New Zealand Official Development Assistance (NZODA) provides support for economic and social development in developing countries, especially in the South Pacific and Asia regions. It is managed by the Development Co-operation Division (DEV) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade in conjunction with New Zealand's Diplomatic Posts.

MAP

The Defence Mutual Assistance Programme (MAP) aims to contribute in practical terms to the achievement of the NZDF's mission to promote secure and stable neighbourhoods through the provision of training, technical and other support to selected South Pacific and South-East Asian defence forces.

Deployable

Deployability is the ability of a designated force to be safely transported within a specific time frame to a theatre of operations.

Interoperable

Interoperability is the level of standardisation required for New Zealand to work with other countries.

Readiness

Readiness describes the level of a particular unit's availability to conduct combat operations. The term covers all the elements necessary for a force to go into combat, such as levels of training, manning, equipment, stores and supplies, and morale.

Units described as being at a 'high level of readiness' will normally be available for combat operations after reasonably short preparation. Units described as being at a 'low level of readiness' will normally need additional training, personnel, equipment, and/or stores and supplies and will take a considerable period to be ready for combat.

The NZDF works on the basis of units being held at a level of capability directed and funded by the Government (known as a "Directed Level of Capability" or "DLOC"), which states the number of days a unit has before it is expected to be ready for combat. This might be a period of, for example, 30 days. When a unit is ready for combat it is described as being at an "Operational Level of Capability" or "OLOC". To bring a unit up to OLOC requires additional funding.

Sustainability

Sustainability is the ability to support a designated force through the duration of an operation. It includes, for example, sufficient personnel for initial deployment, rotation and casualties, and logistic stocks required by the deployed forces.

Doctrine

The fundamental principles by which military forces guide their actions in support of objectives. It is authoritative, but requires judgement in application.

Joint and Combined Operations