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A proposal has been put to the National Rifle Association which, if accepted, will allow the National Championships to go ahead at Trentham next month, the Minister of Defence Mark Burton announced today.

The Minister of Defence Mark Burton has welcomed the appointment of Brigadier Martyn Dunne as the new Commander, Joint Forces, New Zealand.

The Minister of Defence Mark Burton has expressed his regret at the resignation of his Australian counterpart John Moore.

"I have written to John Moore wishing him well in his future endeavours.

The Service Chiefs of the New Zealand Army and the Royal New Zealand Air Force have been reappointed for a further year.

New Zealand's military commitment in East Timor has been extended for another 12 months, Prime Minister Helen Clark and Minister of Defence Mark Burton announced today.

The Minister of Defence Mark Burton has welcomed the release of the Australian Defence White Paper, which he says has reiterated the special relationship between New Zealand and Australia.

The Minister of Defence Mark Burton and Economic Development Minister Jim Anderton have confirmed that work is proceeding on the disposal of Hobsonville Air Force Base.

The Minister of Defence Mark Burton has welcomed the findings of the Court of Inquiry into the death of Private Leonard Manning.

Mr Burton has been briefed on the inquiry's findings by the Chief of Defence Force, Air Marshal Carey Adamson.

The Minister of Defence Mark Burton has today released papers relating to the decision to fly a Dunedin man back from Samoa on compassionate grounds.

Defence Minister Mark Burton said today National Party claims about the Air Force's personnel situation were a limp scaremongering exercise.

The command and control of New Zealand Defence Force operations will be centred on a new joint headquarters to be established at Trentham in the Upper Hutt.

New Zealand defence personnel in East Timor remain on stand-by to further assist with evacuations from West Timor, the Minister of Defence Mark Burton said.

The Minister of Defence Mark Burton has confirmed that a third rotation of New Zealand Defence Force personnel will serve under the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET).

The Government has agreed to fund major new Defence acquisitions which will provide new mobility, fire support and communications equipment for the New Zealand Defence Force, the Minister of Defence Mark Burton announced today.

The Navy will stay at Devonport, the Army will continue to use Burnham Camp, and Hobsonville Air Base is to close, the Minister of Defence Mark Burton announced today.

The Government has agreed to fund major new Defence acquisitions which will provide new mobility, fire support and communications equipment for the New Zealand Defence Force, the Minister of Defence Mark Burton announced today.

The New Zealand Minister of Defence Mark Burton has welcomed the release this afternoon of a Defence Review discussion paper by the Australian Prime Minister John Howard.

The New Zealand Minister of Defence Mark Burton has welcomed the release this afternoon of a Defence Review discussion paper by the Australian Prime Minister John Howard.

The capital equipment programme for the New Zealand Defence Force will be boosted by capital injections over the next five years, Defence Minister Mark Burton announced today.

Prime Minister Helen Clark and the Minister of Defence Mark Burton announced today that Cabinet has approved the involvement of two New Zealand army personnel, who are currently attached to a British unit which has been diverted to Sierra Leone, in a de

The Minister of Defence Mark Burton has thanked the personnel of the 2nd First Battalion Group as they prepare to deploy in East Timor.

The Minister of Defence Mark Burton has expressed his sympathy to the family of Staff Sergeant Bill White following the East Timor accident in which Staff Sergeant White was killed and three other New Zealanders were injured.

The Government is addressing a long-standing grievance by ensuring that those involved in operational military service receive an appropriate New Zealand medallic recognition, the Minister of Defence Mark Burton announced today.

A retention payment scheme that has been offered to some Air Force flying instructors has been successful, the Minister of Defence Mark Burton said today.