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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.

New Zealand has extended its commitment to a United Nations demining programme in Mozambique.
The extension was announced today by the Minister of Defence Mark Burton and the Minister of Foreign Affairs Phil Goff.

The Defence Minister Mark Burton has given the opening address today at a "Defence Policy after East Timor" seminar at Victoria University, hosted by the New Zealand Institute of International Affairs. The key points of his address were:

The East Timor tour of duty for New Zealand service men and women will be reduced to six months.

Parliament's appreciation of the efforts of New Zealand military personnel in East Timor was expressed when Parliament reconvened today after the Christmas recess.

The Canadian Minister of Defence, the Hon Arthur Eggleton has arrived in Wellington this morning on a two-day visit to New Zealand.
Mr Eggleton has come to New Zealand as part of a wider visit to Australia and East Timor.

Defence Minister Mark Burton has announced he will lead a parliamentary delegation to East Timor at the beginning of February.

Post-election briefing papers from the Ministry of Defence and the New Zealand Defence Force show that some crucial issues need to be addressed, the Minister of Defence Mark Burton said.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Phil Goff and the Minister of Defence, Mark Burton have announced that New Zealand will continue to provide humanitarian peacekeeping support in East Timor when the United Nations transitional administration in