15 May 2012

News Story: Opinion divided on NZ-US military exercises


By Audrey Young

Military exercises between New Zealand and the United States are being stepped up but the public is fairly divided over them.

New Zealand Army engineers will train in the United States with the Marine Corps next month in an exercise dubbed Galvanic Kiwi, the first joint exercise on American soil since the Anzus rift over New Zealand anti-nuclear policy in 1984.

It will follow closely on the heels of the Alam Halfa exercise in New Zealand which involves 76 US military personnel, the first combat exercises since the rift.

Read the full story at NZherald