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Waitangi And Wellington Gun Salutes
Friday, 5 February 2016, 3:26 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The Royal New Zealand Navy and the New Zealand Army will each fire a 21-gun salute tomorrow at midday. More >>
NZDF Firefighters in Tasmania
Friday, 5 February 2016, 12:14 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The five New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) firefighters deployed to help fight the wildfires in Tasmania pose for a group photo with their Australian colleagues after a hard day’s work on the fireline at Wuthering Heights in the state’s northwest. More >>
NZDF Firefighters Help Fight Tasmanian Bush Fires
Tuesday, 2 February 2016, 11:50 am | New Zealand Defence Force
Five highly experienced New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) firefighters have been deployed to remote bush in northwest Tasmania to help battle the state’s raging bush fires over the next three weeks. More >>
Ministry of Defence Appoints Air Force Chief to Senior Role
Wednesday, 27 January 2016, 2:43 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
Ministry of Defence Appoints Chief of Air Force to Senior Role The Ministry of Defence has appointed Mike Yardley, the current Chief of Air Force, as Deputy Secretary Acquisition, heading up a new five-person Acquisition Leadership Team. Announcing the appointment, ... More >>
CDF Visiting Defence Force Support Operation in Antarctica
Saturday, 23 January 2016, 8:39 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
CDF Visiting Defence Force Support Operation in Antarctica The Chief of Defence Force, Lieutenant General Tim Keating, arrived in Antarctica last night for a visit that will include meeting New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) personnel providing logistical ... More >>
Airmen Graduate with New Military Working Dogs
Friday, 15 January 2016, 3:13 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
Wellington men, Leading Aircraftman Thomas Olsen and Aircraftman Danial Forsyth and their Military Working Dogs (MWD) Koda and Axle graduated today at Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) Base Auckland in a ceremony presided over by the Base Commander, ... More >>
Last Post to Sound at Pukeahu Throughout Festive Season
Wednesday, 23 December 2015, 9:57 am | New Zealand Defence Force
The daily Last Post ceremony will continue throughout the Christmas period, including Christmas and New Year’s Days, at the Pukeahu National War Memorial Park in Wellington, at 5pm. More >>
Deployed Personnel Get Ready for Christmas Far Away
Tuesday, 22 December 2015, 1:07 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
As Kiwis in New Zealand put the final touches on their Christmas arrangements, New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) personnel deployed overseas are preparing to mark the occasion as best they can without their families and friends at home. More >>
Christmas Video Messages From Around the World
Thursday, 17 December 2015, 11:21 am | New Zealand Defence Force
Approximately 182 New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) personnel will be deployed on operations around the world over the Christmas period this year. More >>
NZDF Completes Southern Ocean Patrol
Wednesday, 16 December 2015, 3:14 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The New Zealand Defence Force offshore patrol vessel HMNZS OTAGO returns to the Devonport Naval Basetomorrow after almost three weeks of maritime surveillance operations in the Southern Ocean. More >>
NZDF Orion Completes 16-Month Middle East Operation
Thursday, 10 December 2015, 8:51 am | New Zealand Defence Force
A New Zealand Defence Force P-3K2 Orion surveillance aircraft returned home this evening from a 16-month operation in the Middle East, where it worked as part of an international partnership against piracy and the trafficking of people and drugs. ... More >>
NZDF And MPI Patrol Remote Chatham Islands Fishery
Friday, 4 December 2015, 5:32 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
A joint fisheries patrol by the New Zealand Defence Force and the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has conducted inspections of commercial fishers around New Zealand’s most remote fishing community in the Chatham Islands. More >>
Soldiers Released From Service Over Drug Charges
Friday, 4 December 2015, 11:26 am | New Zealand Defence Force
The New Zealand Defence Force’s (NZDF) Chief of Army has condemned the use of illegal drugs in a week that has seen five soldiers lose their jobs. More >>
CDF Announces Distinguished And Meritorious Service Awards
Thursday, 3 December 2015, 9:26 am | New Zealand Defence Force
The Chief of Defence Force, Lieutenant General (LTGEN) Tim Keating, today announced three awards for Distinguished and Meritorious Service in Afghanistan. More >>
Naval Officer Chosen as NZDF Person of the Year
Wednesday, 2 December 2015, 2:55 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
LTGEN Tim Keating presents the NZDF Person of the Year award to LTCDR Janette Kingham. More >>
NZDF To Get New Glock Pistols
Wednesday, 25 November 2015, 2:57 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) military personnel are to be issued with new generation Glock 17 pistols to replace the Sig Sauer pistols currently in use. More >>
50 years of aid cargo missions to Antarctica
Tuesday, 24 November 2015, 3:04 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
A New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) C-130 Hercules aircraft marked the 50th year of New Zealand’s airlift support flights to Antarctica by delivering over 3,000 kilograms of freight to the icy continent yesterday. More >>
Exercise Successfully Tests Capabilities
Monday, 23 November 2015, 3:40 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
More than 2,000 military personnel supported by an array of naval, land, and air assets have spent the past month conducting a fictional military campaign across the top of the South Island as part of Exercise Southern Katipo 2015 (SK15). SK15 ... More >>
Air Force Bringing Air Show to the Manawatu
Wednesday, 18 November 2015, 10:56 am | New Zealand Defence Force
The Manawatu skies will stage one of the biggest air shows in New Zealand on 24-26 February 2017 at Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) Base Ohakea. The air show will mark 80 years of service to New Zealand by the RNZAF as an independent armed service. More >>
Amphibious Landing in Marlborough Sounds
Sunday, 15 November 2015, 1:49 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
Landing craft carrying hundreds of troops, military vehicles and other equipment were launched from the amphibious sealift and support ship HMNZS CANTERBURY at Titirangi Bay and Okiwi Bay in the Marlborough Sounds on Friday. The amphibious landing was ... More >>
