ZB ZB
Live now
Start time
Playing for
End time
Listen live
Listen to NAME OF STATION
Up next
Listen live on
ZB

New Zealand extending military deployments

Author
Newstalk ZB Staff,
Publish Date
Mon, 17 Sep 2018, 4:14PM
Both deployments will be extended until June and September next year. (Photo / Getty)
Both deployments will be extended until June and September next year. (Photo / Getty)

New Zealand extending military deployments

Author
Newstalk ZB Staff,
Publish Date
Mon, 17 Sep 2018, 4:14PM

The Government is extending our military deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Our military training in Iraq is being extended until June 2019 - but the number in the programme will drop from 143 to 121 from November.

This will be reviewed again early next year.

Our deployment to Afghanistan is being extended through to September 2019 - and there will be a strategic reassessment early next year.

The Government's also decided to reinstate our presence in three peace-keeping missions - in South Sudan, Golan Heights in Lebanon, and the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt.

 

Take your Radio, Podcasts and Music with you