Nick Lee-Frampton
New Zealand Correspondent at Defense News
Defence journalist, author, royalist, modeller, walker. Pro Ukraine, Canada, Greenland.
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2 weeks ago |
defensenews.com | Nick Lee-Frampton
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand’s 2025 Budget, released this week, is slated to bring defense spending to NZ$4.2 billion (US$2.4 bn), Defence Minister Judith Collins announced. “To achieve this, the government has allocated $2.7 billion of capital and $563 million of operating funding for priority projects identified in the Defence Capability Plan we released last month,” she said.
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2 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Nick Lee-Frampton
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand’s 2025 Budget, released this week, is slated to bring defense spending to NZ$4.2 billion (US$2.4 bn), Defence Minister Judith Collins announced. “To achieve this, the government has allocated $2.7 billion of capital and $563 million of operating funding for priority projects identified in the Defence Capability Plan we released last month,” she said.
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2 months ago |
defensenews.com | Nick Lee-Frampton
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Government leaders in New Zealand have pledged to increase defense spending and plug longstanding capability gaps, as countries in the region contend with the rise of China. “We can’t have prosperity without security. That’s why we’re [doubling] defense spending to 2% of GDP over the next eight years,” Prime Minister Christopher Luxon posted on X after the country’s long-awaited Defence Capability Plan (DCP) was released April 7.
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Oct 2, 2024 |
yahoo.com | Nick Lee-Frampton
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - The armed forces of New Zealand and Australia have swapped deputy commanders at their respective joint forces headquarters, signaling that they consider the defense of their nations an interconnected affair. New Zealand's Defence Minister Judith Collins and Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles welcomed the appointments during the Oct. 2 South Pacific Defence Ministers' Meeting (SPDMM) in Auckland.
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Apr 3, 2024 |
defensenews.com | Nick Lee-Frampton
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — The New Zealand Defence Force includes more than 8,700 uniformed personnel, with nearly half serving in the Army, which Maj. Gen. John Boswell has commanded since September 2018. Among its total inventory, the Army is equipped with Javelin anti-armor missiles, 105mm light guns, and eight-wheel drive light armored vehicles each featuring a 25mm gun.
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