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NZDF Personnel Plant Mangroves, Grow Connections In Disaster Preparation Exercise
Friday, 1 September 2023, 11:27 am | New Zealand Defence Force
Twelve New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) personnel are joining the US Navy ship USS Pearl Harbor, as eight nations combine for an exercise aimed at preparing Indo-Pacific countries’ responses to a large-scale disaster. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2309/ef7bbe31f84818b5711f.jpeg" ... More >>
RNZAF’s new poseidon cuts teeth in pacific fisheries mission
Wednesday, 23 August 2023, 6:03 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The Royal New Zealand Air Force’s (RNZAF) newest aircraft has been involved in a significant multinational fisheries surveillance operation for the Pacific’s Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA). Operation Island Chief was a 12-day operation covering ... More >>
New Zealand Sends Aid To Autonomous Region Of Bougainville After Eruption
Friday, 11 August 2023, 2:07 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
A Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) C-130 Hercules has gone to Bougainville, Papua New Guinea, carrying aid supplies following a volcanic eruption which has affected more than 8000 people, the New Zealand Defence Force and Ministry of Foreign Affairs ... More >>
Talisman Sabre Hones NZDF’s Readiness For Combat
Tuesday, 8 August 2023, 11:39 am | New Zealand Defence Force
New Zealand troops have proved their worth in working alongside a dozen other militaries during a large-scale combat exercise in Australia. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2308/6967e7be70e0bef603c8.jpeg" width="720" height="480"> Around 300 New Zealand Defence ... More >>
Returning To Germany For Invictus Games Provides Closure For Air Force Veteran
Wednesday, 2 August 2023, 10:43 am | New Zealand Defence Force
When Whenuapai man Mike Cotton heads to Düsseldorf, Germany, in September to represent New Zealand at the Invictus Games, he hopes to close a traumatic chapter associated with the same country more than 30 years ago. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2308/2d0c76e05e9afd5ce90e.jpeg" ... More >>
Invictus Games Give Navy Veteran Sense Of Belonging
Tuesday, 1 August 2023, 10:46 am | New Zealand Defence Force
David Sanderson, a retired Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) logistics supply specialist, will head to the 2023 Invictus Games in Düsseldorf, Germany, after selection for the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) Invictus team lifted him from a low point in ... More >>
NZ Navy Ship Completes Maritime Patrol In Samoa To Help Protect Fisheries
Wednesday, 28 June 2023, 3:26 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
A Royal New Zealand Navy maritime patrol of Samoan waters has pleasingly turned up fishing vessels operating within fishing regulations. HMNZS Taupo last week completed a 967-nautical mile maritime security and fisheries patrol of Samoa’s Exclusive ... More >>
PNG Officer Trains NZ Army’s Future Officers
Wednesday, 21 June 2023, 3:23 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
Papua New Guinea Defence Force’s Captain Peter Morlen is normally more at home teaching the techniques of jungle warfare in the heat of his home country, but is warming to his task passing on his knowledge to New Zealand soldiers in the colder ... More >>
NZDF Co-hosts Members Of 19 Militaries For Disaster Response Training
Tuesday, 20 June 2023, 2:07 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
Members of 19 foreign militaries will collaborate with the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) and 12 domestic agencies in Wellington over the next 10 days, to plan how they could best work together in the aftermath of a major earthquake. This year’s ... More >>
Lower North Island Spitfire Flypast Celebrates Centenary Of NZ Military Aviation
Monday, 12 June 2023, 5:56 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
A Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) formation, featuring the Biggin Hill Trust Spitfire, will conduct a flypast of lower North Island centres on Friday 16 June. The flypast is in honour of the centenary of military aviation in New Zealand, which ... More >>
NZ Army Helps Repair Community Halls And Water Tanks In Tonga
Wednesday, 24 May 2023, 2:24 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
New Zealand Army personnel have pitched in with their Tongan counterparts to help restore community buildings and other structures as the country continues to recover from last year’s volcanic eruption and tsunami. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2305/e15d15a31381edffaedf.jpeg" ... More >>
King’s Coronation Role A Privilege For Auckland Sailor
Wednesday, 3 May 2023, 8:23 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The pageantry of a Coronation will be uncharted waters for Royal New Zealand Navy Able Weapon Technician James Strachan. The Auckland-born Weapons Systems Maintainer will be part of the 21-strong New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) contingent taking ... More >>
Auckland Aviator To March Alongside Gold State Coach At Coronation
Wednesday, 3 May 2023, 12:10 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
In 2019, avionics technician Harris Thien briefly chatted with the then Prince Charles about his career in the Royal New Zealand Air Force. It was a “surreal” experience for the Auckland man at the time, but this Saturday (London time) he will again rub ... More >>
Lawyer Swaps Corporate Suit For Army Fatigues
Tuesday, 2 May 2023, 3:24 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
Fresh out of law school, Lieutenant Troy McLaren feels incredibly lucky that he gets to combine his lawyering and soldiering careers. Graduating in September from the University of Auckland with a Law and Computer Science degree, the former Birkenhead ... More >>
Pharmacist Finds New Zealand Army Reserve Force Just The Tonic
Monday, 1 May 2023, 2:36 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
When Alaa Al-Khaleefa moved to New Zealand from Iran at the age of 13, she was grateful to be able to live, learn and study in a safe environment. Now, the Auckland pharmacist is giving back as a member of the New Zealand Army Reserve Force. “This country ... More >>
NZDF Continues Support To Solomon Islands International Assistance Force
Thursday, 13 April 2023, 2:36 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) support to the Australian-led Solomon Islands International Assistance Force (SIAF) will continue with the deployment of four more personnel, replacing the most recent contingent who have returned to New Zealand. <img ... More >>
Female Students Embrace ‘School To Seas’ Experience At Navy Base
Thursday, 13 April 2023, 11:55 am | New Zealand Defence Force
More than 30 high school students, from Kerikeri to Invercargill, are attending the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) School to Seas camp at Auckland’s Devonport Naval Base this week. The camp aims to empower young women with confidence and curiosity ... More >>
NZDF Trials Beach Landing Equipment In Fiji
Thursday, 6 April 2023, 3:42 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The New Zealand Defence Force has successfully trialled some of its beach landing equipment in an overseas environment for the first time. Operation Mahi Tahi has just concluded in Fiji. The operation, which involved military sealift vessel HMNZS ... More >>
NZDF Members Embrace Fijiian Culture During Military Exercise
Tuesday, 4 April 2023, 10:54 am | New Zealand Defence Force
New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) personnel have been immersing themselves in local customs while on a biennial military exercise in Fiji. Nearly 300 personnel from New Zealand’s Army, Navy and Air Force are taking part in Operation Mahi Tahi, ... More >>
NZDF Delivers School Books During Military Exercise In Fiji
Tuesday, 28 March 2023, 7:30 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
Royal New Zealand Air Force helicopter crews have delivered nearly two tonnes of books and school supplies to schools in the Yasawa group of islands in Fiji. The books were delivered on behalf of the Fiji Ministry of Education and came in the ... More >>
