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New Zealand Defence Force - Latest News [Page 9]

Chief Of The New Zealand Army Visits Fiji

Wednesday, 27 July 2022, 4:53 pm | New Zealand Defence Force

Major General John Boswell is visiting the Officer Cadet School (OCS) of New Zealand, who have been in Fiji since July 1 taking part in Exercise Veiliutaki. The support from the Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) while the New Zealand Defence Force ... More >>

Fijian Exercise Throws Young NZ Army Leaders Into Heat Of Battle

Tuesday, 26 July 2022, 1:38 pm | New Zealand Defence Force

In the 30-degree heat of Fijian jungle, with mosquitos buzzing, a group of New Zealand soldiers are learning how to operate in a new environment and alongside foreign troops for the first time. Officer Cadet School (OCS) of New Zealand students are this month ... More >>

NZ Army Officer Cadets Living Off The Land In Exercise With Fijian Military

Monday, 25 July 2022, 2:25 pm | New Zealand Defence Force

Learning how to live off the land and fend for themselves in the bush are just some of the new skills a group of New Zealand soldiers have learned from Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) experts in Fiji. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2207/292fa0b9a02c16133240.jpeg" ... More >>

NZ Army To Fire 19-gun Salute In Wellington

Wednesday, 20 July 2022, 2:42 pm | New Zealand Defence Force

The New Zealand Army will fire a 19-gun salute in Wellington at approx. 10.35am on Thursday 21 July, welcoming The Hon Dalton Tagelagi, Premier of Niue. The gun salute will be fired by personnel from 16th Field Regiment, Royal Regiment of New ... More >>

NZDF Returns To Pacific Building Scene With Work On Niue School

Tuesday, 19 July 2022, 5:36 pm | New Zealand Defence Force

A New Zealand Army Engineer team is in Niue carrying out a number of construction tasks for the local high school as part of Exercise Tropic Twilight. Funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Exercise Tropic Twilight usually occurs annually ... More >>

NZDF Returns To Pacific Building Scene With Work On Niue School

Tuesday, 19 July 2022, 2:00 pm | New Zealand Defence Force

A New Zealand Army Engineer team is in Niue carrying out a number of construction tasks for the local high school as part of Exercise Tropic Twilight. Funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Exercise Tropic Twilight usually occurs annually ... More >>

NZDF Flies Team To Support Niue In Covid Outbreak

Wednesday, 6 July 2022, 2:18 pm | New Zealand Defence Force

A team of civilian doctors, nurses and New Zealand Defence Force personnel, and a seven-tonne generator, have left New Zealand this morning on board a Royal New Zealand Air Force C-130 Hercules bound for Niue to assist with the recent COVID-19 ... More >>

RNZAF Crew Finds Survivors On Two Boats Missing Near Kiribati

Tuesday, 24 May 2022, 3:03 pm | New Zealand Defence Force

Crew on a Royal New Zealand Air Force P-3K2 Orion have found two missing boats within 10 nautical miles of each other, dropping survival kits with water and locator beacons to those on board. Both vessels had been reported missing from Kiribati. On Sunday, ... More >>

NZ Army Engineers Help Rebuild Fijian School Buildings

Tuesday, 24 May 2022, 10:47 am | New Zealand Defence Force

New Zealand Army Engineers are in Fiji working on the rebuild of Lekutu Secondary School with a multinational Combat Engineering Team led by the Australian Defence Force (ADF). The school buildings were damaged during Cyclone Yasa in 2020, and alongside ... More >>

Air Force Heritage Flight Spitfire Coming To The Lower North Island

Monday, 9 May 2022, 2:42 pm | New Zealand Defence Force

The skies between Ohakea, Masterton, the Hutt Valley and the Kapiti Coast will reverberate to the sound of New Zealand’s military aviation heritage on Saturday 14 May, as the Air Force Heritage Flight (AFHF) conducts flypasts in celebration of 80 years ... More >>

Helping Others Top Priority For Auckland Air Force Medic

Tuesday, 3 May 2022, 11:16 am | New Zealand Defence Force

A desire to help was the main driver for Victoria Lu to join the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF). She has just graduated the 14-week recruit training at RNZAF Base Woodbourne and will now head to Burnham Military Camp, near Christchurch, to complete ... More >>

RNZAF Helps Devonport Woman Keep Flying Career Alive

Wednesday, 27 April 2022, 6:16 pm | New Zealand Defence Force

Covid-19 ended a lot of careers in the aviation industry, but Devonport’s Maya Tewhata-Low will still be airborne thanks to a fledgling career in the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF). Aircraftman Tewhata-Low, 23, had been working as cabin ... More >>

Air Force Marks 85 Years Of Service To New Zealand

Friday, 1 April 2022, 9:55 am | New Zealand Defence Force

The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF), Te Tauaarangi o Aotearoa, celebrates its 85th birthday today. On 1 April 1937 the Air Force Act took effect, formally recognising air power as a critical element of the country’s security. In the years since then, ... More >>

Change Of Command For Devonport Naval Base

Thursday, 10 March 2022, 3:47 pm | New Zealand Defence Force

A ceremony has taken place today to mark the Change of Command of the home of the Royal New Zealand Navy at Devonport Naval Base in Auckland. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2203/af7daa20589115ca2b91.jpeg" width="720" height="480"> Deputy Chief of Navy, Commodore ... More >>

NZ Navy Ships To Return From Tonga After Roles In Relief Efforts

Friday, 11 February 2022, 2:10 pm | New Zealand Defence Force

The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) will bring home HMNZ Ships Canterbury and Wellington which have been in Tonga assisting with relief efforts following last month’s undersea eruption and tsunami. Commander Joint Forces New Zealand, Rear Admiral Jim Gilmour, ... More >>

NZDF Support To Tonga Continues To Deliver

Monday, 31 January 2022, 4:29 pm | New Zealand Defence Force

The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) has provided Tongan communities with more than half a million litres of fresh water and continues to transport much-needed aid to Tonga with a fourth Hercules flight scheduled tomorrow. The NZDF has deployed ships, ... More >>

NZDF Update From Tonga

Friday, 28 January 2022, 3:43 pm | New Zealand Defence Force

The New Zealand Defence Force is continuing to support relief efforts in Tonga following the undersea eruption and tsunami earlier this month. From surveying harbour entrances and supplying fresh drinking water, to delivering supplies by air and refuelling ... More >>

NZDF’s Support To Tonga Response Ramps Up

Friday, 21 January 2022, 5:28 pm | New Zealand Defence Force

Royal New Zealand Navy’s HMNZS Aotearoa has berthed today at the Nuku’alofa port following successful wharf and harbour inspections conducted by Navy divers and hydrographers on board HMNZS Wellington. Hydrographers were immediately deployed ... More >>

Wellington Sailor Continues Family Naval Tradition

Tuesday, 11 January 2022, 3:03 pm | New Zealand Defence Force

It was almost inevitable that Shannon Williams was going to join the Royal New Zealand Navy. With a father, two cousins, an uncle and two grandfathers who have all served or are currently serving in the Navy, following in family footsteps was an obvious ... More >>

NZDF Personnel Deploy To Solomon Islands As Part Of Inter-agency Stability Mission

Thursday, 2 December 2021, 4:40 pm | New Zealand Defence Force

An advance party of New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) personnel left today on a C-130 Hercules from Ohakea bound for the Solomon Islands to assist with maintaining stability and security. The New Zealand Government yesterday announced NZDF and New Zealand ... More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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