Plans for a second airport in Auckland have taken flight today.

Air New Zealand's confirmed it's working on plans to fly some domestic routes from Whenuapai, which it says will help save passengers money.

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 Both of ANZAC's frigates are currently over in Canada getting an extensive midlife upgrade. So what are the upgrades our frigates are actually getting? 

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Defence giant Babcock is on the cusp of clinching a lucrative contract to build a new generation of Royal Navy Type 31e frigates, according to industry sources.

The Devonport Dockyard operator is leading a consortium of key players under the umbrella name Arrowhead 400 on behalf of the £1.25billion deal.

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With an inquiry into claims of a military cover-up over deaths in Afghanistan set to wrap up within months, a new report argues New Zealand needs to better track, and prevent, civilian harm in conflicts.

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The New Zealand Defence Force says it is preparing court martial proceedings against a soldier accused of several assault charges.

In a media advisory today, the military said the court martial will sit on September 23 at Burnham Military Camp near Christchurch.

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A reunion - twenty years in the making.

In 1999, Navy Captain Shaun Fogarty was deployed to East Timor as a military liaison officer with the United Nations.

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So the Defence Capability Plan 2019 was released in June 2019 it covers the defence spending out to about 2030 of what type new equipment the NZDF will receive, although not saying exactly what they will buy for example a 2nd enhanced sealift vessel for RNZN but only basically say it's capability, not what the actual vessel is or where they will get it built or even the exact style of the vessel. There are many options from LPD's too small LHD's.

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Author: Jim Rolfe
Two of my colleagues have used this forum recently to comment on the need for a naval combat force. Both have useful insights to make, but neither gets to the root of the issue.

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