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Showing posts with label Funding NZ Defence Force. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Funding NZ Defence Force. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 9, 2025

Kerre Woodham: We have to be willing and prepared to play our part


Well, we were a little in advance of the day yesterday, weren't we? If you were with me yesterday, I was looking at the armed forces lowering their standards to try to attract more people into the services. They're leaving in droves, finding it very hard to recruit new people, men and women, to join the services. And instead of lowering standards, I said, why not make the Defence Force more attractive as a career? Address the poor pay, the substandard housing and the lack of opportunities for career advancement for servicemen and women to stop them leaving in their legions. And what do you know? Twelve hours later they have.