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	Bell Labs: Technical Information on the Advantages of TrueWave® RS Fiber (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		TrueWave® RS reduced dispersion slope fiber is the latest member of Lucent Technologies' TrueWave nonzero-dispersion fiber (NZDF) family.
		NZDF fibers have been shown to operate practically at 40 Gb/s and commercial systems are expected in the next year or two.
		NZDF fibers with higher dispersion slope than TrueWave RS tend to have too little dispersion in the lowest wavelengths around 1530 to reliably suppress crosstalk,.
	www.bell-labs.com /news/1998/june/11/2.html (1041 words)

	MIS \| Special Editions > MIS 100
		The NZDF maintains a CIS infrastructure as the backbone of all operations with extensive remote and wide area connectivity to support forces deployed overseas.
		The NZDF is in the process of moving to the Citrix server-based computing platform for its main network; approximately 9000 users will migrate to this technology by the end of 2004.
		NZDF’s use of SAP is increasing, with a number of enhancement and upgrade projects underway.
	www.misweb.com /mis100viewprofile.asp?by=industry&pid=1561&year=2004 (598 words)

	The New Zealand Defence Force—How Does It Stack Up?
		The NZDF’s small size permits flexibility and responsiveness that allow it to implement change progressively across the three services on a scale that would be infinitely more difficult to accomplish in a large and complex organization such as the U.S. Army.
		A comparison of the NZDF’s logistics strategy with the U.S. Army’s logistics transformation indicates that the NZDF is indeed on track to deliver logistics in the 21st century.
		However, the NZDF cannot afford to be complacent and must continue to seek to modernize and, where necessary, revolutionize logistics functions, processes, and delivery methods to ensure effective logistics support of its military forces.
	www.almc.army.mil /alog/issues/MarApr04/New_Zealand.htm (2636 words)

	MIS \| Special Editions > MIS 100
		The NZDF maintains a corporate CIS infrastructure as the backbone of all operations with remote and wide area connectivity to support forces deployed overseas.
		NZDF aims to have the same range of systems available to units serving overseas as it provides to its team within New Zealand.
		The NZDF is in the early stages of acquiring a Joint Command and Control System (JCCS) to support military operations.
	www.misweb.com /mis100viewprofile.asp?by=industry&pid=807&year=2003 (615 words)

	NZ Army - TOMORROW'S ARMY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		NZDF must be equipped and trained for combat and peacekeeping.
		NZDF must be held at appropriate levels of readiness.
		NZDF resources will be managed to ensure that commitments can be sustained.
	www.army.mil.nz /default.asp?CHANNEL=PUBLICATIONS&PAGE=Government+Direction (376 words)

	alc policy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		NZDF supports the current two-tier decision making process for sale of liquor licensing, and recent increases in sanctioning of infringements under the Act by suspending or cancelling licences or managers’ certificates or by changes to hours of trading.
		NZDF supports minor changes to the Act to enable decision-making by the Liquor Licensing Authority to further the Object of the Act.
		NZDF did not support the lowering of the drinking age because of the high level of drinking among young people and because it was anticipated that a minimum age of 18 would mean increased supply of alcohol to younger teenagers.
	www.drugfoundation.org.nz /alc%20policy.html (3168 words)

	New Zealand Government Executive - Defence Policy Framework
		To meet the Government's defence policy objectives the NZDF must be able to offer an adequate range of capabilities which are realistically attainable.
		It is a false economy not to have the NZDF equipped and trained at appropriate levels of readiness.
		It is essential that the NZDF keep abreast of technological and other changes in military operations, the so called Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA), in order to retain operational effectiveness.
	www.executive.govt.nz /minister/burton/defence/minister/shaping.htm (406 words)

	Review of the lease of F-16 aircraft
		NZDF have continued the DMR process and have now included efficiency reviews in areas that were not indicated at the time of the DA97.
		To achieve this it is likely that a NZDF capability (or output) would have to be cut, or at least significantly reduced.
		NZDF also face additional operating pressures some of which are controllable and some of which are not.
	www.executive.govt.nz /f16/review15.htm (1317 words)

