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  • #61
    Originally posted by Anzac View Post
    The New Zealand Defence Force Force has released its 2018 Strategic Defence Policy Statement

    https://defence.govt.nz/assets/Uploa...ement-2018.pdf
    A Def Minister with military (extensive judging by the tin plate) service/experience... good drills...
    "Well, stone me! We've had cocaine, bribery and Arsenal scoring two goals at home. But just when you thought there were truly no surprises left in football, Vinnie Jones turns out to be an international player!" (Jimmy Greaves)!"

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    • #62
      Originally posted by Truck Driver View Post
      A Def Minister with military (extensive judging by the tin plate) service/experience... good drills...
      At age 16 the Hon Ron Mark MP entered the New Zealand Army’s Regular Force Cadet School, Waiouru, graduating in 1971 as a soldier mechanic. In 1978 he was accepted for Officer Cadet Training and graduated as a 2nd Lieutenant.

      In 1982, as a mechanical engineering officer, he successfully completed the NZSAS selection course. That same year he was one of five New Zealand Army officers deployed to help set up the Multinational Force and Observers peacekeeping operation in the Sinai desert.

      After being denied entry into continuance training with the NZSAS by his then Corps Commander he joined the Sultan of Oman's Armed Forces in 1985 becoming an electrical and mechanical engineering officer in the Omani Special Forces. He retired in 1990 finishing as a Major.

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      • #63
        Originally posted by Anzac View Post
        Media article confirming my post from a week or so ago:



        There will be Champagne in 5Sqd if this gets over the line. Next up will be the C-130H replacement.



        BEEHIVE PRESS RELEASE - 9 JULY 2018

        New Zealand to buy four P-8A Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft

        HON RON MARK


        The coalition Government has agreed to purchase four Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft from the United States Government.

        The four aircraft will replace the aging six P-3K2 Orion maritime patrol aircraft that have been operated by the Royal New Zealand Air Force since the 1960s. The current Orion fleet will reach the end of their expected operational life in 2025.

        “The purchase ensures the Defence Force can continue to deliver the country’s maritime surveillance, resource protection, humanitarian and disaster response around New Zealand and across the South Pacific,” says Ron Mark.

        “This decision strengthens the coalition Government’s Pacific Reset by providing a maritime patrol capability with the significant range and endurance needed to assist our partners in the region.

        “The purchase enables New Zealand to continue to deploy in a wide range of airborne maritime situations independently, and when required, work effectively with partners including Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, which all operate, or will operate, the aircraft,” says Ron Mark.

        The role of maritime patrol aircraft includes:

        Supporting maritime surveillance, humanitarian aid and disaster response, and resource protection around NZ and in the South Pacific; Contributing to the international rules based order through participation in global peace and security operations; Search and rescue in New Zealand’s region, which stretches from the South Pole almost to the Equator and covers 1/11th of the earth’s surface; Environmental and marine resource monitoring.

        “One example of the requirement for a fully capable maritime patrol aircraft is simply the number of lives that can be saved,” Mr Mark said.

        “In the last seven years of search and rescue operations in our region, Orion maritime patrols have contributed to saving 119 lives.

        “Other tasks the Orions have undertaken recently have included participation in international operations to counter piracy and illicit smuggling off the Horn of Africa, surveillance of the volcano in Vanuatu, assessing damage from Cyclones Winston and Gita in the Pacific, surveillance of critical infrastructure after the Kaikoura earthquake, and fisheries monitoring.

        “Maintaining a maritime patrol capability is essential for New Zealand’s national security, and for our ability to contribute to global security efforts,” says Ron Mark.

        The new P-8As, training systems, infrastructure and introduction into service costs will total $2.346 billion. They will be delivered and begin operations from 2023.

        The capital cost will be spread over a number of financial years out to 2025/26. This is an investment decision that has fallen on this Government to make, but will be spread over the medium term and will deliver for New Zealand for many decades to come. The P-8A was the most cost-effective maritime patrol aircraft option available.

        No. 5 Squadron, which currently operates the Orions, will shift from Whenuapai to Ohakea air force base to operate the P-8As.

