As a result of the Defence Capability and Resourcing Review (DCARR), early in 2005 the Government committed to providing the NZDF with the financial resources to recover and grow. The DSI funding package is $4.6 billion over 10 years (2005/06 to 2014/15) and provides the financial resources to:
- restore personnel numbers in the three services, HQNZDF and HQ JFNZ to the levels required, over a period of time;
- address the number and trained state in some trades deemed as critically deficient;
- replace and upgrade some major weapons platforms in accordance with the Government’s intentions, through the LTDP;
- raise the standard of some military equipment (other than major weapons platforms) that is currently beneath the required standard;
- return contingency reserve stocks to acceptable levels;
- reduce the substantial backlog of maintenance and capital expenditure in the Defence Estate, over the longer term; and
- restore aspects of corporate management capability that are currently severely depleted.
DSI phasing is shown at right. This package will enable the NZDF to develop military and organisational capability to a level that will ensure Government’s defence policy objectives can be met on a sustainable basis.
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