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NEWS📢 #NZNavy frigate HMNZS Te Mana and replenishment vessel HMNZS Aotearoa, with their combined ships’ companies of 280 personnel, departed Devonport Naval Base today to participate in #RIMPAC2026, the world's largest international maritime exercise. nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/new…

Royal New Zealand Navy sailors set to test themselves on the world stage in Hawaii

Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) frigate HMNZS Te Mana and replenishment vessel HMNZS Aotearoa, with their combined ships’ companies of 280 personnel, departed Devonport Naval Base today to participate...

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NEWS📢 A #NZAirForce P-8A Poseidon has successfully located eight people on two missing boats in the Pacific. nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/new…

RNZAF P-8A Poseidon spots missing Fijian vessel for a successful rescue

A Royal New Zealand Air Force P-8A Poseidon has successfully located eight people on two missing boats in the Pacific.

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STORY📰 Private Alfred Lapwood loves heavy machinery and as a Combat Driver in the #NZArmy Reserve Force, the military side of his life is complementing his civilian construction role. nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/new…

Reserve Force challenges help drive Tuakau man in construction and soldiering

Private Alfred Lapwood loves heavy machinery and as a Combat Driver in the New Zealand Army Reserve Force, the military side of his life is complementing his civilian construction role.

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STORY📰 Ordinary Marine Technician Rodger Griffin says his hometown of Tokoroa is a place where people are renowned for helping others. nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/new…

Tokoroa teenager holds his head high, and aims even higher following Navy graduation and topping...

Ordinary Marine Technician Rodger Griffin says his hometown of Tokoroa is a place where people are renowned for helping others.

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Healthcare, running water, electricity and sealed roads are all things you take for granted in New Zealand - Waikato soldier Major Dylan Wright says South Sudan is nothing like that. nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/new…

Huntly peacekeeper returns from operations in South Sudan

Healthcare, running water, electricity and sealed roads are all things you take for granted in New Zealand - Waikato soldier Major Dylan Wright says South Sudan is nothing like that.

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STORY📰 Ordinary Combat System Specialist Moke-Kingi says an academy instructor encouraged her to join. It was a challenge she was determined to accept as it provided the opportunity to broaden her horizons. nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/new…

Whakatāne sailor makes whānau proud with Navy graduation

It didn’t take Whakatāne’s Danielle Moke-Kingi long to realise she enjoyed a military-style environment.

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STORY📰 A graduating #NZNavy sailor says joining up was his way of thanking the community that raised him. nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/new…

Te Awamutu sailor proud to give back through Navy service

A graduating Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) sailor says joining up was his way of thanking the community that raised him.

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STORY📰 Seeking shelter during missile alerts, handling the tension during inspections, and avoiding explosive remnants of war are the necessities of daily life as a United Nations Military Observer in the #MiddleEast. nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/new…

New Zealand’s Middle East military observers stay positive in conflict zone

Seeking shelter during missile alerts, handling the tension during inspections, and avoiding explosive remnants of war are the necessities of daily life as a United Nations Military Observer in the...

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STORY📰 Soldiers from the #NZArmy’s 2nd/1st Battalion of the Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment recently trained alongside visiting soldiers from the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Gurkha Rifles during an exercise in the #SouthIsland. nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/new…

Soldiers from New Zealand Army and Royal Gurkha Rifles sharpen combat skills under the Southern Alps

Soldiers from the New Zealand Army’s 2nd/1st Battalion of the Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (2/1 RNZIR) recently trained alongside visiting soldiers from the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Gurkha...

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STORY📰 Vessels carrying out potentially illegal activities have been the target of maritime surveillance patrols conducted by the #NZAirForce in #Fiji, #Niue and #CookIslands’ Exclusive Economic Zones during May. nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/new…

NZDF and NZ Customs support Pacific maritime surveillance patrols

Vessels carrying out potentially illegal activities have been the target of maritime surveillance patrols conducted by the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) in Fiji, Niue and Cook Islands’ Exclus...

