The New Zealand Defence Force has confirmed it will invite expressions of interest in voluntary redundancy from its civilian workforce.
Read more: Defence Force confirms voluntary redundancies citing budget hole
Much of what is heralded as ‘new’ for Defence in Budget 2024 is actually old news, and it fails to provide new investment necessary to address pressing challenges, writes Hon Peeni Henare.
Read more: Time to commit to real, substantial investment in capabilities
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — The New Zealand Defence Force includes more than 8,700 uniformed personnel, with nearly half serving in the Army, which Maj. Gen. John Boswell has commanded since September 2018.
Read more: New Zealand Army chief on modernizing tech, lingering pandemic problem
Twenty-five years after deployment to East Timor, a group of New Zealand peacekeepers are returning to the country now known as Timor-Leste as part of a documentary.
Read more: NZ peacekeepers return to Timor-Leste to make film
The Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) is required to monitor this vast EEZ, which is even larger when the maritime territories of the Cook Islands and Niue, which are in free association with New Zealand, are added.
Read more: New Zealand Navy eyes a unique opportunity to revamp its fleet
Ships stuck at docks, around a third of uniformed staff leaving since 2021 and a plane more often infamous for breaking down than its politician cargo.
The New Zealand Defence Force is in crisis.
Read more: Why NZSAS and the Defence Force are struggling and what it will take to fix
A Defence Force employee says proposed cuts to its civilian workforce to fill a $30 million budget hole are “a real kick in the guts”.
Read more: Defence Force cuts: ‘We’re already operating on the smell of an oily rag’
Christopher Luxon's first trip to the US is over, one he spent trying to deepen New Zealand's relationship with "like-minded countries with very similar values", particularly on the issue of international security.
The prime minister has been at the latest NATO summit. New Zealand is not a member, but is a global partner of the security alliance, which for more than two years has been assisting Ukraine in its defence against Russia.
Read more: Christopher Luxon reflects on first US trip
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