired within 10 years under the Defence Capability plans.
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Read more: Navy firms its thinking about frigate replacements
- Article: https://pointofordernz.wordpress.com/2019/11/25/navy-firms-its-thinking-about-frigate-replacements/
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