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Author: RNZ

The crew - and the Commanding Officer - of the Navy ship Manawanui were under trained and the boat was not up to the task it was doing when it grounded on a Samoan reef.

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Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/557180/crew-on-manawanui-during-sinking-were-under-trained-ship-not-up-to-task-report
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Wait soooo?... who's head is going to roll... sounds like a bit of a whit wash. The buck stops where? At the end of the day the buck stops at the captain, she was in charge of the ship, in charge of the safety of ship and crew... and she failed.
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Author: Thomas Manch

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio discussed defence “burden sharing” with Foreign Minister Winston Peters, according to the US State Department.

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Article: https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360622547/washington-wants-defence-burden-sharing-new-zealand
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Author: Diane McCarthy

Minister for Veterans Affairs Chris Penk left the Whakatāne Returned Services Association on Friday with a precious taonga burning a hole in his pocket.

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Article: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/willie-apiata-hands-vc-to-minister-in-hope-of-veterans-law-change/SRBVO2R23NCCXLHEOTIXWWHVEI
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Being ex Navy I served 6 or 7 years (counts fingers) I was on active duty every time the ship sailed, however the closet I came to what is called active oprational duty in the eyes of the government was the Fiji Coup back in 1987.  So in the eyes of the government no I am not a veteran.
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Author: Sharon Brettkelly

Experts say a budget boost for our cash-strapped, underfunded, overspent defence force can’t come soon enough.

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Article: https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/02/21/our-defence-budget-under-scrutiny/
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I/We have been putting the defence budget under scrutiny for years. It has over the last 30 years been stripped, shrunk and made toothless over that time. Even when the DCP2019 came out it was a start but not enough to make a recovery. We have no strategic plan that both the left and right can agree on to continuously fund... and we are running out of time (I would say run out of time). Click here to read more
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Author: Niva Chittock, and Reuters

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade says New Zealand is not attending a so-called Coalition of the Willing summit in Paris.

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Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/556349/new-zealand-not-attending-coalition-of-the-willing-summit-in-paris
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As wake-up calls go, the alarms don’t get much louder.

Allies of the United States see the group chat between top US officials about a planned attack in Yemen that accidentally included a journalist as a jaw-dropping security breach which casts doubt on intelligence-sharing with Washington and the security of joint military operations.

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Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/03/26/us-allies-alarmed-by-leaked-group-chat-about-attack-plans/
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Author: Kirsty Needham
AVALON, Australia, March 25 (Reuters) - The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), monitoring a Chinese navy warship as it circumnavigated Australia last month, heard it warn it would use live fire in its exercises on a civilian radio broadcast, defence pilots said on Tuesday.
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Article: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/australia-air-force-pilots-also-heard-chinese-navy-live-fire-warning-radio-2025-03-25/
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Author: Judith Collins.

In an increasingly unstable environment, it is critical our NZDF are able to work closely with like-minded partners, writes Defence Minister Hon Judith Collins.

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Article: https://defsec.net.nz/2025/03/19/global-focus-sharpens-on-indo-pacific/
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  1. Defence capability plan pushed back as tensions rise in the region
  2. Samoa chooses the fate of the HMNZS Manawanui as salvors look for weapons and ammunition
  3. Showboat Diplomacy: Chinese navy mousetrap mission achieves Tasman objective
  4. 'We'll keep our nerve': Winston Peters readies for Marco Rubio meeting