The right-wing government aims to double military spending while cutting public healthcare, driving down wages, reducing ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand’s 2025 Budget, released this week, is slated to bring defense spending to NZ$4.2 ...

Counter-drone systems received funding in this year's Budget, but this did not include maritime drones which the government's ...

New Zealand will double its defence budget to 2 per cent of GDP within the next 10 years, prime minister Christopher Luxon announced on Monday, a sharp reversal of direction from last year’s ...

New Zealand’s National Party-led government released a multi-billion dollar Defence Capability Plan last week, which will nearly double the country’s military spending from just over 1 percent ...

The government forecast a budget deficit of NZ$14.74 billion, narrower than a deficit of NZ$17.32 billion its half-year ...

New Zealand will boost defense spending to more than 2% of gross domestic product, aiming to build a modern, combat-capable military amid rising tensions with China in the Pacific. Announcing the ...

The New Zealand government warned Thursday further near-term budget deterioration with the country’s nascent economic ...

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The new spending is a significant boost to Defense 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 ...