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‘Job Done And More’ - NZDF Winds Up Exercise Tropic Twilight In Cook Islands
Monday, 13 October 2025, 1:55 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
Funded by the MFAT, this year’s exercise involves more than 30 personnel from the New Zealand Army’s 25 Engineer Support Squadron, 2 Engineer Regiment supported by a medical team and troops from Australia, Fiji, Tonga and Vanuatu. More >>
Search Begins For Families Of Recently Identified First World War Casualties
Friday, 10 October 2025, 2:39 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
Sergeant Thomas Smith, aged 31, and Corporal Thomas Nigel McFarland, aged 27, of the New Zealand Machine Gun Corps (NZMG), were killed on 12 October 1917 during the Battle of Passchendaele in Belgium More >>
Statement On The Marking Of One Year Since The Sinking Of HMNZS Manawanui
Monday, 6 October 2025, 12:58 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
Alongside our Samoan colleagues much work has been carried out in the past 12 months to minimise the effects of the sinking and investigate the causes. More >>
RNZAF Helicopters Break Another Flight Record On Journey From Australia
Tuesday, 30 September 2025, 2:58 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
Over the course of two days, the aircraft flew from Royal Australian Air Force Base Amberley to RNZAF Base Auckland, a distance of 1534 nautical miles (nm), or 2840 kilometres over water. More >>
New Zealand Among Five Nations Uniting For Exercise Bersama Lima
Wednesday, 24 September 2025, 2:32 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The Royal New Zealand Navy’s HMNZS Aotearoa is among the participating assets, which include a UK Carrier Strike Group and Royal Australian Air Force F-35A Lightning II fighter jets. More >>
RNZAF Cook Islands Aviator Returns Home
Wednesday, 24 September 2025, 9:53 am | New Zealand Defence Force
Sergeant Mata, a logistics specialist, is flying on the bulk of the C-130J Hercules flights into Ma’uke this month and next, as the aircraft delivers personnel and materials for island upgrades as part of Exercise Tropic Twilight. More >>
RNZAF Cook Islands Aviator Returns Home
Wednesday, 24 September 2025, 9:52 am | New Zealand Defence Force
Sergeant Mata, a logistics specialist, is flying on the bulk of the C-130J Hercules flights into Ma’uke this month and next, as the aircraft delivers personnel and materials for island upgrades as part of Exercise Tropic Twilight. More >>
NZDF Throws Weight Into Cook Islands Infrastructure Work
Tuesday, 23 September 2025, 2:56 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The Royal New Zealand Air Force C-130J Hercules delivered the main body of personnel from 25 Engineer Support Squadron, 2 Engineer Regiment (2ER) on Monday, local time. More >>
NZ Army Colonel Who Spent Childhood In Papua New Guinea Oversees 50th Anniversary Celebration
Monday, 22 September 2025, 10:36 am | New Zealand Defence Force
In February this year, Colonel George was appointed the Joint Task Force Commander to plan and support the week-long anniversary celebrations. More >>
New Zealand Defence Force Competes In Military International Drone Racing Tournament
Thursday, 18 September 2025, 1:37 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The NZ Army is also working alongside New Zealand-based companies to advance its organic UAS capabilities, most recently with an FPV drone course hosted at Burnham Military Camp, where personnel learned how to rapidly build and operate small drones. More >>
Sir Keith Park Statue Unveiling In Thames Marks Battle Of Britain Anniversary
Wednesday, 17 September 2025, 11:14 am | New Zealand Defence Force
The New Zealand contribution was significant, with more than 130 New Zealanders taking part in the Battle, representing the third greatest number of pilots behind Britain and Poland. Losses were high, with 20 New Zealand pilots and air gunners killed in ... More >>
RNZAF NH90s Complete Longest Flights Over Water
Friday, 12 September 2025, 2:28 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The aircrews flew 453 nautical miles across the Coral Sea Basin to PNG’s capital, Port Moresby, the furthest the New Zealand NH90s have ever flown over water. More >>
NZ Army Soldiers Training Valuable Skills In Korea
Thursday, 11 September 2025, 3:52 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The Senior National Officer for the New Zealand contingent, Lieutenant Colonel Steve MacBeth, says the training is proving rewarding at many levels. More >>
NZDF Delivers Essential Items To Remote PNG Areas
Thursday, 11 September 2025, 11:44 am | New Zealand Defence Force
The flights took place over two weeks, while the nation was celebrating its 50th anniversary of independence. More >>
NZDF To Lead Multi-National Engineering Team In Cook Islands
Tuesday, 9 September 2025, 3:21 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The exercise is funded each year in the Southwest Pacific by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and is delivered by the NZDF. More >>
NZDF Supports PNG’s Independence Celebrations
Friday, 5 September 2025, 11:22 am | New Zealand Defence Force
A Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) C-130J Hercules, a Boeing B757, two NH90 helicopters and more than 40 NZ Army and Air Force personnel have deployed alongside 10 militaries from the Pacific region and around the world to participate in a number of ceremonial ... More >>
NZ Army Embraces Race To Latest Drone Technology
Wednesday, 27 August 2025, 7:04 am | New Zealand Defence Force
The NZ Army, as part of the Ukrainian Drone Capability Coalition, recently trained 10 pilots in drones and FPV (first-person view) technology for offensive strikes. More >>
Frigate HMNZS Te Kaha Welcomed Home Following Seven-Month Deployment
Sunday, 24 August 2025, 3:37 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
Minister of Defence, Hon Judith Collins, KC, Chief of Defence Force Air Marshal Tony Davies, Chief of Navy Rear Admiral Garin Golding, senior NZDF leadership, along with more than 800 friends and family were on hand to greet Te Kaha when the ship sailed ... More >>
C-130J Hercules Simulator Arrives At RNZAF Base Auckland
Thursday, 21 August 2025, 2:54 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The United States Air Force’s (USAF) C-5M Super Galaxy aircraft touched down at Base Auckland with components for the C-130J Hercules Weapons Systems Trainer, a full-motion flight simulator. A further and final consignment will arrive in the ... More >>
Chief Of Army Statement In Response To Court Martial For Attempted Espionage
Wednesday, 20 August 2025, 5:02 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The offending strikes at the core of the oath of allegiance all members of the NZDF take when joining the Armed Forces, which commits our personnel to faithfully and loyally serve in the defence of New Zealand. More >>
