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Royal New Zealand Navy sailor Able Logistics Supply Specialist Shannon Edwards on board HMAS Choules. Photo by Able Seaman Rikki-Lea Phillips.
New Zealand News Royal Australian Navy 

Exchanging skills and knowledge

31/03/202301/04/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 2515 Views 0 Comments Fleet Base East, HMAS Choules, MH-60R Seahawk

A Royal New Zealand Navy sailor is gaining the full Aussie experience on an exchange program with the Royal Australian

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Australian and New Zealand environmental health team members, from left, Lieutenant Christopher Buerkeman, Flight Lieutenant Michael Hong and Flying Officer Kimi Ahluwalia assess potability of local drinking water. Story by Flight Lieutenant Vernon Pather. Photo by Leading Seaman Nadav Harel.
New Zealand News Royal Australian Air Force 

NZ and Aussie health teams combine after Cyclone Gabrielle

22/03/202324/03/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1790 Views 0 Comments Cyclone Gabrielle, New Zealand, No. 2 Expeditionary Health Squadron

Two environmental health officers (EHO) joined forces with the New Zealand Army Force Health Protection Team while supporting the response

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New Zealand Army personnel embark a RAAF C-27J Spartan to assist a remote community affected by Tropical Cyclone Gabrielle. Story by Flight Lieutenant Vernon . Photo by Leading Seaman Nadav Harel.
New Zealand News Royal Australian Air Force 

Gratitude from across the ditch

15/03/202316/03/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 2119 Views 0 Comments C-27J Spartan, Cyclone Gabrielle, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA, New Zealand

The Australian Defence Force team that deployed to New Zealand in late February to assist in the wake of Tropical

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Royal New Zealand Air Force officer, Flying Officer Ben Pickering travels on board a RAAF C-27J Spartan to asses remote airfields affected by Tropical Cyclone Gabrielle. Story by Flight Lieutenant Vernon Pather. Photo by Leading Seaman Nadav Harel.
New Zealand News Royal Australian Air Force 

ADF’s disaster assistance in NZ

27/02/202302/03/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1900 Views 0 Comments C-27J Spartan, RNZAF

An Australian Defence Force contingent has deployed to New Zealand as part of the Australian whole-of-government response to a request

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HRH Princess Anne receives a briefing at New Zealand's national disaster and crisis headquarters. NZDF photo.
New Zealand News 

Princess Anne visits NZ disaster-management HQ

15/02/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1599 Views 0 Comments

Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal visited New Zealand’s national disaster and crisis headquarters today as it deals with the

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A Royal New Zealand Air Force NH-90 helicopter hoists one of many Kiwis from a rooftop surrounded by floodwaters caused by Cyclone Gabrielle. NZDF photo.
New Zealand News 

NZDF rescues hundreds from cyclone’s floods

15/02/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1730 Views 0 Comments

A group of seasonal workers stranded by floodwaters in Hawke’s Bay are just some of the people who have been

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Royal New Zealand sailors from HMNZS Te Mana bring a rescued sailor back to their ship during Cyclone Gabrielle. NZDF photo.
New Zealand News 

HMNZS Te Mana rescues sailor during Cyclone Gabrielle

14/02/202314/02/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2603 Views 0 Comments HMNZS Te Mana

With Cyclone Gabrielle bearing down, a man in distress on a catamaran has had to be rescued by Royal New

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New Zealand Defence Force personnel help local authorities to clean up flood-damaged household good ahead of forecast Cyclone Gabrielle. NZDF photo.
New Zealand News 

NZDF help Aucklanders prep for cyclone

11/02/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1844 Views 0 Comments

The New Zealand Defence Force deployed around 100 personnel in Auckland yesterday helping to remove flood-damaged waste ahead of forecast

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RNZAF's 5SQN conduct their final P-3 Orion flypast over the North Island before the retirement of their fleet. RNZAF photo.
New Zealand News 

RNZAF farewells Orion fleet after 55 years

24/01/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3045 Views 0 Comments P-3K2 Orion

The Royal New Zealand Air Force No. 5 Squadron’s much-loved P-3K2 Orion aircraft put on a show in the skies

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Two Kiribati fishermen found after a search by crew on aRoyal New Zealand Air Force Orion (photo digitally altered by NZDF). Supplied.
New Zealand News Pacific 

Last Orion search mission saves two

17/01/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2054 Views 0 Comments

A Royal New Zealand Air Force P-3K2 Orion crew has successfully located two Kiribati fishermen in what will probably be

