The Defence Force's procurement process was recently given a glowing reference by Sir Brian Roche. but I don't think there's any one specific country that has sort of been singled out," he said. a second hand LAV might fit into their overall programme and there's lots of countries that could probably meet that criteria. "Sometimes there's countries that don't have a big budget for their Defence spend. National's Mark Mitchell, who was defence minister at the time the foreign delegation came last year, said the net for a buyer had been cast wide. if we can get something out of it at this stage - why not," he said. "Any income is a good thing, but really it is kind of small beer now. Photo: RNZ / Richard Tindillerĭefence expert Dr Ron Smith has previously described the purchase as foolish and doubts whether a sale would ever go through. The vehicles have been in storage at the Trentham Military Camp, north of Wellington. "Any actual sale would be subject to negotiation on price, conditions, commissions and any sale costs," the documents reveal. "The gross unit price was originally estimated at about US $ although this expectation is changing over time due to vehicle age and ongoing assessment of the market." The documents say as time passed and the vehicles get older the price would likely go down. ![]() ![]() In the past eight years there's been interest from seven countries. ![]() OIA documents showed they were inspected by a foreign delegation in February last year - but that didn't lead to anything. One was destroyed in a bomb attack in Afghanistan and only some of the remaining 104 are regularly used.ĭefence decided it didn't need 20 of them in 2011 and they have been in storage at the Trentham Military Camp, north of Wellington, waiting for a new home. ![]() The previous Labour government bought 105 LAVs from General Dynamics Land Systems Canada for $653 million. Photo: RNZ / Peter Fowlerĭocuments obtained under the Official Information Act reveal an unnamed foreign delegation inspected the LAVs early last year, but a year-and-a-half on, they're still in storage. NZ Defence Force Light Armoured Vehicles.
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