Frigates
Navy budget blowout: 'Our sailors aren't safe' - Ron Mark
14 Dec 2017
The cost of upgrading two of the navy's frigates has blown out again - this time by $148 million. The project - originally estimated to cost $374-million - will now cost $639 million. Ron Mark is the… Audio
Navy upgrade continues despite $265m blowout
14 Dec 2017
The Government has decided to go ahead with upgrading two navy frigates despite the cost blowing out by $265 million. It says the cost overrun is unacceptable but cancelling the upgrades would have… Audio
Frigates' costs blowout by $265m
13 Dec 2017
The cost of upgrading two of the navy's frigates has now blown out by a total of $265 million - 70 percent of the original cost.
$440 million frigate upgrade
5 Feb 2016
Does the NZDF really need to spend hundreds-of-millions in upgrading our frigates? Audio
Multi-million dollars upgrade for Navy frigates
5 Feb 2016
More than 440 million dollars will be spent upgrading the weapon systems of the Navy's two frigates. Audio