Meri kirihimete to our Defence whānau

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foreign
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special Merry Christmas to our defence
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whanau wherever you may be around
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aotearoa New Zealand or overseas it's
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been another busy year and I reflect on
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how capably our people have faced
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challenges at home and around the world
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we've trained prepared and deployed
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doing what we do best we have our
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country needed us to do it
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it's been a remarkable year for overseas
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and domestic deployments as we
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reinvigorate and return to our core
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roles after the challenges presented by
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the global pandemic
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earlier this year we withdrew from the
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government's covid-19 response allowing
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us to focus on Force priorities and
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regenerating our capabilities
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I'm proud of all we've contributed and
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achieved this year particularly the
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support to Tonga Ukraine and Antarctica
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our ability to respond to support our
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communities our nation The Wider region
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and Beyond is down to the collective
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contribution of our regular Force
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Reserve and civilian members and our
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defence families that support them
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I'm very grateful to our defence
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families who make daily sacrifices
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providing support to our people as they
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represent the Defence Force here and
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offshore your efforts are very much
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appreciated I'd like to also acknowledge
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those families who contributed to this
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year's military families survey keep an
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eye on our social media channels and the
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force for families website for new
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initiatives to better support our
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defence families these extend from
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budgeting advice to supporting health
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and well-being they're there to help and
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you can follow with the links to this
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message I hope Christmas brings a chance
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to catch your breath and think about far
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now and Friends
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wherever you're celebrating the Year I
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wish you all a safe and merry Christmas
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and an enjoyable and restful holiday
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break
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we are a force for New Zealand