        The Government will also consider options for a complementary maritime surveillance capability during the forthcoming Defence Capability Plan review, due to be completed by the end of 2018.

        “The complementary capability will consider smaller manned aircraft, remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) or satellites, for additional maritime surveillance tasks within New Zealand’s Exclusive Economic Zone and near region. This will free up the new P-8A fleet to fly more missions, in the South Pacific and further afield,” says Ron Mark.

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        • #64
          The RNZN is purchasing the 85m 4500 tonne MV Edda Fonn as a replacement Dive and Hydrographic Survey vessel. The project will cost for USD$70m including refit and conversion into RNZN specification. It will use the same name as the outgoing HMNZS Manawanui and will utilise recent and new gear acquired for the Littoral Warfare Group such as survey and dive SMB's and remote UWV's.

          The New Zealand government has approved NZ$103 million for the purchase and refit of a second-hand multi-role offshore support vessel that will be used as a dive and hydrographic support vessel by the Royal New Zealand Navy. Following purchase, the 85-meter Norwegian-built survey vessel MV Edda Fonn will be outfitted with the dive and hydrographic […]


          The vessel built in 2003, owned and operated by Norwegian company Østensjø Rederi, was identified as the most suitable option from an initial list of 150 offshore and subsea support vessels considered by defence officials. It has a 1A1 Ice-C rating, deck area of 700m², 7.2m x 7.2m moonpool, flight deck which will be capable of handling a NH90, ROV hangar, 22 baseline crew with accommodation for a additional 44 in 41 cabins.

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          • #65
            The NZ Herald online has published a fairly interesting and lengthy article on 1 NZSAS Regiment with a brief video at the end.

            An exclusive, behind-the-scenes look into the training regime of the NZSAS, New Zealand’s most exclusive fighting force.

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            • #66
              An article with cgi images outlining the RNZN's Dive and Hydrographic vessel acquisition due next year.

              In August this year the Minister of Defence announced the purchase of the Norwegian survey vessel Edda Fonn to close the capability gap…

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              • #67
                The NZ armed forces' toxic culture of impunity and cover-ups revealed



                The NZ armed forces' toxic culture of impunity and cover-ups revealed
                by Nicky Hager / 14 November, 2018

                War is hell. Soldiering is not for sissies. But is a defence force that regularly covers up and denies wrongdoings among its ranks – from war crimes and sexual abuse to drunkenness and battlefield souveniring – operating above the law? In this exclusive investigative report, Nicky Hager reveals a culture of impunity within the New Zealand Defence Force.

                There’s a former Special Air Service (SAS) member sitting at my dining table, Wellington Harbour below us, looking like he’s not certain yet about whether coming to meet me was a good idea. It is our first meeting after he very cautiously made contact a few weeks earlier. He says he enjoyed his time in the military and had left without feeling much concern about what had gone on there. Lots of things seem normal when you’re inside the organisation, he says, that look bizarre once you’re out.
                Long read but its topic of late given Maurice McCabe saga here in Ireland. Posted not for put down of the NZDF but as a mirror to Ireland's own issues with its security and defence organisations.

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                • #68
                  Originally posted by TangoSierra View Post
                  https://www.noted.co.nz/currently/cr...d-nicky-hager/

                  The NZ armed forces' toxic culture of impunity and cover-ups revealed
                  by Nicky Hager / 14 November, 2018



                  Long read but its topic of late given Maurice McCabe saga here in Ireland. Posted not for put down of the NZDF but as a mirror to Ireland's own issues with its security and defence organisations.
                  Nicky Hagar is an ultra far left peace activist who has made a career out of being anti-defence and has a track record of interviewing his type writer. If there is anyone toxic it is him. I would be banned for the language I would used to describe him on this website.

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                  • #69
                    I reckoned the writer was biased but the some of the incidents they refer to are all to similar from an irish perspective.

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                    • #70
                      NZDF STATEMENT OF INTENT for the period ending 30 June 2022

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                      • #71
                        Can't wait for our version especially the announcement of our P8s to replace the CN235s!

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                        • #72
                          Originally posted by Anzac View Post
                          An article with cgi images outlining the RNZN's Dive and Hydrographic vessel acquisition due next year.