	NZ Defence winning war on paper with Fuji Xerox (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		NZDF technicians have been trained by Fuji Xerox to do more advanced repairs and that's highly useful when product is on a ship at sea or in the field in East Timor or Afghanistan.
		The NZDF is currently contributing to peace support operations in 18 different territories, including Timor Leste (formerly East Timor), Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, the Solomon Islands and Iraq.
		The NZDF's mission is to secure New Zealand against external threat, to protect the country's sovereign interests, including the Exclusive Economic Zone, and to contribute to forces under collective security treaties, agreements or arrangements.
	www.istart.co.nz /index/HM20/PC0/PV21895/EX265/CS26828 (1051 words)

	New Zealand Dairy Workers Union: News: DWU Agrees on Drug Policy with NZ Dairy Foods - 03 December 2003
		People affected by alcohol and/or drugs are a safety hazard to themselves, to all others at the workplace, to members of the public whom they might encounter during work, to their families and the wider community, and to NZDF's consumers.
		That in all dealings with an individual worker, workplace delegates, representatives, and each other, both NZDF and NZDWU must at all times act in accordance with the principles of good faith as enunciated in the Employment Relations Act 2000.
		If a worker fails to take advantage of an agreed Union-employer EAP programme and if the worker is subsequently stood down once more in a 12 month period, and, if the worker still fails to take advantage of an agreed EAP, then the worker shall receive a final written warning.
	www.nzdwu.org.nz /news/1070409298_1229.html (690 words)

	No Right Turn
		I asked how many times NZDF members had had to fire their weapons and the reasons for doing so (training, accidental discharge, combat etc), as well as information on any incident when they had had to return fire or shoot at Afghans and whether anyone had been injured or killed in consequence.
		All NZDF personnel deployed to Afghanistan are required to conduct periodic range practices on gazetted firing ranges in order to maintain their weapons handling skills.
		For the NZDF personnel making up the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT), or attached to the International Security Assistance Force, or serving in staff positions in Operation Enduring Freedom, there has only been one discharge of a weapon in the course of an operation.
	norightturn.blogspot.com /2005/05/answers-on-afghanistan.html (660 words)

	Beehive.govt.nz - NZDF involvement in Operation Enduring Freedom—an update (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		A NZDF Liaison Officer deployed to Bahrain in December 2002, and is working in the OEF MIO Coalition Coordination Centre within the Navy Component Command of USCENTCOM, known as NAVCENT.
		Currently, three NZDF officers are deployed as staff officers in the HQ.
		This NZDF contribution is known as TG STAND and represents one of only a small number of non-European countries within ISAF.
	www.beehive.govt.nz /ViewDocument.cfm?DocumentID=16180 (1103 words)

	EQUITY - Ratesheet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		NZDF Holdings is one of New Zealand’s largest producers of consumer dairy products, including milk, cheese, yoghurt and butter.
		Conversion to shares is conditional on NZDF Holdings being listed on the NZSE at the time of the Election Date and having a market value that is the greater of $100m and the principal amount of all outstanding capital notes.
		NZDF may elect to redeem ALL noteholder capital notes for cash.
	www.equity.co.nz /scripts/fitermsheet.asp?bond_code=NZD020 (310 words)

	NZDF - HEADQUARTERS JOINT FORCES NEW ZEALAND (HQ JFNZ) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		In effect, the Chiefs of Staff are responsible for generating and sustaining NZDF military capabilities and COMJFNZ is responsible for employing such capabilities on operations (and major exercises).
		The component commanders also play an important part in planning and supervising NZDF operations and collective training - through their high-level advice to COMJFNZ and HQ JFNZ staff, their input to headquarters planning processes, and their technical control of operational standards, safety, doctrine and preparedness reporting.
		As well as supervising the conduct of operations and exercises, the headquarters undertakes operational-level contingency planning and implements the NZDF exercise and activity programme.
	www.nzdf.mil.nz /corporate/hqjfnz.htm (649 words)

