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Navy Celebrates Five New Commanding Officers
Monday, 22 May 2017, 4:12 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
There will be five changes of command, including two women commanding officers, in the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) in May and June. More >>
NZ Sailors at Sharp End of Multi-Million Dollar Drug Bust
Friday, 19 May 2017, 10:42 am | New Zealand Defence Force
19 May 2017 New Zealand Sailors at Sharp End of Multi-Million Dollar Drug Bust Two Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) sailors were at the sharp end of last week’s multi-million dollar heroin bust in the Indian Ocean, transporting the team that boarded the drug ... More >>
First World War Chalice Returns to Belgium Battlefield
Thursday, 18 May 2017, 1:31 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The chalice of First World War chaplain Father James Joseph McMenamin will be handed over to New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) chaplains during a Mass at Sacred Heart Church, Petone […]. More >>
Chief of Defence Force to Attend EU Meeting
Friday, 12 May 2017, 4:04 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The Chief of Defence Force, Lieutenant General Tim Keating, leaves this weekend for a visit to Europe that will include participation in a meeting of European Union (EU) Chiefs of Defence and a call on his Irish counterpart. More >>
NZDF Helps Seize $400m of Heroin in Indian Ocean
Friday, 12 May 2017, 2:59 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) has played a key role in another successful drug bust in the Indian Ocean, bringing the total amount of illegal drugs it has helped seize to about $400 million in two weeks. More >>
NZDF Receives Awards for Search and Rescue Missions
Thursday, 11 May 2017, 9:25 am | New Zealand Defence Force
The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) has been recognised for saving the lives of five people in two search and rescue missions carried out last year. More >>
Air Force Band Marks 80th Birthday
Tuesday, 9 May 2017, 1:27 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
Eight decades after its first tour of duty, the Air Force Band is winging its way back home to Wellington for its 80th anniversary celebrations. More >>
NZDF Helps Train More Iraqi Troops for Offensive
Friday, 28 April 2017, 1:41 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
A combined New Zealand and Australian task group will be training about 2000 Iraqi Security Forces in the next fortnight as the Iraqi military continue the campaign to expel Daesh from their country. More >>
NZDF Finds Missing Tongan Fisherman Safe But Sunburned
Tuesday, 25 April 2017, 8:53 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) has found the Tongan fisherman missing since last weekend safe but sunburned, adrift in an inflatable life raft off the island of Eua. More >>
NZDF Searches for Tongan Fisherman in Distress
Monday, 24 April 2017, 2:57 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) has sent a Royal New Zealand Air Force P-3K2 Orion aircraft to search for a Tongan fisherman whose boat suffered engine failure while fishing off the main island of Tongatapu on Saturday. More >>
Remembrance for Navy Chaplain on Western Front
Monday, 24 April 2017, 12:00 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
Chaplain Pete Olds has officiated in Anzac Day services in China, Timor and New Caledonia and New Zealand, and now he has added France and Belgium to the list. More >>
‘Always Take the Weather with You’ – an Anzac Garden in Iraq
Friday, 21 April 2017, 12:38 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
In the heart of Iraq, surrounded by concrete and dust, one New Zealand Army soldier is protecting his Anzac counterparts and nurturing a garden he has made. More >>
Further Investigations into Helicopter Engine Issue
Friday, 21 April 2017, 9:26 am | New Zealand Defence Force
Following the emergency landing of a Royal New Zealand Air Force NH90 helicopter near Blenheim on Sunday, the RNZAF has been working hard to understand the technical issues involved. More >>
HMNZS Te Kaha Plays Key Role in Southeast Asia Exercise
Thursday, 20 April 2017, 1:58 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) frigate HMNZS Te Kaha and its Commanding Officer will play a leading role in a three-week warfighting exercise held by the world’s second-oldest military partnership. More >>
NZDF Engineers Hard at Work in Hot And Cold
Tuesday, 18 April 2017, 2:36 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
From the extreme cold of Antarctica to the heat of Sinai Peninsula, New Zealand Defence Force engineers are proving their ability to excel in any conditions. More >>
NZDF Helps Yachtie in Distress
Friday, 14 April 2017, 3:44 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) has found the yachtsman who activated his emergency beacon yesterday afternoon about 1600 kilometres east of the Chatham Islands. More >>
NZDF Searches for Yacht in Distress
Friday, 14 April 2017, 3:43 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) is helping search for a yacht that activated its emergency beacon yesterday afternoon about 1600 kilometres east of the Chatham Islands. More >>
Skytrain Comes to the South
Thursday, 13 April 2017, 12:37 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
Personnel from the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) and the New Zealand Army are headed for Base Woodbourne, near Blenheim, to take part in Exercise Skytrain from 18-27 April. More >>
Patience Pays Off for RNZAF Trainee Pilot
Tuesday, 11 April 2017, 11:08 am | New Zealand Defence Force
Royal New Zealand Air Force trainee pilot Paul Robinson’s patience has been rewarded as he takes to the skies most days in the force’s new T-6C Texan II aircraft. More >>
‘Aotearoa’ the Name Chosen for Navy’s Largest Ship
Monday, 10 April 2017, 12:14 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) has announced that the name of its newest and biggest ship will be HMNZS Aotearoa. Construction of the new 24,000-tonne vessel, the largest ship ever operated by the RNZN, will start next year, for delivery in January 2020. More >>
