The National Party-led government’s plan to lift defence spending from 1 to 2 percent of GDP, as it prepares to join US-led ...

Some of the most expensive projects are replacing maritime helicopters (estimated to cost at least $2b), investment in ...

New Zealand has released its Defence Capability Plan 2025, where it outlined its commitment to spending NZ$12 billion ...

The plan includes NZ$12bn of funding and prioritises investments that are deemed critical over the next four years.

New Zealand said on Monday it would boost defence spending by NZ$9 billion ($5 billion) over the next four years, and aim to ...

What is driving this strategic shift and what are the implications for Australia and the broader Pacific region?Why is New ...

New Zealand has announced a multi-billion-dollar overhaul of its defence force with the goal of increasing lethality in what is becoming an increasingly volatile world. The defence capability plan ...

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand ... Defence Capability Plan contains NZ$9 billion of new funding over the next four years aimed at boosting capability. This is a significant boost to defence ...

The new spending is a significant boost to Defence Force spending of just under NZ$5 billion in 2024/25. New Zealand's first national security review in 2023 called for more military spending and ...