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Defence Force Provides Innovative Apprenticeships
Monday, 16 August 2010, 12:55 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The New Zealand Defence Force is partnering with industry to provide a safety-net to apprentices by encouraging them to join their Reserve Forces. More >>
Diamond Jubilee Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo
Saturday, 14 August 2010, 7:36 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
Billed as ‘one of the world’s most exciting military bands’, the New Zealand Army Band performed the introductory fanfare at this week’s Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo’s opening night alongside the Band of the Brigade of the Gurkhas. More >>
Return Home of Lt Tim O’Donnell
Saturday, 7 August 2010, 2:02 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The New Zealand Army officer killed in action in Afghanistan, Lieutenant Tim O’Donnell, will return to New Zealand on Saturday 7 August at Whenuapai Air Force Base in Auckland aboard a Royal New Zealand Air Force B757 aircraft. More >>
Public Opportunity To Send A Message Of Condolence
Friday, 6 August 2010, 12:29 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The New Zealand Defence Force says it is receiving an outpouring of condolences and support from the public after the death of Lieutenant Tim O’Donnell, and injury of two other soldiers. More >>
NZ Soldier Killed in Bamyan Province
Thursday, 5 August 2010, 1:07 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The New Zealand Defence Force will commission a Court of Inquiry into the attack on Defence Force personnel that occurred in Bamyan early yesterday morning (NZT) resulting in the death of Lieutenant (LT) Tim O’Donnell and serious injuries to ... More >>
Biography: NZ Soldier Killed in Bamyan
Wednesday, 4 August 2010, 1:42 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The New Zealand Defence Force has named the officer who was killed this morning as Lieutenant (LT) Timothy Andrew O’DONNELL from 2/1 Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (2/1 RNZIR), based in Burnham. More >>
NZ Soldier Killed in Bamyan Province, Afghanistan
Wednesday, 4 August 2010, 9:09 am | New Zealand Defence Force
Overnight, at approximately 12.30am New Zealand time, an incident involving a New Zealand Defence Force patrol took place in Bamyan Province, Afghanistan. More >>
Golden Results For Army Shooters
Monday, 2 August 2010, 11:34 am | New Zealand Defence Force
The NZ Army combat shooting team struck gold recently at the world renowned Central Skill at Arms (CENTSAM) military shooting competition. More >>
Kiwis Helping Pacific Medical Mission
Friday, 30 July 2010, 6:11 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
Six New Zealand Defence Force personnel are embarked on the United States Naval Hospital Ship (USNS) MERCY for Pacific Partnership 2010, an annual exercise that travels the Pacific nations to provide medical and health assistance. More >>
Malayan Veterans Sought
Wednesday, 28 July 2010, 4:49 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) is currently seeking Wellington-based veterans who served during the Malayan Emergency and the Indonesian Confrontation in the late 50s and 60s who have not yet received their Pingat Jasa Malaysia medal. More >>
NZ Team Part Of Highway Success In Afghanistan
Tuesday, 27 July 2010, 2:26 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The people of Bamyan province, Afghanistan, will soon be able to reach their country’s capital much more easily thanks to the construction of a new two-lane highway. More >>
Defence Force honours fallen US service personnel
Monday, 26 July 2010, 9:06 am | New Zealand Defence Force
Rear Admiral Jack Steer, Vice Chief of Defence Force lays a wreath at Arlington National Cemetery. At left is Major General Karl Horst, Commanding General, US Army Military Director of Washington. More >>
Implementing Auditor-General’s recommendations
Wednesday, 21 July 2010, 3:09 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The New Zealand Defence Force accepts the findings of a report by the Controller and Auditor-General into housing allowances paid to its staff seconded to the United Nations between 2001 and 2008 and has already introduced changes. More >>
HMNZS Otago Ready For First Ever Visit To Dunedin
Thursday, 15 July 2010, 12:44 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The first of the new Offshore Patrol Vessels, HMNZS OTAGO, under the Command of Lieutenant Commander Simon Rooke, is preparing to conduct a first visit to her homeport region. HMNZS OTAGO will berth in Dunedin from Thursday 22 July to Tuesday 27 July 2010. More >>
Defence Force future-proofs electricity costs
Tuesday, 13 July 2010, 11:36 am | New Zealand Defence Force
The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) has chosen Contact Energy to be its new electricity supplier in a deal that future proofs it against rising energy prices for the next three years. More >>
New Zealand Defence Force Arrive In Tuvalu
Monday, 5 July 2010, 2:48 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
Three hundred and fifty New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) personnel have begun to arrive this week in Tuvalu as part of Exercise Tropic Twilight. More >>
Marking Anniversary of Beginning of Korean War
Thursday, 24 June 2010, 5:24 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
Navy Reservist Lieutenant Paul Eady recently returned to New Zealand after six months monitoring the military armistice in Korea with United Nations Command Military Armistice Commission (UNCMAC). As a Regular Force marine engineer LT Eady had never been posted ... More >>
Remembering the 'Forgotten' War
Wednesday, 23 June 2010, 12:19 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
Korean War veterans will gather at the National War Memorial in Wellington at 11.00am on Friday 25 June to remember those New Zealand military personnel who lost their lives during the Korean War More >>
Well-Equipped Yachties Praised In Niue Rescue
Tuesday, 22 June 2010, 5:09 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The crew of an Air Force Orion aircraft from No 5 Squadron have successfully located a yacht after a distress beacon alert was received by the NZ Rescue Coordination Centre (NZRCC). The Orion crew launched from Auckland Air Force Base during the early ... More >>
Kiwi Troops Destroy 100kg Russian Aircraft Bomb
Monday, 21 June 2010, 11:26 am | New Zealand Defence Force
The Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team from the NZ Provincial Reconstruction Team (NZPRT) were called out to the location of a 100kg Russian aircraft bomb threatening both a village and the World Heritage Site of the largest Bamyan Buddha last month. More >>
