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NZ Army Successfully Conducts First High Explosive Exercise In PNG For More Than Thirty Years
Friday, 15 August 2025, 10:31 am | New Zealand Defence Force
Gunners from the New Zealand Army’s 16th Field Regiment led a mortar training course for their PNGDF counterparts - the first time NZ Army personnel have led such an exercise in Papua New Guinea. More >>
NZDF And University Of Auckland Collaborate On Low-Cost Lifesaving Locator For People At Sea
Thursday, 14 August 2025, 3:31 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
Small enough to fit in a small boat – even below the seat of a canoe – the device is popped open to float on the sea, reflecting electromagnetic energy back to satellites passing overhead. More >>
Remains Discovered On Gallipoli Peninsula Blessed Following Reburial
Thursday, 7 August 2025, 3:54 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The CWGC’s Director of Commemorations, Rich Hills, said remains were commonly found on battlefields across Europe, however the scale of this discovery was “exceptional”. More >>
RNZAF Carries Out Mid-Winter Medical Evacuation From Antarctica
Wednesday, 6 August 2025, 2:18 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The medical evacuation was requested by the United States’ National Science Foundation because staff, based at the United States’ McMurdo Station, were unable to receive the medical care they needed in Antarctica. More >>
International Exercise In Guam Tests RNZAF Air Mobility, Aero-Medical Skills
Wednesday, 6 August 2025, 2:03 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The detachment commander, Squadron Leader Mel Fieldes, said the main focus was on practising and improving how the participants work together in stressful situations to project combat power. More >>
Reserve Force Soldiers Hone Their Combat Skills In Annual Waiouru Exercise
Tuesday, 29 July 2025, 4:31 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The nine-day combined arms collective training exercise includes intelligence-driven and action-based missions based on a simulated conflict scenario centred on unrest on a fictional island in the South Pacific. More >>
NZ Army Combat-Ready Infantry Platoon Deploys To The Republic Of Korea
Monday, 28 July 2025, 3:13 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) has a long-standing commitment to supporting peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and has been deploying personnel to the United Nations Command (UNC) and its Military Armistice Commission since 1998. More >>
US And NZ Army Leaders Strengthen Strategic Partnership
Wednesday, 23 July 2025, 11:54 am | New Zealand Defence Force
“Our armies have stood side by side in every major conflict of the past century,” said General Clark. “Today, that legacy continues as we build the integrated landpower network required to meet today’s challenges and preserve peace in the Indo-Pacific.” More >>
HMNZS Canterbury Delivers Leading-Edge Technology To Support Regional Security Tasks In Fiji
Friday, 18 July 2025, 2:33 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The RNZN will work with Republic of Fiji Navy personnel deploying and monitoring the Bluebottles to help identify and track vessels operating suspiciously in Fiji’s exclusive economic zone - including those potentially involved in narcotics trafficking. More >>
Exercise Talisman Sabre Gets Under Way
Monday, 14 July 2025, 4:08 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The Royal New Zealand Navy frigate Te Kaha and aircraft from both No 3 and No 5 Squadrons of the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) as well as other personnel and assets from both Services are also taking part in the exercise. More >>
RNZAF Helicopter Crew Rescues Tararua Tramper And His Dog
Wednesday, 9 July 2025, 12:23 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The rescue took place in pre-dawn darkness early on Tuesday, with the crew negotiating low cloud and steep terrain. An NH90 helicopter from RNZAF Base Ohakea left for the Tararua Ranges by 4am. More >>
Navy Divers Neutralise Second World War Mines In Hauraki Gulf
Thursday, 26 June 2025, 1:01 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The mines, which were more than 80 years old, were originally part of a defensive minefield laid in the early stages of the war to protect Auckland Harbour and the Hauraki Gulf from German and Japanese naval threats. More >>
New Zealand-Led Navies Conclude Counter Narcotics Operations In Middle East Waters
Wednesday, 25 June 2025, 2:41 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The New Zealand-led team was supported by personnel from the militaries of Australia, Canada, India, Singapore and the United States, which contributed members to the headquarters. More >>
NZDF Targets Unexploded Ordnance In Papua New Guinea
Tuesday, 24 June 2025, 10:26 am | New Zealand Defence Force
The Kiwis joined personnel from Australia, Canada, France, Japan, Papua New Guinea, the United States and United Kingdom for Operation Render Safe, an operation that has been targeting explosive remnants of war (ERW) left throughout the Pacific after ... More >>
New Zealand Warship Links Up With UK Carrier Strike Group For Combined Operation
Tuesday, 17 June 2025, 3:30 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
Over the course of Operation Highmast, 13 nations will deploy vessels, aircraft and more than 4,500 military personnel to support the task group which formed in the English Channel in late April. More >>
1st NZSAS Regiment Marks 70th Anniversary
Saturday, 7 June 2025, 6:23 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
From its humble beginnings the NZSAS has since grown to become a full Regiment that gives the Government of the day a range of high-readiness, highly effective military options to advance and protect its interests. More >>
NZDF Prepares For Major Warfighting Exercise In Australia
Thursday, 5 June 2025, 4:27 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
Held every two years, the exercise is designed to improve and strengthen interoperability and combat readiness in complex, multi-domain operations. More >>
Naval Officer Recognised For Four Decades Of Service To New Zealand
Monday, 2 June 2025, 6:06 am | New Zealand Defence Force
Rear Admiral Gilmour said working for the NZDF was “absolutely stacked” with opportunities. He said said his career had been “an absolute blast”. More >>
The Latest Update On The HMNZS Manawanui Response
Friday, 30 May 2025, 4:35 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
Commodore Brown said, “In the final days during the recovery work, the salvors carefully lifted the azipod that detached from the ship in the grounding, and the 3.3 tonne anchors with their chains, onto the barge for transport back to New Zealand.” More >>
New Zealand-led Task Force, With Royal Navy, Seizes NZ$1b Worth Of Drugs In Arabian Sea
Thursday, 29 May 2025, 12:46 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
Commodore Rodger Ward, Commander of CTF 150, stated this was the largest value narcotics interdiction made under New Zealand command this year. More >>
