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More Defence Force Staff For Solomon Islands
Friday, 29 October 2004, 10:39 am | New Zealand Defence Force
Thirty two New Zealand Defence Force personnel depart on Monday for a three month tour of duty with the Regional Assistance Mission in the Solomon Islands (RAMSI). The deploying personnel include a platoon of infantry to conduct general security ... More >>
NZ troops return home after six months in Bosnia
Thursday, 28 October 2004, 1:26 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
Ten NZ soldiers are returning home after six months in Bosnia-Herzegovina where they have worked as a Liaison and Observation Team (LOT) attached to the Stabilisation Force (SFOR). More >>
Crew of Fishing Boat Located by Orion
Wednesday, 27 October 2004, 10:56 am | New Zealand Defence Force
An Air Force Orion has located a liferaft with three crewmembers from a fishing boat that caught fire 180km northwest of Cape Reinga in the early hours of this morning. More >>
Navy ship resumes search for 'iron maiden'
Tuesday, 26 October 2004, 1:50 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The Navy is responding to a request for assistance from The Transport Accident Investigation Commission to carry out a search for the vessel Iron Maiden using side-scan sonar equipment. The Rescue Coordination Centre and NIWA have together provided tidal and ... More >>
Pay rise for NZDF civilian staff
Friday, 22 October 2004, 1:31 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
Civilian staff working for the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) have ratified a 2.5 per cent pay increase and a raft of improvements to working conditions. More >>
NZDF helps Afghanistan polling process
Thursday, 21 October 2004, 5:11 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
New Zealand Defence Force personnel in Afghanistan have been commended for their role in facilitating a successful turnout of voters in Bamyan during the recent presidential elections. More >>
NAVY SHIP on its way to help stricken yacht
Wednesday, 13 October 2004, 5:03 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
Navy ship, HMNZS KAHU will rendezvous with the yacht RAYA on passage from the Netherlands to the Bay of Islands. Maritime Radio has requested the assistance of the Navy after RAYA suffered rigging and engine difficulties late yesterday. More >>
Army Weapons Effect Demonstration
Wednesday, 13 October 2004, 9:47 am | New Zealand Defence Force
On Wednesday October 20, 2004, New Zealand Army is conducting a weapons effect demonstration in Waiouru. Weapons effect demonstrations allow for an efficient way to demonstrate to personnel from both within the New Zealand Defence Force and other Government ... More >>
Regular Force Cadet School Allegations
Friday, 8 October 2004, 8:00 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
Today, Chief of Army, Major General Mateparae, said "I am very concerned with the serious nature of the allegations made by former cadets at the Regular Force Cadet School (RFCS). More >>
NZ Officer Caught In Hotel Bomb Blast In Egypt
Friday, 8 October 2004, 5:17 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
A New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) officer was injured during the explosion at the Taba Hilton Hotel in Egypt this morning. Lieutenant Commander Hugh Aitken and his wife were on leave at the hotel at the time of the explosion and both received minor ... More >>
Army takes delivery of Pinzgauer 6x6s
Friday, 8 October 2004, 9:21 am | New Zealand Defence Force
The Minister of Defence, the Honourable Mark Burton, today officially accepted the New Zealand Army’s fleet of new Pinzgauer Light Operational Vehicles (LOVs) from manufacturer, Automotive Technik Ltd. More >>
Regular Force Cadet School Information
Wednesday, 6 October 2004, 1:34 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
New Zealand Army urges all former cadets of the Regular Force Cadet School with concerns over the treatment they received while under training, to write directly to the Chief of Army, Major General Mateparae. More >>
Minister to accept Pinzgauer Light Op Vehicles
Tuesday, 5 October 2004, 9:39 am | New Zealand Defence Force
Media are invited to attend the acceptance ceremony of the first Pinzgauer Light Operational Vehicles on Thursday, 07 October 2004 at Trentham Military Camp, where the Minister of Defence, the Honourable Mark Burton, will officially accept the vehicles ... More >>
Early Morning Slow March Through Wellington
Tuesday, 28 September 2004, 4:01 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
A Gun Carriage pulled by a land rover, New Zealand Army soldiers acting as bearer party and pallbearers, and a drummer to keep the time, escorted by the New Zealand Police, slow marched through the CBD at 4am this morning as part of their training ... More >>
Career Advisors Join The Navy For Two Days
Monday, 27 September 2004, 1:41 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
"A Life ... Less Ordinary Experience" awaits up to 40 Career Advisors from High Schools around the country. The Career Advisors will join the Navy's New Entry Training School in the Devonport Naval Base over the period 29 September to 1 October 2004 for a ... More >>
NZ Army Hosts International Military Reserves
Friday, 24 September 2004, 5:24 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
Senior military staff from Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States of America have been in New Zealand this week attending the Chief of Reserve Forces Conference, which ended today. More >>
Defence Force Rugby League Raise The Curtain
Friday, 24 September 2004, 4:55 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The New Zealand Defence Force rugby league team will play the Canterbury Maori league team as a curtain raiser to the Canterbury A vs. West Coast game on Sunday 26 September. The curtain raiser will start at 1pm at Rugby League Park, Addington, Christchurch. More >>
Defence Personnel Come Home From Iraq Saturday
Friday, 24 September 2004, 11:38 am | New Zealand Defence Force
The tour of duty in Iraq has come to an end for 61 New Zealand Defence Force personnel. The Light Engineer Group will be met by the Prime Minister, the Rt Hon Helen Clark and Vice Chief of Defence Force, Air Vice Marshal David Bamfield when they arrive ... More >>
NZLAVs arrive home after successful deployment
Friday, 24 September 2004, 11:18 am | New Zealand Defence Force
18 NZLAVs that deployed by sea to Darwin for Exercise Predators Gallop, along with 42 other Military vehicles, arrive back to the Port of Wellington today. More >>
FAQs Re Light Engineer Group To Iraq
Thursday, 23 September 2004, 10:34 am | New Zealand Defence Force
Frequently Asked Questions Regarding The Deployment Of The New Zealand Light Engineer Group To Iraq More >>
