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24 May, 2012

Govt delivers on Defence White Paper reforms

The New Zealand Defence Force is to retain about $142 million a year in operating savings it has freed up to improve its military capability, delivering on the Government’s promise in the Defence White Paper.

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7 May, 2012

NZ backs UN mission, extends refugee support

Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully today announced further support for international efforts in Syria, including an offer to deploy additional military observers.

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24 April, 2012

Australia and New Zealand release bilateral Defence Framework

Australian Defence Minister Stephen Smith and New Zealand Minister of Defence Dr Jonathan Coleman today reaffirmed their commitment to ANZAC Defence cooperation with the release of the Review into the Australia-New Zealand Defence Relationship.

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24 April, 2012

ANZAC spirit alive and well

The Minister of Defence says tomorrow’s Anzac Day commemorations will acknowledge the courage and sacrifices forged by New Zealand and Australian defence staff stretching from Gallipoli 97 years ago to the present day.

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24 April, 2012

NZ to send two observers to Syria

The Minister of Defence has confirmed two New Zealand Defence Force staff are being offered to the UN Mission in Syria.

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10 April, 2012

US Troops join New Zealand Military Exercise

Defence Minister Dr Jonathan Coleman has announced that the New Zealand Defence Force is hosting United States military personnel in an exercise to be held in the central North Island later this month.

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3 April, 2012

Defence Minister saddened by death of NZ Soldier

The Minister of Defence, Dr Jonathan Coleman, says he is saddened to learn of the death today of a New Zealand soldier serving with the Provincial Reconstruction Team in Afghanistan.

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1 April, 2012

Minister: Job well done NZSAS

The Minister of Defence, Dr Jonathan Coleman, today formally acknowledged the contribution of the New Zealand Special Air Service Regiment in Afghanistan as the two-and-half year deployment comes to an end.

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14 March, 2012

Defence Minister congratulates Air Force on 75th anniversary

The Minister of Defence, Hon Dr Jonathan Coleman, has formally thanked the RNZAF for its 75 years of service to New Zealand.

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13 March, 2012

Defence Minister on base visits

Defence Minister, Hon Dr Jonathan Coleman, is spending today and tomorrow visiting several New Zealand Defence Force bases.

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9 March, 2012

Speech to the NH90 Welcoming Ceremony

It is a pleasure to be here today for the welcoming ceremony for the NH-90 medium utility helicopter.

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9 March, 2012

New NH90 Helicopters launched

The Defence Minister, Hon Dr Jonathan Coleman, officially welcomed the first of the Air Force’s new medium utility NH90 helicopters at an event in Wellington today.

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4 February, 2012

Unknown NZ Soldier Laid to Rest

A ceremony to rebury the remains of a New Zealand soldier was held at Messines Ridge British Cemetery near Ieper, Belgium on Friday 3 February.

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3 February, 2012

Reburial of unknown New Zealand Soldier, Messines Ridge

Today’s ceremony is a chance to reflect on the sacrifices of a generation of young New Zealanders who gave their lives in Flanders.

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2 February, 2012

ISAF Defence Ministers Meeting Intervention statement by New Zealand Minister of Defence Hon Dr Jonathan Coleman

It is a pleasure to attend my first meeting of NATO’s North Atlantic Council with its ISAF partners and I look forward to working with you and all my colleagues around the table in the months and years ahead.

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29 January, 2012

Australian and New Zealand Defence Ministers launch new Defence Relationship Framework

Australian Defence Minister Stephen Smith today met with New Zealand’s newly appointed Minister of Defence Dr Jonathan Coleman for the Ministers’ first formal bilateral meeting.

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27 January, 2012

Defence Minister attends ISAF Defence Ministers meeting

The Minister of Defence is attending defence talks in Europe next week after the bilateral meeting with the Australian Defence Minister and attending the joint Australian New Zealand Cabinet meeting in Melbourne this weekend.

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18 January, 2012

Improved satellite communications for NZDF

The NZ Defence Force is joining an international partnership to give it guaranteed satellite communications for the next 20 years, Defence Minister Dr Jonathan Coleman announced today.

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20 December, 2011

Ministers reaffirm ANZAC Defence Cooperation

The Australian and New Zealand Defence Ministers held talks on the Australia-New Zealand bilateral defence relationship over the weekend.

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