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STORY📰 An #NZArmy infantry platoon has successfully completed a highly demanding three-month deployment to the Republic of Korea alongside Korean and US forces. nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/new…

NZ Army platoon concludes landmark deployment to South Korea

A New Zealand Army infantry platoon has successfully completed a highly demanding three-month deployment to the Republic of Korea (ROK) alongside Korean and US forces.

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STORY📰 Lead scout and professional dancer, Private Charé Park felt her heart thump and adrenalin surge as she led a group of four combat drivers and their vehicles in preparation to conduct security operations during Exercise Northern Dagger. nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/new…

Hawke’s Bay woman jumps from ballet to the battlefield

Lead scout and professional dancer, Private Charé Park felt her heart thump and adrenalin surge as she led a group of four combat drivers and their vehicles in preparation to conduct security...

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King’s Birthday Honour🎖Congratulations to Warrant Officer Class 2 Rob Allen, awarded the New Zealand Distinguished Service Decoration (DSD) for leading emergency engineering responses to both a light aircraft crash and a deadly earthquake in Vanuatu. nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/new…

NZ Army engineer awarded DSD for emergency responses in Vanuatu

A New Zealand Army warrant officer who led emergency engineering responses to both a light aircraft crash and a deadly earthquake in Vanuatu has been awarded the New Zealand Distinguished Service...

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King’s Birthday Honour🎖Congratulations to Group Captain John McWilliam, who has been appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM) following a five-decade career in aviation. Full story ➡️ nzdf.mil.nz/GPCAPT-John-McWi…
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STORY📰 Exercising the tactical defence of Malaysia and Singapore is an enduring task with a lot of training benefits for our Defence Force, says SQNLDR Pete Jackson. As Senior National Officer, he & his contingent have just returned from Ex Bersama Shield.nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/new…

New Zealand strengthens relationships through Singapore and Malaysia’s Exercise Bersama Shield

Exercising the tactical defence of Malaysia and Singapore is an enduring task with a lot of training benefits for the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF), says Squadron Leader Pete Jackson.

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STORY📰 Whether it’s providing fuel, clothing, food and ammunition, or the safe return of human remains, an army can’t survive without the “LOGSPEC” trade. nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/new…

Northland soldier steps out of comfort zone with Army specialist role

Whether it’s providing fuel, clothing, food and ammunition, or the safe return of human remains, an army can’t survive without the “LOGSPEC” trade.

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STORY📰 Former #Christchurch man Amos Kamo spends his #NZNavy Reserve time helping support freedom of navigation for merchant shipping facing threats of hostilities and war. nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/new…

Protection of merchant shipping top of agenda for Navy reservist

Former Christchurch man Amos Kamo spends his Navy Reserve time helping support freedom of navigation for merchant shipping facing threats of hostilities and war.

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NEWS📢 A #NZNavy patrol vessel, supported by the #NZAirForce, has rescued a solo yachtsman after a seven-hour search in heavy seas south of #Wellington last night. nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/new…

Navy, Air Force combine to rescue injured yachtie

A Royal New Zealand Navy patrol vessel, supported by the Royal New Zealand Air Force, has rescued a solo yachtsman after a seven-hour search in heavy seas south of Wellington last night.

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STORY📰 The #NZNavy's two Uncrewed Surface Vessels (USVs) have just completed the second of two border security operations for Customs, monitoring marine traffic in #Northland. nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/new…

Navy uncrewed vessels monitor Northland waters for narcotics trafficking

The Royal New Zealand Navy’s (RNZN) two Uncrewed Surface Vessels (USVs) have just completed the second of two border security operations for Customs, monitoring marine traffic in Northland.

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STORY📰 A case manager for Veteran’s Affairs is earning the respect of her clients while navigating newfound challenges as a #NZArmy Reserve Force infantry soldier. nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/new…

New Army reservist cheered on by the veterans she supports

A case manager for Veteran’s Affairs is earning the respect of her clients while navigating newfound challenges as a New Zealand Army Reserve Force infantry soldier.

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