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Defence destroy explosives in tokelau islands
Thursday, 18 August 2005, 4:33 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
Members of the New Zealand Defence Force Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Team return home today after two weeks spent destroying deteriorating explosives in the Tokelau Islands. More >>
NZDF Rugby Heads South
Tuesday, 16 August 2005, 2:14 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) Rugby team is heading south this week for a two-match tour of the upper South Island. More >>
Veterans, Defence Personnel To Parade Through Wgtn
Thursday, 11 August 2005, 9:40 am | New Zealand Defence Force
Over 160 veterans and 100 New Zealand Defence Force personnel will parade through central Wellington on Monday 15 August to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the end of World War Two in the Pacific. The parade will begin in Civic Square at 12pm ... More >>
Fire Truck Gifted to the Solomon Islands
Monday, 8 August 2005, 4:49 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) has gifted a crash fire engine to the Solomon Islands. This afternoon the fire truck, which weighs over 10 thousand kilograms, was loaded on to a C-130 Hercules ready for transport to Honiara tomorrow morning. More >>
Soldiers Take Over The Hills Of Dunedin
Thursday, 4 August 2005, 1:50 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
Over 100 Territorial Force soldiers from all over New Zealand will take to the hills of Dunedin on Saturday 6 August to compete in the Twin Peaks Battle Tab. More >>
Welcome return for navy TANKER
Wednesday, 3 August 2005, 10:42 am | New Zealand Defence Force
The 50 Officers and sailors of HMNZS ENDEAVOUR will welcome the sight of the Sky Tower on Friday 5 August as they return to Auckland after five months sailing the seas of South East Asia and Australia. More >>
Te Reo For Afghani President
Thursday, 28 July 2005, 2:04 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
New Zealand Defence Force personnel had the opportunity to introduce Te Reo and Maori culture to a different audience during Maori Language week when the Afghani President visited Bamyan, Afghanistan on Wednesday 27 July. More >>
Air Force Exercise in Fiji
Friday, 22 July 2005, 2:39 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The Royal New Zealand Air Force is conducting its tropical training exercise from 23 July to 14 August in Fiji - Exercise Tropic Astra. More >>
Defence force personnel leave for Afghanistan
Monday, 18 July 2005, 1:22 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The Honourable Ruth Dyson and Major General Lou Gardiner will farewell New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) personnel deploying to Afghanistan on Wednesday 20 July, from Christchurch International Airport. More >>
Student Pilots Descend on Tauranga
Monday, 18 July 2005, 11:13 am | New Zealand Defence Force
Seventy personnel will live in a tent city on the airfield from 19-28 July as part of the pilot training exercise. More >>
Daily Challenges For Kiwi Soldiers In Afghanistan
Friday, 1 July 2005, 5:33 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
Corporal Tony Clark and Lance Corporal Daniel Rosewarne face daily challenges in maintaining the New Zealand Provisional Reconstruction Team vehicles, in the Bamyan Province of Afghanistan. None have been more challenging than the movement of three ... More >>
NZAID Funding Of Bamyan Hospital Maternity Ward
Friday, 1 July 2005, 11:37 am | New Zealand Defence Force
Work has begun on building a New Zealand-funded maternity ward in the local hospital in Bamyan, Afghanistan where the New Zealand Provincial Reconstruction Team is based. More >>
NZDF Withdrawals from Mozambique and Sierra Leone
Thursday, 30 June 2005, 9:59 am | New Zealand Defence Force
Long and successful New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) contributions to Mozambique and Sierra Leone come to an end this week. The last two remaining New Zealand military personnel in the African nations will be withdrawn today. The NZDF has been a valuable ... More >>
Time's Changing in Timor
Tuesday, 28 June 2005, 2:22 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
A new era has dawned in Timor-Leste, where infrastructure and stability is rising out of the ashes of a troubled history. As New Zealand's last Military Observer to serve in the region, Squadron Leader Karen Mead (Blenheim) has witnessed the changes ... More >>
Urgently Needed Medical Textbooks To Afghanistan
Monday, 27 June 2005, 6:01 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
New Zealand Defence Force Te Ope Kaatua O Aotearoa Media Release Monday June 27, 2005 More >>
Army Officer Heads to Kosovo
Monday, 27 June 2005, 8:41 am | New Zealand Defence Force
Lieutenant Colonel Jim Blackwell leaves New Zealand today to take up a UN posting in Kosovo. He will take over from Commander Andrew Brown at the UN Headquarters in Pristina. Commander Brown is due to return to New Zealand early next month. More >>
Lengthy Deployment for navy ship
Thursday, 23 June 2005, 10:19 am | New Zealand Defence Force
The Navy frigate HMNZS TE KAHA will depart Devonport Naval Base on Monday June 27, 2005 at 11:00am, sailing for Operation Cutlass II, a 5 ½ month deployment to Australia and Asia. More >>
Navy Saluting In China
Monday, 20 June 2005, 8:40 am | New Zealand Defence Force
The Quartermaster onboard HMNZS TE MANA pipes the side for Chinese Naval vessels as they sail up the Yangtze River to their berth. HMNZ Ships TE MANA and ENDEAVOUR will spend the weekend in Shanghai, China in the last of a series of defence diplomacy ... More >>
Ceremonial Welcome for the President of Pakistan
Friday, 17 June 2005, 5:04 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
New Zealand Defence Force Te Ope Kaatua O Aotearoa Media Advisory Friday 17 June, 2005 More >>
Army personnel return from Niue
Thursday, 16 June 2005, 3:20 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
Niue, the small Pacific island devastated by Cyclone Heta last year, now has a new industrial park, refurbished sea tracks and bush walks, and other improvements, following a training exercise by the New Zealand Army. More >>
