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Malaysian Armed Forces Farewell NZDF Fallen Personnel
Tuesday, 21 August 2018, 8:53 am | New Zealand Defence Force
Malaysian Armed Forces honour NZDF fallen personnel with a handover ceremony at Kuala Lumpur International Airport ahead of the repatriation of their remains back to New Zealand tomorrow. More >>
‘Birth Day’ of New Zealand’s Largest-Ever Navy Ship
Tuesday, 14 August 2018, 5:15 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The keel-laying ceremony for the future HMNZS Aotearoa has been held at the Hyundai Heavy Industries shipyard in Ulsan, South Korea. More >>
NZDF Joins Search for Missing Tuvalu Fisherman
Thursday, 9 August 2018, 11:16 am | New Zealand Defence Force
The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) has joined the search for a Tuvalu man who failed to return home from a fishing trip on Monday evening. More >>
NZDF Mentors Fiji Peacekeeping Trainers
Wednesday, 1 August 2018, 11:59 am | New Zealand Defence Force
The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) is mentoring Fiji Peacekeeping School personnel, who are training about 150 troops due to be posted as peacekeepers in the Middle East. More >>
More Defence Force Personnel Financially Fighting Fit
Friday, 13 July 2018, 2:59 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The armoury of tools provided to New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) personnel now include financial capability courses aimed at enhancing their financial security and preparing them better for their retirement. More >>
New Vice Chief of Defence Force Named
Monday, 9 July 2018, 3:06 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The Chief of Defence Force, Air Marshal Kevin Short, announced today that the new Vice Chief of Defence Force will be Air Vice-Marshal Tony Davies. More >>
NZDF Begins Repatriation Mission in Malaysia
Tuesday, 3 July 2018, 4:52 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) has begun repatriating the remains of personnel buried in Malaysia. This is part of project Te Auraki (The Return), under which the NZDF is bringing home personnel and dependants buried overseas after 1 January, 1955, ... More >>
Chief of Defence Force Change of Command Ceremony
Friday, 29 June 2018, 7:40 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The Chief of Defence Force Change of Command ceremony took place today at Pukeahu National War Memorial Park. More >>
NZ-Fiji Patrols Inspect Six Vessels for Illegal Fishing
Tuesday, 26 June 2018, 5:08 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
Combined maritime surveillance patrols by New Zealand and Fiji agencies recently identified six commercial fishing vessels alleged to have been fishing illegally in a traditional fishing ground (iqoliqoli). More >>
NZDF To Begin Repatriating Personnel
Monday, 25 June 2018, 11:52 am | New Zealand Defence Force
The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) will begin repatriating 28 personnel and one child from cemeteries in Malaysia and Singapore next week. More >>
NZDF Warning Public to Stay Away From Shipwreck
Friday, 1 June 2018, 1:43 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) is aware of considerable public interest in the shipwreck found this week on a beach within the Kairapa Air Weapons Range. The Kaipara Air Weapons Range is NZDF land and is off limits to the public at all times. ... More >>
Army Regiment to Fire Three Gun Salutes in Early June
Thursday, 31 May 2018, 12:19 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The New Zealand Army’s 16th Field Regiment will fire a 21-gun salute in Wellington on three occasions in the next 12 days. More >>
NZDF Set to Start Maritime Patrols with Fiji
Friday, 25 May 2018, 12:12 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
NZDF Set to Start Maritime Patrols with Fiji Royal New Zealand Navy patrol vessel HMNZS Taupo arrived in Fiji this morning to conduct combined maritime patrols with the Republic of Fiji Navy over the next three months. More >>
NZDF To Provide Maritime Patrol Support To Fiji
Monday, 21 May 2018, 1:34 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
NZDF To Provide Maritime Patrol Support To Fiji Royal New Zealand Navy’s inshore patrol vessel HMNZS Taupo left Auckland today to spend the next three months conducting maritime patrols in Fiji. The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF), with support from ... More >>
NZ's Largest Tropical Exercise a Success
Friday, 11 May 2018, 4:30 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
New Zealand's Largest Tropical Exercise a Success The biggest New Zealand military exercise ever conducted in the South West Pacific, has showcased the New Zealand Defence Force's (NZDF) ability to conduct amphibious operations in a tropical environment, ... More >>
Army Reservists To Work in Civil Defence Exercise
Friday, 11 May 2018, 2:37 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
New Zealand Army Reservists will gather with other emergency services on the Kapiti Coast and in Porirua this weekend to practise working together in a natural disaster. More >>
Started as friends, left as family
Thursday, 10 May 2018, 1:02 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
Joining the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) was a chance for Aircraftman Kafoa Hala to say thanks to his family’s adopted country. More >>
New Zealand Defence Force's Hospital on the Seas
Wednesday, 9 May 2018, 4:06 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
For the first time, the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) is fully capable of performing operations and trauma care on a Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) ship, with a hospital operating theatre, intensive care unit, x-ray and ultra-sound facilities, and blood ... More >>
Defence Force Brings Dental Relief
Tuesday, 8 May 2018, 3:45 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
In the midst of a military exercise in Vanuatu, the Royal New Zealand Dental Corps are delivering relief to villagers who have never been to a dentist before. More >>
Repatriated NZDF Personnel Returned to Families
Monday, 7 May 2018, 6:12 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
Repatriated NZDF Personnel Returned to Families at Ramp Ceremony Three New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) personnel repatriated from Fiji and American Samoa have been returned to their families at a ramp ceremony at Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) ... More >>