	Tomb of the Unknown Warrior information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		NZDF assisted the Ministry for Culture and Heritage with the repatriation of the Unknown Warrior by providing transportation to France and back, ceremonial support for the Handover Ceremony in France and the Interment Ceremony in New Zealand.
		The codename for NZDF support for the return of the Unknown Warrior is Op Valhalla (The word Valhalla comes from Norse myth and means the great hall of Odin where warriors who die as heroes in battle dwell eternally).
		A 50-person tri-service Guard of Honour, a 50-strong NZDF Maori Cultural Group and the New Zealand Army Band were in position at Air Movements Terminal in Rongotai, Wellington to welcome the Unknown Warrior to New Zealand soil.
	www.nationalwarmemorial.govt.nz /unknown/index.html (2299 words)

	F16 review
		The NZDF is attempting to fund a full range of capabilities with insufficient money and without having determined specific priorities.
		There are doubts within NZDF whether it is worth spending this latter sum in view of their age.
		In my view the possibility of acquiring a reduced number of F-16s should be explored to maintain expertise and to preserve an operational capability that may need to be expanded should strategic circumstances deteriorate significantly at some point in the future.
	www.converge.org.nz /pma/milf16r.htm (1639 words)

	NZ Army - ARMY OVERSEAS
		Two of the NZDF staff officers will be stationed at the UK headquarters at the Basra International Airport, and two staff officers will be sent to the UK Engineer Headquarters in the township of Basra.
		As is the case with all deployments, the situation will be closely monitored to ensure that conditions allow the NZDF to undertake the tasks for which they were deployed.
		The SNO would be authorised to withhold the services of NZDF personnel if any task or proposed action is considered outside the scope of the Light Engineer Group mandate, compromises New Zealand's national position, or may adversely affect New Zealand's national interests.
	www.army.mil.nz /?CHANNEL=OPERATIONS&PAGE=Iraq+%2D+UNMOVIC (1140 words)

	San Miguel has new dairy target - Business - www.smh.com.au (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		NZDF is a consumer dairy business owned by New Zealand businessman and Burns Philp chairman Graeme Hart, who has been soliciting offers.
		NZDF is a cheaper buy than National Foods, which has a market capitalisation of $1.9 billion, and there are no rivals on the scene so far.
		The Rank Group bought NZDF from Fonterra at a bargain price in 2002, after a corporate restructuring forced Fonterra to divest part of its business due to competition rules.
	www.smh.com.au /news/Business/San-Miguel-has-new-dairy-target/2005/03/17/1110913738530.html (546 words)

	NZ Cadet Forces defence and community support
		Rather, it is intended to establish and define joint and separate NZDF and community responsibilities for the provision of general support to cadet force units.
		NZDF resources will be directed primarily towards the provision of personnel and other support for cadet force unit training and direction; training courses appropriate for cadet force officers; provision of uniforms for officers and cadets; officer management; a code of conduct; and the provision of opportunities for cadets to undertake training in NZDF establishments.
		NZDF support for NZCF includes the provision of Regular Force personnel to plan and supervise a predetermined number of cadet force officer and cadet student training days of courses and training activities per annum; the number to be promulgated by the Chief of Defence Force in Defence Force Orders.
	www.cadetforces.mil.nz /charter/index.html (1843 words)

	Hart's techniques put on display - Business - Business - smh.com.au
		It should be noted that the Grant Samuel independent report in the prospectus, while observing that most NZDF assets were acquired only in August, refers to the substantial changes to the business, cost reductions and the pre-swap existence of a valuable long-term milk supply contract with Fonterra.
		The NZDF sale provisions also include an "earn out" clause that would allow Hart's Rank Group to receive payments related to the increases in Goodman's earnings from implementing a range of "value-add" improvements agreed between Goodman and Hart.
		Grant Samuel, in looking at the NZDF acquisition, concluded that it made strategic sense for Goodman and that its pricing would be determined by the judgement institutions make about the combined group's value.
	www.smh.com.au /news/business/harts-techniques-put-on-display/2005/11/23/1132703253227.html (1105 words)

	UnlimitedNet : Code cracks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		NZDF’s acquisition had the potential to derail the tender process, as a bidder could no longer be sure it could obtain 100% of the shares (Kapiti’s constitution required a shareholder to hold 90% of the shares before it could compulsorily acquire the balance).
		NZDF was preparing to challenge this when United Milk mounted a full takeover offer to all shareholders.
		However, even if Kapiti was a code company, NZDF could have acquired up to 20% before the code regulations kicked in, and then made a takeover offer at a reduced price for the balance of the shares.
	www.pcworld.co.nz /unlimited.nsf/PrintDoc/0B04D17FC5176D65CC256DC7007BF890?OpenDocument (600 words)

