- The U.S. approved a $1.5 billion sale of five MH-60R Seahawk maritime helicopters to New Zealand to boost its maritime and homeland defence capabilities.
- New Zealand is ramping up defence spending—NZ$9 billion over four years and a plan to nearly double to 2% of GDP within eight years, with NZ$1.58 billion newly allocated.
- PM Christopher Luxon says the move corrects decades of underinvestment amid a more competitive strategic environment and increased NZ deployments in East Asia.
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