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Weapon Recovered In East Timor May Belong To NZ
Monday, 30 October 2000, 9:42 am | New Zealand Defence Force
The new Zealand Battalion group in East Timor has been made aware that a weapon has been discovered by the Indonesian Army (TNI) when they apprehended a group of militia on the West Timor / East Timor Border yesterday (Friday) at approximately ... More >>
Middle East situation being monitored for NZDF
Sunday, 15 October 2000, 3:37 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
“We are monitoring the situation in the Middle East where seven New Zealand Defence Force personnel are currently serving as United Nations Military Observers,” says Land Commander Brigadier Jerry Mateparae. More >>
Militia Casualty In East Timor
Monday, 9 October 2000, 10:25 am | New Zealand Defence Force
A small group of New Zealand Battalion soldiers have shot and killed an armed militia member four and a half kilometres north of Suai. None of the New Zealand soldiers were injured in the incident which occurred at approximately 11pm last night (New ... More >>
Charges Laid In Bosnia Shooting
Friday, 6 October 2000, 3:32 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The initial investigation into a shooting incident in Bosnia allegedly involving a New Zealand Army officer and British soldiers on 20 August 2000 is complete and four charges have been laid under the Armed Forces Discipline Act 1971. More >>
Militia Exchange Investigations Under Way
Wednesday, 27 September 2000, 10:25 am | New Zealand Defence Force
Investigations have started into an exchange between the New Zealand Battalion and a militia group at Kulit, some 10 kms west of Suai in East Timor, earlier today. One member of the militia group was killed. No New Zealanders were injured in the ... More >>
Militia Casualty In East Timor
Tuesday, 26 September 2000, 8:55 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
A group of New Zealand Battalion soldiers has exchanged shots with a group of militia south west of Kulit, eight kilometres from the Timorese border. A number of shots were fired in the contact, killing one member of the militia group. The remainder ... More >>
Scoop Images: Young Men And Flying Machines
Friday, 8 September 2000, 9:54 am | New Zealand Defence Force
Images hot off the press from Suai - East Timor - showing the crews and pilots who conducted the UN staff rescue mission this week. Photos NZDF. More >>
Second UN Evacuation Mission Completed
Friday, 8 September 2000, 9:46 am | New Zealand Defence Force
Today’s UN mission to evacuate its people from Atambua in West Timor has been successfully completed with the UN employees crossing the border into the Australian Defence Force controlled area of East Timor at about 8.00 PM NZ time tonight, September 7. More >>
Defence Select Committee In East Timor
Friday, 1 September 2000, 9:30 am | New Zealand Defence Force
Graham Kelly, MP, chair of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade and six of his Parliamentary colleagues spent today in Suai visiting New Zealand Defence Force personnel serving with the United Nations Transitionary ... More >>
Scoop Images: Memorial Service in East Timor
Saturday, 29 July 2000, 6:25 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
A memorial service was held at 1100 am today at the New Zealand Battalion Headquarters in Suai, East Timor to honor Private Leonard Manning. Images From the NZ Defence Force. More >>
Obituary for Private Leonard Manning
Friday, 28 July 2000, 4:50 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
Written by his friends in Bravo Company, 2nd 1st Battalion. A997234 Pte Leonard William Manning 15 August 1975 – 24 July 2000 (aged 24 years) More >>
Scoop Images: Private Manning On His Way Home
Wednesday, 26 July 2000, 9:52 am | New Zealand Defence Force
Carried from East Timor on board a Royal New Zealand Air Force C130 Hercules, the body of the soldier killed in action yesterday, Private Leonard Manning, Bravo Company, 2nd 1st Battalion Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment, arrives in Darwin this afternoon, ... More >>
Scoop Images: Xanana Gusmao In NZ
Friday, 7 July 2000, 4:38 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
A NZDF supplied image of East Timorese leader Xanana Gusmao and Air Marshal Carey Adamson in Wellington today. More >>
Nayland College old boy deploys to East Timor
Monday, 12 June 2000, 10:23 am | New Zealand Defence Force
On completion of a Certificate in Horticulture at Nelson Polytechnic, Carl Filmer (25), decided he needed a change of lifestyle. He’s from a military background with both of his parents having met and served in the Royal New Zealand Navy. However, ... More >>
Dunedin Soldier deploys to East Timor
Monday, 12 June 2000, 10:21 am | New Zealand Defence Force
Trooper Andrew Butt (29) joined the New Zealand Army to travel and that’s exactly what he’s done. After leaving Otago Boys High School in Dunedin he spent a few years working in retail then decided to join the Queen Alexandra’s Mounted Rifles Regiment ... More >>
Air medical team saves Mother and baby
Tuesday, 6 June 2000, 3:17 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
Captain Linda Lampen-Smith with baby Polo after an emergency dash. Photograph taken by NZDF More >>
Scoop Images: ANZAC Day In East Timor
Tuesday, 25 April 2000, 5:53 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
New Zealand serviceman in East Timor commemorated ANZAC day with traditional dawn parades in Dili, Suai and in the Company field locations. This ANZAC day was of special significance for those attending the parades in East Timor as, once again, New Zealand ... More >>
NZ Military Police Investigate East Timor Graves
Friday, 29 October 1999, 7:35 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The extent of the savagery in East Timor is now becoming more obvious as INTERFET troops gain a widespread presence throughout the country and more of the militia handiwork comes to light. Reports of hastily buried bodies are an almost daily occurrence ... More >>