                          https://medium.com/@nzdefenceforce/t...l-b03446f29e3f
                          The soon to be HMNZS Manawanui DSV is on its way home.

                          The Royal New Zealand Navy’s new diving and hydrographic support vessel has started her journey from Norway to Auckland, New Zealand. Formerly known as offshore support vessel MV Edda Fonn, the vessel was sold by Norway’s Østensjø Rederi to the New Zealand Navy in August 2018. The vessel was modified for navy needs and was […]


                          It will have a further RNZN fit out alongside and be ready for service this November.

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                          • #73
                            Originally posted by Anzac View Post
                            The soon to be HMNZS Manawanui DSV is on its way home.

                            The Royal New Zealand Navy’s new diving and hydrographic support vessel has started her journey from Norway to Auckland, New Zealand. Formerly known as offshore support vessel MV Edda Fonn, the vessel was sold by Norway’s Østensjø Rederi to the New Zealand Navy in August 2018. The vessel was modified for navy needs and was […]


                            It will have a further RNZN fit out alongside and be ready for service this November.
                            Orskov Yard has converted the research and survey vessel Edda Fonn for Østensjø, who has sold the ship to the Royal New Zealand Navy. Edda Fonn arrived to the yard on Friday February 1st. The ship underwent a long list of improvements before leaving the yard on March 20th to go to the new “home” in New […]


                            A short article about the conversion of the MV Edda Fonn for the RNZN.

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                            • #74
                              Leaked New Zealand Government Budget 2019 documents given to the opposition two days out from the Budget day have outline a massive leap in Defence Spending for the NZDF out to €2.45B (NZD$4.16B) with a €780m (NZD$1.33B) injection of new spending for acquisitions and infrastructure over and above the expected $526m forward appropriated for this year outlined in the 2018/2019 budget. Overseas Development Aid primarily targeted at the Pacific has risen to €434m to counter the rise Chinese and Russian activity in the Pacific. This is all unofficial but to all extent and purposes the figures in the leak have not been completely denied by the Finance Minister.

                              Overview of the Vote – Defence Force

                              The Minister of Defence is responsible for Defence Force appropriations in Vote Defence Force, totalling just over $4,166 million for the 2019/20 financial year.

                              This includes just over $2,837 million for departmental output expenses covering the following:

                              A total of just under $2,164 million with (Air $907 million, Army $916 million and Navy $493 million) capabilities prepared for joint operations to provide the Government with a range of military forces to protect and advance the security and interests of New Zealand. These are held at appropriate levels of capability and preparedness to protect New Zealand's territorial sovereignty and to contribute to regional and global security efforts. Most of these forces will also contribute to a range of services to other government departments and the New Zealand community when not committed to operations overseas, and

                              A total of just over $521 million on Multi-Category Appropriations (MCA) for advice to the Government, Operations Contributing to New Zealand's Security, Stability and Interests, and the Protection of New Zealand and New Zealanders.

                              Of the total output expenses, just under $19 million is expected to be funded from third-party revenue (Revenue Department and Revenue Other) in 2019/20. The remainder is funded by Revenue Crown.

                              There is a capital expenditure appropriation of just over $1,330 million for the purchase of assets.

                              The Minister of Defence is also responsible for a capital injection of nearly $568 million to the New Zealand Defence Force.

                              The Minister for Veterans is responsible for Veterans' Affairs appropriations in Vote Defence Force totalling just over $125 million for the 2019/20 financial year.


                              The speculation is that a replacement fleet of KC-130J's is on its way. What is very weird is that this is a Centre-Left government here at present. Cold War 2.0 is well and truly on it seems!

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                              • #75
                                NZDF Defence budget will see $744m for Cap Ex which will go towards the P-8A, the new Manawanui, network enabled army, a NH90 sim, plus the replacement Protected Mobility project. They will get another $852m appropriation for 2020/21 and forecasted $704m for 2021/22. In other words $2.3B over 3 years and not the $1.3B over 1 year as came out in the leaked pre budget planning. There is an expectation that the C-130 replacement will be announced as a sole source purchase in the next month or two following the release of the Defence Capability Plan for the next 10 years.

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