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RNZAF Aviator Of The Year Selection Recognises ‘Outstanding Performance’
Thursday, 3 November 2022, 3:09 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The Royal New Zealand Air Force’s Aviator of the Year for 2022 is Acting Sergeant Rebekah Richardson. Acting Sergeant Richardson is posted to Headquarters Joint Forces New Zealand at Trentham, where she is in the tri-service Deployed Personnel Support ... More >>
NZDF Defence Ferns Will Battle France To Be International Defence Rugby Champions
Friday, 21 October 2022, 11:36 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
Deena Puketapu with captain Hayley Hutana in support scores a try in the semi-final game against Australia as the Defence Ferns secure a spot to play in the final of the IDRC This Tuesday, the unbeaten Defence Ferns go head-to-head with France, battling ... More >>
North Shore Sailor Follows Family And Footy Dreams As Tournament Kicks Off
Friday, 7 October 2022, 6:23 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
Milania Cairns Nineteen-year-old Milania Cairns is following in her father’s Navy footsteps but also stepping out in her own field – representing the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) in the first International Defence Rugby Competition. Ordinary ... More >>
Auckland Defence Fern To Lead NZ In International Rugby Competition
Thursday, 6 October 2022, 3:13 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
Auckland’s Sub-Lieutenant Kate Williams has been named to help lead the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) women’s rugby team, the Defence Ferns, ahead of the first women’s International Defence Rugby Competition. Sub-Lieutenant Williams, who grew ... More >>
Nzdf Hosts First Women’s International Defence Rugby Competition
Saturday, 24 September 2022, 8:04 am | New Zealand Defence Force
The New Zealand Defence Force will next month welcome to our shores military women’s rugby teams from the Pacific and around the world to compete in the inaugural International Defence Rugby Competition. Defence teams from Australia, Fiji, France, Tonga, the ... More >>
Construction Begins On NZDF/MFAT Leadership Centre In Tonga
Thursday, 22 September 2022, 2:05 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
Construction of Tonga’s Pacific Leadership Development Centre at His Majesty’s Armed Forces (HMAF) Masefield Naval Base, Nuku’alofa, has begun. The Leadership Centre is funded by a joint New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) and New Zealand ... More >>
Nz Army Conducts Mortar Firing And Tactical Field Training With Partners In Fiji
Thursday, 22 September 2022, 10:28 am | New Zealand Defence Force
For the first time in more than 27 years, the New Zealand Army has undertaken 81mm mortar demonstrations as part of Exercise Cartwheel in Fiji. The tactical field training exercise was an US and Fiji-led multinational exercise conducted in the Nausori Highlands ... More >>
RNZAF Band To Perform Wellington Drummer’s Compositions
Wednesday, 21 September 2022, 3:13 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) Band’s annual showcase event, the Air Force in Concert, in Wellington this Sunday, will have a distinctly local flavour. The band will present music from film and musical theatre in addition to jazz standards ... More >>
Royal New Zealand Air Force Band Back In Action
Thursday, 15 September 2022, 3:35 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The Royal New Zealand Air Force Band will take to the stage at Wellington’s Michael Fowler Centre with its annual showcase event, the Air Force in Concert, on Sunday 25 September. The Air Force in Concert will be an afternoon of varied entertainment, ... More >>
HMNZS Wellington Combats Illegal, Unreported And Unregulated Pacific Fishing
Monday, 5 September 2022, 4:14 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
Royal New Zealand Navy offshore patrol vessel HMNZS Wellington has completed two fishing monitoring operations in the Pacific as New Zealand contributes to the battle against illegal fishing. Nearly 60 per cent of the world's tuna stocks is fished ... More >>
RNZAF Delivers More Equipment As Kiribati Battles Drought
Friday, 26 August 2022, 1:43 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
A Royal New Zealand Air Force C-130 Hercules has delivered additional freight to Kiribati to assist its response to the extreme drought the country is facing. The flight, which departed RNZAF Base Auckland on Thursday, delivered spare parts for ... More >>
NZDF, MPI And Fiji Agencies Begin Fishing Monitoring Work In Pacific
Wednesday, 17 August 2022, 12:36 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
Royal New Zealand Navy Offshore Patrol Vessel HMNZS Wellington has departed Fiji to begin monitoring operations for illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing for the Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) in the Pacific. With a crew of 60, four Ministry ... More >>
Commemorations Remember Guadalcanal 80 Years On
Monday, 8 August 2022, 6:27 am | New Zealand Defence Force
New Zealand Defence Force personnel have remembered all those who served in Solomon Islands during World War II, as they attended commemorations to mark the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Guadalcanal today. A group of personnel from the Royal New Zealand ... More >>
RNZAF Base Auckland Takes Queen’s Colour, Farewells Orion At Change Of Command Parade
Friday, 29 July 2022, 3:49 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
Royal New Zealand Air Force Base Auckland has marked three significant milestones as it takes custody of the Queen’s Colour, changes commanders and farewells one of its long-serving P-3 Orions. The Queen’s Colour – a ceremonial flag presented ... More >>
RNZAF Delivers Critical Freight To Kiribati And Fiji
Friday, 29 July 2022, 3:14 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
A Royal New Zealand Air Force aircraft departed today to deliver critical freight to Kiribati and Fiji. The C-130 Hercules is destined for Kiribati to offload crucial water infrastructure to support the Government of Kiribati’s response to their ... More >>
Chief Of NZ Army Says Fiji Visit Both Long Overdue And Greatly Welcomed
Friday, 29 July 2022, 12:08 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
Reconnecting face to face as armies and renewing old friendships while on an official visit to the Republic of Fiji has been both long overdue and greatly welcomed, Chief of Army Major General John Boswell says. Major General Boswell arrived in Fiji on ... More >>
NZ Navy Hydrographers Get To Work Mapping Niue’s Unique Landscape
Thursday, 28 July 2022, 9:23 am | New Zealand Defence Force
Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) Hydrographers from HMNZS Matataua have been working in Niue this month as part of Exercise Tropic Twilight. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2207/2d2b50a5cdc237e4a6b2.jpeg" width="720" height="593"> A 3D picture of the sea floor ... More >>
Chief Of The New Zealand Army Visits Fiji
Wednesday, 27 July 2022, 4:53 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
Major General John Boswell is visiting the Officer Cadet School (OCS) of New Zealand, who have been in Fiji since July 1 taking part in Exercise Veiliutaki. The support from the Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) while the New Zealand Defence Force ... More >>
Fijian Exercise Throws Young NZ Army Leaders Into Heat Of Battle
Tuesday, 26 July 2022, 1:38 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
In the 30-degree heat of Fijian jungle, with mosquitos buzzing, a group of New Zealand soldiers are learning how to operate in a new environment and alongside foreign troops for the first time. Officer Cadet School (OCS) of New Zealand students are this month ... More >>
NZ Army Officer Cadets Living Off The Land In Exercise With Fijian Military
Monday, 25 July 2022, 2:25 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
Learning how to live off the land and fend for themselves in the bush are just some of the new skills a group of New Zealand soldiers have learned from Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) experts in Fiji. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2207/292fa0b9a02c16133240.jpeg" ... More >>
