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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New Zealand is a Pacific nation through geography, culture, identity historical and economic linkages, and valued people-to-people ties. New Zealand is both in and of the Pacific, and our security and wellbeing are intrinsically bound to the peace and stability of the region, in all its dynamism and diversity.
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This publication provides Cabinet documents regarding the proposal, and the report for Hon Ron Mark on his travel, from 30 June to 5 July 2019, to China for Defence related meetings.
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