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The government replacing the Defence Force's 757s with $2.7 billion worth of US aircraft Valerie Morse Peace Action Wellington: 27 August, 2025

The government replacing the Defence Force's 757s with $2.7 billion worth of US aircraft Valerie Morse Peace Action Wellington: 27 August, 2025

The government replacing the Defence Force's 757s with $2.7 billion worth of US aircraft Valerie Morse Peace Action Wellington: 27 August, 2025 7 billion worth of US aircraft Valerie Morse Peace Action Wellington: 27 August, 2025, 25.39 MB
Wednesday, August 27, 2025

Defence Minister Judith Collins and Foreign Minister Winston Peters recently unveiled plans to purchase almost $3 billion worth of US aircraft to replace the Defence Force's ageing 757s.

The five MH-60R Seahawk helicopters, manufactured by Lockheed Martin, would be procured directly through the United States' Foreign Military Sales programme.

Oto spoke with Valerie Morse from Peace Action Wellington about the government’s purchase plan, who said that the purchase was “disappointing” given the context of cuts to public services and infrastructure that have occurred within the government’s current term and it was indicative of New Zealand potentially being brought into a wider regional or global conflict by the United States.