Critical Estate Sustainment: This initiative provides funding to sustain the New Zealand Defence Force Estate through addressing some deferred maintenance activities to maintain safe and compliant infrastructure for operations, training and accommodation.
Defence Capability Plan – Counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems Protective Capability: This initiative provides funding held in contingency to purchase a credible Counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems protective capability that can detect, track, identify and – when necessary and legally permitted – defeat any unauthorised systems that pose a safety hazard or security threat.
Defence Capability Plan – Enhancing New Zealand Defence Force Cyber Capabilities – Tranche 1: This initiative provides funding held in contingency to deliver an initial uplift to the defensive cyber capabilities of the New Zealand Defence Force.
Defence Capability Plan – Enterprise Resource Planning Capability for a Modern, Integrated Defence Force – Tranche 1: This initiative provides funding held in contingency to enable the completion of preparation and foundation tasks for the replacement of the resource management and planning capability of the New Zealand Defence Force.
Defence Capability Plan – Future Air Mobility Capability – Strategic (757 Replacement): This initiative provides funding held in contingency for the replacement of the two Boeing 757 aircraft currently operated by the Royal New Zealand Air Force. The new aircraft will have enhanced range and reliability, allowing increased availability for strategic air mobility missions.
Defence Capability Plan – Future Naval Base Programme –Tranche 1a, Design and Enabling Works: This initiative provides funding for planning, design and decommissioning work at Devonport Naval Base across eight priority projects. This initiative forms the first stage of the Future Naval Base Programme which will regenerate infrastructure at Devonport.
Defence Capability Plan – Garrison and Training Vehicles Project – Tranche 1, Phase 2: This initiative provides funding held in contingency to purchase vehicles to replace Unimog trucks used by the New Zealand Army Reserve and training units. The investment will allow the New Zealand Army to continue to support emergency responses within New Zealand and generate forces that can be deployed overseas.
Defence Capability Plan – Homes for Families (Part 3): This initiative provides funding to lease homes, and funding to commence design work to build and modernise fit for purpose homes. Additional funding has also been set aside in a tagged contingency for the delivery and lease-back of planned housing in Waiouru.
Defence Capability Plan – Information Management Programme – Tranche 1: This initiative provides funding held in contingency to transform the New Zealand Defence Force’s data, analytics and information management capability through investment in technology, people, and processes. It forms part of the Information Management Programme, which will ensure access to accurate, timely information for better decision-making and continued data interoperability with security partners.
Defence Capability Plan – Maritime Helicopter Replacement –Tranche 1: This initiative provides funding held in contingency to fund the replacement of the New Zealand Defence Force’s current fleet of eight Seasprite helicopters with a fleet of new maritime helicopters. The new helicopters will provide a modern naval aviation capability to conduct combat operations, search and rescue operations and contribute to humanitarian aid and disaster relief.
Defence Capability Plan – Medium Range Anti-Armour Weapon System (Javelin, Refresh Phase 2): This initiative provides funding held in contingency to maintain the New Zealand Army’s anti-armour capability through the purchase of Command Launch Units for the Javelin Medium Range Anti-Armour Weapon System.
Defence Capability Plan – Small-scale Defence Projects: This initiative provides funding to implement ten small-scale capability projects. These projects cover countering explosive hazards, engineering plant, logistics systems, secure networking and data links, soldier protective equipment, space operations, aircraft maintenance and special forces equipment.
Defence Capability Plan – Operationalising the New Zealand Defence Force Workforce Strategy – Phase 1: This initiative provides funding for critical change initiatives to the New Zealand Defence Force workforce system, model and technology tools to ensure an adaptable, scalable and resilient workforce is available.
Defence Capability Plan – Upgrade Army Communications Tranche 3 Phase 1: This initiative provides funding held in contingency to purchase replacement radios for the New Zealand Army and additional equipment for deployable headquarters. This will continue the transformation of the New Zealand Army into a networked force and enable deployment on operations in support of the Government’s defence and foreign policy objectives.
Defence Capability Plan – Upgrading the Regional Supply Facility and Logistics Model at Burnham Military Camp: This initiative provides funding held in contingency to deliver the Burnham Regional Supply Facility: a centralised warehouse to house deployable supply, a regional equipment pool, and goods-distribution function.
Maintaining Air Capability: This initiative provides continued funding to increase flying hours across the Air fleet, recruit and train additional personnel, address critical repair and overhaul gaps, and restore engagement and training with our partner nations.
Maintaining Information Capability: This initiative provides funding to address gaps in New Zealand Defence Force’s digital information and capability and to maintain it at levels required to operate effectively, including with international partners in a rapidly changing global technology environment.
Maintaining Land Capability: This initiative provides funding for combat capability through additional field exercises, participation in multinational planning activities and exercises, recruiting and training additional personnel, and addressing critical repair and overhaul gaps.
Maintaining Maritime Capability: This initiative provides funding for additional patrols across the Naval fleet, regeneration of an Offshore Patrol Vessel, recruitment and training of additional personnel, and addressing critical repair and overhaul gaps.
New Zealand Defence Force Overseas Deployments to Advance New Zealand’s Interests: This initiative provides increased funding for anticipated future New Zealand Defence Force overseas deployments. The use of the funding will be subject to Cabinet approval of specific deployments.
Partner Interoperability and Commitments: This initiative provides funding to maintain essential engagement with the armed forces of international partner nations, and to protect and enhance New Zealand’s reputation and our ability to work with partners.
People and Organisation Support: This initiative provides funding for military organisational support functions (cadets, Defence sports, educational resources, coursing), to provide support for the security services at Defence Force sites, and to improve governance and oversight of military deployments.
Remuneration – Civilian Personnel: This initiative provides funding for remuneration uplifts to enable the New Zealand Defence Force to meet future pay costs.
Remuneration – Military Allowances: This initiative provides partial implementation of a new allowance framework to recognise the unique nature of the activities and engagements that the Defence workforce undertakes.
Veterans’ Affairs: This initiative provides temporary transitional funding for additional personnel to enable Veterans’ Affairs to process and manage applications for support from veterans in a timely manner. This funding is time-limited, as the increase in the volume and complexity of claims needing to be processed is expected to be temporary.
although IOTUS would probably block it.
