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The Women in the NZDF Report is an annual report providing transparency around the participation of women in the NZDF. The report includes NZDF’s gender-related strategic initiatives and highlights successes.
NZDDP-D is the capstone NZDF doctrine publication, introducing the philosophical concept of military doctrine and its application by the NZDF. It focuses on the doctrinal components of New Zealand’s military strategy, but also describes the New Zealand approach to military activity at all levels.
The Strategic Defence Policy Statement recognises the full scope of value that Defence provides for New Zealand, across the Community, Nation, and World. The Policy Statement also articulates a set of principles to describe the Government's expectations for Defence and provide enduring policy guidance, examines developments in the strategic environment, and updates the Defence Force outcomes, principal roles, and priorities.
FLOC 35 is the NZ Army’s capstone operating concept into the near future. It provides guidance for the development of concepts, experimentation, planning, force design and capability modernisation. It aims to provide a series of goals and overarching direction for the development of capability and strategy around which the NZ Army can generate and sustain the future force.
The Facility Security Officer Guide details the responsibilities of a Facility Security Officer (FSO) of a Defence Industry Security Programme (DISP) accredited organisation.
A document that explains the NZDF's LGBTTIQ+ Inclusion Plan 2020-2025
In this issue we showcase the great work of HMNZS Wellington and her crew, on a mission to Tokelau and the Cook Islands to deliver vaccines. We detail a new way for our experienced sailors to commission as officers, and meet a Waikato nurse who’s getting taste of military life as a naval reservist. Our NZDF Maori Cultural Advisor, Lieutenant Jack Rudolph, talks about Navy life in the eighties, and we have a one-on-one with our Defence Attaché in Washington DC.
This June edition shows Navy re-introducing Surface Supplied Breathing Apparatus diving into its capability. We travel to Marlborough to watch the Seasprites learning to fly in mountains, and our hydrographers working with the NZ Police on body recovery exercises. HMNZS Matataua get into community work in Whakatane, while HMNZS Aotearoa visits Wellington. We celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Navy Museum and publish the historical accounts of Ken Searle, Fleet Air Arm, who arrived in England just too late for the war.