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New Zealand Defence Force - Latest News [Page 6]

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 >>

RNZAF NH90 Formation Flight: A Maintenance Success

Thursday, 22 May 2025, 11:44 am | New Zealand Defence Force

Contingency planning played an important role in the flight and on the day, low cloud meant a last-minute change of route away from the built-up areas of Palmerston North and Feilding. More >>

NZDF Joins Large South Pacific Disaster Exercise As New Response Group Starts Work

Wednesday, 14 May 2025, 12:57 pm | New Zealand Defence Force

The Royal New Zealand Navy’s Lieutenant Commander Nikita Lawson said the Pacific Response Group was a short-notice deployable team with strong planning skills designed to assist civilian authorities and other organisations in any response to a disaster. More >>