New Zealand Defence Force - Latest News [Page 60]
Defence Reforms on Track
Thursday, 8 March 2012, 1:46 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
Reforms at the New Zealand Defence Force are on track, but the process has affected those who work for the Defence Force, the Vice Chief of the New Zealand Defence Force told a Select Committee today. More >>
NZ Defence Force Outlines Reserve Forces Plan
Thursday, 8 March 2012, 1:44 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
Reserve Forces will remain integral to the success of the New Zealand Defence Force in a plan for their future outlined today by the Vice Chief of the Defence Force. More >>
Women make up one in six of our military frontline
Thursday, 8 March 2012, 12:26 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
International Women’s Day is a great opportunity to celebrate those women who serve and have served their country in the military, says the New Zealand Defence Force. More >>
Air Force Orion Locates Missing Boat
Tuesday, 6 March 2012, 5:43 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
A Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) P3 Orion successfully located a missing 15ft vessel in the Kiribati region yesterday More >>
Navy Helps DOC Reach Sub-Antarctic
Tuesday, 6 March 2012, 4:46 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
HMNZS WELLINGTON has returned from the sub-Antarctic islands, where it helped Department of Conservation workers carry out important research on Auckland Island wildlife. More >>
Successful End to the Season in Antarctica
Thursday, 1 March 2012, 2:48 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The NZ Defence Force 2011/2012 season in Antarctica has come to a successful conclusion with the remaining NZ Defence Force personnel leaving Antarctica earlier this week. More >>
NZ Defence Force: Accident at Linton Camp
Wednesday, 29 February 2012, 4:52 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The New Zealand Defence Force is reporting an accident at the shooting range at Linton Military Camp, in the Manawatu. The NZ Defence Force says a member of a group undertaking pre-deployment training appears to have discharged his weapon, injuring himself in ... More >>
NZDF Confirms Vehicle Accident
Tuesday, 28 February 2012, 9:49 am | New Zealand Defence Force
Two Army Pinzgauer vehicles were involved in a collision with each other, approximately 15 kilometres from Charleston in the Buller District last evening, the New Zealand Defence Force has confirmed. More >>
NZ Defence Force Improves Asbestos Management
Monday, 27 February 2012, 2:12 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The New Zealand Defence Force today welcomed a Ministry of Defence evaluation report on its management of asbestos. More >>
Defence Force Welcome For Singaporean Defence Chief
Monday, 27 February 2012, 10:51 am | New Zealand Defence Force
The Chief of Defence Force Singapore Armed Forces Lieutenant General Neo Kian Hong will be accorded military honours and a powhiri when he visits New Zealand for the first time next week. New Zealand Defence Force will provide a 50-person tri-Service ... More >>
From Fighter Jets To Spitfires At Ohakea Air Show
Friday, 24 February 2012, 3:52 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
24 February 2012 Australian Air Force fighter jets, French and US military transport and patrol aircraft and New Zealand’s newest helicopters are among the aircraft that will join warbirds of yesteryear at the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) ... More >>
From Fighter Jets to Spitfires at Ohakea Air Show
Friday, 24 February 2012, 2:49 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
Australian Air Force fighter jets, French and US military transport and patrol aircraft and New Zealand’s newest helicopters are among the aircraft that will join warbirds of yesteryear at the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) Air Show next month. More >>
MOU Will Allow Better Support For Military Veterans
Wednesday, 22 February 2012, 12:25 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) and the University of Otago will today enter into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to allow both organisations to work together to better support military veterans. More >>
Napier Local Serving-Up Success At Sea
Monday, 20 February 2012, 11:47 am | New Zealand Defence Force
They say an Army marches on its stomach but Napier local, Navy Leading Chef Chevy-Lee Morrison, knows that top-class kai is what keeps the Navy at sea. More >>
International Edge To Air Force’s Ohakea Air Show
Friday, 17 February 2012, 12:23 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
Modern day aircraft from six nations will join Mustangs and Spitfires of the past at the Royal New Zealand Air Force’s 75th Anniversary Air Show next month. Major international Air Forces including the French Armed Forces of New Caledonia; Republic ... More >>
Napier Local Serving-up Success at Sea
Thursday, 16 February 2012, 4:57 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
They say an Army marches on its stomach but Napier local, Navy Leading Chef Chevy-Lee Morrison, knows that top-class kai is what keeps the Navy at sea. More >>
Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure
Thursday, 16 February 2012, 4:07 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
Being in their nineties didn’t stop Bill Mitchell, of Oamaru, and Ted West, from the North Shore, attending a special ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the fall of Singapore in Singapore this week. More >>
International Edge to Air Force’s Ohakea Air Show
Wednesday, 15 February 2012, 7:02 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
International Edge to Air Force’s Ohakea Air Show Modern day aircraft from six nations will join Mustangs and Spitfires of the past at the Royal New Zealand Air Force’s 75th Anniversary Air Show next month. Major international Air Forces including ... More >>
Navy Engineer Returns Home
Wednesday, 15 February 2012, 5:18 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
When Sub-Lieutenant Chris Bone left Gore for the Navy in 2004, he never imagined he would one day return to the area as the Assistant Engineering Officer of one of the Navy’s newest ships, Offshore Patrol Vessel HMNZS WELLINGTON. Within a year ... More >>
Navy Commander “Coming Home” for Art Deco Weekend
Wednesday, 15 February 2012, 1:47 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
One of Hawke’s Bay's sons is coming home to Art Deco in Napier this weekend (18-19 February) at the helm of one of the Navy’s newest vessels. Former Onekawa Primary School student, Lieutenant Kane Sutherland, is now the Commanding Officer of HMNZS ... More >>