	NZDF selects PeopleSoft for upgrade (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		NZDF chief financial officer Jim Sybertsma says the upgrade is the first time the former New Zealand Dairy Group subsidiary has had the opportunity to select its own enterprise technology platform.
		Purchased in 2002 by Rank Group, NZDF is targeting immediate efficiencies in its Domestic Division, which produces a range of milk, cultured food, butter and cheese products, and processes daily 600,000 litres of milk.
		As well as providing NZDF with an improved level of information integration, the PeopleSoft solution will also provide the opportunity for more electronic dealings with customers and suppliers once implemented.
	www.istart.co.nz /index/HM20/PC0/PV21872/EX269/CS23501 (451 words)

	nzembassy.com - United States/New Zealand Relations
		The NZDF also takes part in a wide range of US-sponsored regional seminars including in the logistics and medical areas and we continue to deal with the United States on procurement.
		In addition, a NZDF officer on secondment to New York was reassigned in July 1999 to establish and run the Mine Action Coordination Centre for Kosovo.
		The NZDF has been involved in demining activities in Cambodia since late 1991 and was instrumental in the creation of both CMAC and its forerunner.
	www.nzembassy.com /info.cfm?CFID=117052&CFTOKEN=15163500&c=31&l=86&s=bu&p=60368 (3387 words)

	New Zealand Army Vehicles - Page 4 - defence Forum for army related discussions featuring: army warfare, army weapons, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		My personal preference is for the NZDF to be able to operate in small-scale amphibious operations alone and be able to fit into larger operations, with allies.
		The NZDF should not be carrying out opposed landings, but I believe that the EFV would allow for a tactical flexibility in the Asia Pacific region that not many countries have.
		The NZDF is being made to fit into an ideology that is not reflective of the environment it finds it self in.
	www.defencetalk.com /forums/showthread.php?p=54342 (5311 words)

	EBN - Fiber And Optical Networking (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		NZDF avoids four-wave mixing by moving the zero dispersion point above the range of EDFAs.
		The signal continues to operate in the third or fourth transmission windows with only a moderate amount of dispersion, which actually helps-as it provides a minimal level of interference needed to separate DWDM channels from one another.
		Therefore, NZDF is the preferred cable for new optic installations.
	www.networkmagazine.com /shared/printableArticle.jhtml?articleID=8703149 (1485 words)

	NZDF - WELCOME TO THE NEW ZEALAND DEFENCE FORCE WEBSITE
		NZDF Personnel Archives being moved to Archives NZ
		Audit of NZDF policies relating to abuse - released 1 December 2005
		NZDF Briefing to the Incoming Government 2005 - Public documents
	www.nzdf.mil.nz (425 words)

	A Modern, Sustainable Defence Force Matched To New Zealand's Needs
		Although the capital acquisition plan has yet to be finalised, it is anticipated that capital injections of around $1 billion over the next ten years may be necessary, with the bulk of it likely to be required within the next 5 years.
		The total of the NZDF expenditure lines do not directly compare to the NZDF's total appropriations (as in the main estimates) as the series contained in the BEFU are exclusive of capital charge, excludes departments GST expenses and make adjustments for inter-departmental activity.
		The NZDF Core expenditure line shows an overall upward trend, while the Total Defence Expenses line is affected by the inclusion of one-off expenses.
	www.executive.govt.nz /minister/burton/sustainable-defence/financial.htm (804 words)

	Welcome to the official website of the Embassy of Afghanistan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Minister of Defence Mark Burton said that the early confirmation of these deployments was important for forward planning for the NZDF as a whole.
		Our service men and women have once again proved their international reputation for excellence, and today's announcement is part of ensuring that we manage all of our resources so that their contributions around the world continue to meet that reputation.
		In Afghanistan, the NZDF team have worked effectively to assist the Afghan government to extend its influence beyond Kabul, and built local confidence through making contact with community leaders, gathering information about their reconstruction needs, and providing an opportunity to air any concerns.
	www.afghanembassy.net /nz_support.html (498 words)

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