The Defence Capability Plan, last released in 2014, has been updated to reflect the capability decisions of the Defence White Paper 2016.

Prime Ministerial Foreword I am pleased to introduce the Defence White Paper 2016, which sets out the Government’s expectations for Defence over the coming decades. The 2016 White Paper reflects the Government’s commitment to a more regular cycle of defence policy updates. This is important for the security of New Zealand, its citizens and wider...

The New Zealand Government has directed that a review of its defence policy be conducted over the course of 2015. The Government last updated its defence policy through the Defence White Paper 2010. The Defence White Paper 2010 represented the first comprehensive articulation of New Zealand’s defence policy this century. Since publication it has provided...