Category : News

New Zealand Defence Force personnel are set to receive a pay rise from July in a bid to combat high staff turnover, the Government has announced.

Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2023/05/08/nzdf-personnel-to-receive-pay-rise-from-july-1/#:~:text=The%20pay%20for%20many%20NZDF
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Category : Analysis
Author: Jamie Ensor

The Government is hoping to address attrition in the Defence Force with a major pre-Budget funding announcement that will deliver the "biggest pay increase in over a decade" for personnel.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/05/budget-2023-massive-defence-spend-to-see-personnel-receive-biggest-pay-increase-in-over-a-decade.html
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Category : Defence
Author: Amelia Wade

The Government is spending up large on the Defence Force in an attempt to cauterize record numbers of personnel leaving.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/05/budget-2023-defence-boost-to-stop-personnel-leaving-as-geostrategic-competition-in-our-region-intensifies.html
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Category : Analysis

Aotearoa's free trade agreement (FTA) with the United Kingdom will come into effect sooner than expected, with the two nations agreeing to bring forward the entry into force to the end of this month.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/05/new-zealand-united-kingdom-free-trade-agreement-entering-into-force-early-by-end-of-may.html
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Category : Defence
Author: Alexa Cook

One of the Prime Minister's first duties in London was to visit the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) camp where Kiwi soldiers are training Ukranians for combat.

It's the first New Zealand prime ministerial visit the soldiers have had since the training programme began in June. 

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/05/nzdf-soldiers-training-ukrainians-for-combat-in-united-kingdom-paid-first-visit-by-chris-hipkins-since-programme-began.html
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Category : News
Author: Aaron Smale

More than 500 sailors on New Zealand navy ships were exposed to tests of hydrogen bombs in the late 1950s. One sailor spoke ahead of Anzac Day.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300860765/nuclear-test-veterans-seek-recognition-ahead-of-anzac-day
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Category : News
Author: Kadambari Raghukumar

Since April 15 when fighting broke out between the army and the Rapid Support Forces in Sudan, thousands have been fleeing the cities to reach safety.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/voices/audio/2018887894/it-s-just-beyond-description-nz-diaspora-desperate-to-evacuate-family-members-from-sudan-conflict
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