New Zealand Military Forces
| New Zealand Defence Force Te Ope Kaatua o Aotearoa |
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The NZDF Tri-Service logo
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| Service branches |
New Zealand Army Royal New Zealand Air Force Royal New Zealand Navy |
| Headquarters | Wellington |
| Website | nzdf |
| Leadership | |
| Commander-in-chief |
HE The Rt Hon Dame Patsy Reddy (As Governor-General of New Zealand) |
| Minister of Defence | Hon Gerry Brownlee |
| Chief of Defence Force | Lt Gen Timothy Keating |
| Manpower | |
| Military age | 17 years of age for voluntary military service; service persons cannot be deployed until the age of 18 (2001) |
| Available for military service |
1,009,298 males, age 15–49, 997,134 females, age 15–49 |
| Active personnel | 11,440 (as of June 2016) |
| Reserve personnel | 2,321 (as of June 2016) |
| Deployed personnel | 672 (as 9 December at 2008) |
| Expenditures | |
| Budget | NZ$3.06 billion (2012) |
| Percent of GDP | 1.13% |
| Industry | |
| Foreign suppliers |
United States European Union |
| Related articles | |
| History | Military history of New Zealand |
| Ranks | New Zealand military ranks |
The New Zealand Defence Force (Maori: Te Ope Kaatua o Aotearoa, "Line of Defence of New Zealand") consists of three services: the New Zealand Army; the Royal New Zealand Air Force; and the Royal New Zealand Navy, and is commanded and headed by the Chief of Defence Force (CDF)
As of 2016[update] the Commander-in-Chief of the NZDF was Dame Patsy Reddy, Governor-General of New Zealand, who exercised power on the advice of the Minister of Defence, Gerry Brownlee, under the Defence Act 1990. The Chief of Defence Force is Lieutenant-General Tim Keating, who previously served in the capacity of Vice Chief of Defence Force, having been appointed to his current position on 31 January 2014. Brownlee was appointed Minister of Defence as part of a Cabinet reshuffle following the 2014 New Zealand general election, replacing the now Minister of Health, Jonathan Coleman.
New Zealand's armed forces have three defence policy objectives: to defend New Zealand against low-level threats; to contribute to regional security; and to play a part in global security efforts. New Zealand considers its own national defence needs to be modest, due to its geographical isolation and benign relationships with neighbours. As of December 2015, 167 NZDF personnel are deployed overseas on operations and UN missions in the South Pacific, Asia, Africa, Antarctica and Middle East areas, and over 200 on other overseas engagements or exercises.
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