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NZDF To The Rescue When Flour Runs Out
Thursday, 7 July 2016, 3:52 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) recently tasked a Royal New Zealand Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft on a scheduled flight to the Pacific to deliver over a tonne of flour to Niue in response to a flour shortage in the South Pacific island nation. More >>
New Plymouth Man Continues Family Tradition in France
Wednesday, 6 July 2016, 3:54 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
Captain William Brewer of New Plymouth will be marching in one of the world’s oldest and largest military parades when the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) takes part in the Bastille Day French parade on 14 July. More >>
NZDF Leads Multi-National Humanitarian Activity In Tonga
Wednesday, 6 July 2016, 1:26 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
left to right, Flying Officer Chloe Lowndes (Royal Australian Air Force), Specialist Hustin Trusso (United States Army), Sapper Jared Humphries (New Zealand Army) and Cadet Lui Jian Bang (China’s People’s Liberation Army) form part of a multi-national ... More >>
Future Afghan Army Leaders Complete NZDF-Supported Training
Tuesday, 5 July 2016, 4:32 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
About 320 Afghan officer cadets have just completed a 12-month training programme that New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) mentors helped provide at the Afghan National Army Officer Academy (ANAOA) in Kabul. More >>
NZDF’s Pacific Patrols Get Off to a Flying Start
Monday, 4 July 2016, 2:19 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
Fisheries patrols conducted by the Royal New Zealand Navy offshore patrol vessel HMNZS Otago in support of south-west Pacific countries are off to a flying start, with 26 commercial fishing vessels boarded recently in Fiji and Tuvalu. More >>
Training Flight Turns Into The Real Thing
Thursday, 30 June 2016, 4:29 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The final training exercise for students on a Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) course turned real as their aircraft was diverted to join the search for a missing boat with eleven people, including children, on board this week. More >>
Chief of Defence Force to Visit Fiji
Thursday, 30 June 2016, 11:51 am | New Zealand Defence Force
The Chief of Defence Force, Lieutenant General (LTGEN) Tim Keating, is in Fiji today and tomorrow holding a counterpart visit with the Republic of Fiji Military Forces. More >>
NZDF Personnel Join Humanitarian Visit To Timor-Leste
Tuesday, 28 June 2016, 2:54 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
Nine New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) personnel took part in a number of community engagements during a recent two-week humanitarian visit to Timor-Leste as part of the annual Pacific Partnership. More >>
NZ Defence Force to March in Bastille Day Parade in France
Tuesday, 28 June 2016, 9:49 am | New Zealand Defence Force
The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) will march in the French Bastille Day military parade in Paris on 14 July. More >>
Number of Deployed NZDF Personnel Hits Record High
Monday, 27 June 2016, 10:06 am | New Zealand Defence Force
About 1100 New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) personnel, or 12 per cent of our military’s Regular Force, are deployed either on operations or exercises overseas over the next seven weeks, helping provide security in the world and ensuring New Zealand is ready ... More >>
NZDF Air Transport Team Gets Down to Work in the Middle East
Wednesday, 22 June 2016, 1:52 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
A Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) C-130 Hercules aircraft has completed its first set of sustainment flights to Afghanistan as part of an Australian-led air task group supporting coalition operations in the Middle East. More >>
International Navy Women Inspire Leadership at Home
Wednesday, 22 June 2016, 1:25 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
Naval women from New Zealand, the United States, and Australia will come together tomorrow to share experiences and map the way ahead for women in the Navy at The Modern Sailor Conference, presented by Westpac NZ as part of the Royal New Zealand ... More >>
NZDF Takes Part in Cyber Training Exercise
Friday, 17 June 2016, 3:55 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
Sixteen New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) personnel will fend off simulated cyber attacks as they take part in a large-scale training exercise hosted by the United States from 17-30 June. Major General (MAJGEN) Tim Gall, Commander Joint Forces New ... More >>
New RNZAF Pilots Graduate In Australia
Wednesday, 15 June 2016, 10:35 am | New Zealand Defence Force
New Zealand and Australian Air Force links are now even tighter after four Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) pilots graduated from the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) pilot training school. More >>
NZDF Orion Continues to Assist with Rescue
Tuesday, 14 June 2016, 2:52 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
A Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) P-3K2 Orion aircraft is assisting Maritime New Zealand with the rescue of the crew from the stricken yacht Platino . More >>
Search for man overboard ongoing
Tuesday, 14 June 2016, 9:23 am | New Zealand Defence Force
A Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) P-3K2 Orion aircraft has come to the aid of a distressed yacht that had been battered by heavy swells about 730 kilometres north of Auckland. More >>
Iraqi troops trained by ANZAC group now number 7000
Thursday, 9 June 2016, 2:28 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
Around 300 Iraqi soldiers have just completed a six-week training course at Camp Taji bringing the total number of Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) trained by the combined Australian-New Zealand training force to nearly 7,000. More >>
NZDF Deploys for Pacific Islands Fisheries Patrols
Sunday, 5 June 2016, 10:24 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
NZ Defence Force Deploys for Pacific Islands Fisheries Patrols The Royal New Zealand Navy offshore patrol vessel HMNZS Otago will sail from the Devonport Naval Base at 4pm today, bound for the south west Pacific to conduct fisheries patrols and port ... More >>
NZDF Lifts DOC’s Mt Fell Hut to Safer Ground
Friday, 3 June 2016, 1:12 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
A Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) NH90 medium utility helicopter has shifted a 1700kg Department of Conservation (DoC) hut sitting on an active slip in Mount Richmond Forest Park in Marlborough to safer ground. More >>
NZDF To Support Middle East Operations
Friday, 3 June 2016, 12:51 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) is deploying a Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) C-130H(NZ) Hercules aircraft and up to 40 personnel to support New Zealand and Australian operations in the Middle East over the next six months. More >>
