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This publication provides Cabinet documents regarding the proposal, and the report for Hon Ron Mark on his travel, from 18 to 22 September 2019, to Timor-Leste for the 20th Anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations Mission in East Timor (UNAMET) and the International Force East Timor (INTERFET) peacekeeping missions.
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This publication provides documents on Cabinet’s September 2019 decision to contribute five NZDF personnel to the Australian-led Combined Task Force 150 in Bahrain for four months from December 2019.
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The Military Women: A stocktake of recommendations reviewed the uptake of the recommendations from the 2014 review Maximising opportunities for Military Women in the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF), also known as the Military Women report.
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This stocktake focuses on the review into recruit training in the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) that was conducted in 2015 and asks the question “What is the extent of the uptake of the recommendations from the Recruit Training review?”.
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This review of the New Zealand Defence Force Summary Trial System considered whether the system effectively maintains discipline while also ensuring fairness to victims and those charged with offences.
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The impacts of climate change are intensifying. In support of the wider New Zealand Government work programme on climate change, the Ministry of Defence and New Zealand Defence Force have taken a proactive approach in promoting global recognition of climate change as a security risk and integrating climate change into Defence activities and decision-making processes. This Defence Climate Change Implementation Work Plan, titled Responding to the Climate Crisis: An Implementation Plan, puts actions to the recommendations from the 2018 Climate Crisis Defence Assessment.
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This publication provides documents on Cabinet’s July 2019 decision to nominate a candidate for the role of Multinational Force and Observers’ Force Commander.
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This publication provides Cabinet documents regarding the proposal and the report for Hon Carmel Sepuloni on her travel, from 21 to 24 August, to Samoa to attend the New Zealand and Samoa-hosted Women, Peace and Security Summit and to launch, on behalf of the Minister of Defence, Hon Ron Mark, the Pacific Women in Defence Network.
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This publication provides documents on Cabinet’s July 2019 decision to extend the deployment of New Zealand Defence Force personnel to the United Nations Command Military Armistice Commission and the United Nations Command Headquarters in the Republic of Korea, from 1 September 2019 to 31 August 2021.
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