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Arrival of the first P-8A Poseidon 4801 to RNZAF Base Ohakea, New Zealand. RNZAF photo.
New Zealand News Science & Technology 

New Zealand’s first Poseidon delivered

15/12/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2105 Views 0 Comments

Royal New Zealand Air Force’s first of four new multi-mission long-range maritime patrol aircraft has arrived in New Zealand and

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NZDF personnel who were deployed on Operation Tīeke return home on a RNZAF B757 after delivering basic soldiering courses to Ukrainian recruits in the UK for six months. NZDF photo.
New Zealand News 

First NZ soldiers home from Ukraine training mission

12/12/202212/12/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2104 Views 0 Comments NZDF, Ukraine

The first New Zealand Defence Force personnel to deliver infantry training to Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) recruits have returned

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Craftsman Mathew Kelly, passes the ball during the 73rd Singapore Cricket Club International Rugby Sevens Tournament. Story by Lieutenant Amy Johnson. Photo by Leading Seaman Nadav Harel.
Asia Australian Army Japan New Zealand News Royal Australian Navy 

Rugby comp more about cultural exchange than winning

25/11/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2361 Views 0 Comments HMAS Adelaide, Indo-Pacific Endeavour, Rugby

Most teams make their way to Singapore for Asia’s oldest international rugby tournament by air. This year, one team sailed

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New Zealand Defence Force teams training Ukrainian recruits to defend their nation. Story by Lieutenant Commander John Thompson.
Australian Army New Zealand News 

Aussie Chief of Army views Ukrainian training

18/11/202220/11/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2884 Views 9 Comments British Armed Forces, Chief of Army, New Zealand Army, Ukraine

Chief of Army Lieutenant General Simon Stuart has praised the commitment and courage of Ukrainian army recruits during a visit

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Sapper Jack Arrowsmith carries the ball in attack with Corporal Joshua Allen and Lance Corporal Siaka King in support, during ADF v NZDF rugby union test, Brisbane. Story by Lieutenant Kirsti Welling-Burtenshaw. Photo by Corporal Miguel Anonuevo.
Australian Army New Zealand News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy 

Rugby union team breaks 50-year drought

15/11/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2569 Views 0 Comments NZDF, Rugby

In front of almost 1000 raucous fans at North Brisbane Rugby Club, the Australian Defence Force Men’s team (ADFRU) broke a

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NZDF personnel in the UK training Ukrainian soldiers in support of Ukraine’s self-defence. NZDF photo.
Europe New Zealand News 

New Zealand expanding Ukraine military assistance package

15/11/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3134 Views 1 Comment Ukraine

New Zealand Defence Force deployments to the United Kingdom and Europe in support of Ukraine’s self-defence will continue into 2023.

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A Royal New Zealand Air Force C-130H flys over RNZAF Base Ohakea during Tactical Exercise 22. RNZAF photo.
Asia New Zealand News 

Kiwi and Singapore Herc crews conduct low-flying nav ex

06/11/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2385 Views 0 Comments Republic of Singapore Air Force, Royal New Zealand Air Force

The Royal New Zealand Air Force is conducting Tactical Exercise 22 (TACEX 22) from RNZAF Base Ohakea in the Manawatū

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Action from the first ever women's International Defence Rugby Competition, a 15-a-side rugby tournament hosted by New Zealand. NZDF photo.
New Zealand News Overseas Videos 

France wins inaugural women’s International Defence Rugby Competition

27/10/202227/10/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2331 Views 0 Comments Women's Rugby

France has taken the honours in the first women’s International Defence Rugby Competition (IDRC) following an arm-wrestle final with New

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Members of the Royal New Zealand Air Force’s No. 40 Squadron, conduct a sortie over St. Joseph, Missouri, while attending the Advanced Tactics Aircrew Course at the Advanced Airlift Tactics Training Center. US Air Force photo by Technical Sergeant Patrick Evenson.
New Zealand News USA 

NZ aircrews experience advanced tactical flying in US

30/09/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1440 Views 0 Comments

The Royal New Zealand Air Force has undertaken advanced tactics training with the United States Air Force in Missouri and

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New Zealand Defence Ferns showed their prowess by thrashing NZ Police Women 80-0 in 2020. NZDF photo by Corporal Vanessa Parker.
ADF Europe New Zealand News Pacific UK 

Inaugural women’s International Defence Rugby Competition

24/09/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2740 Views 0 Comments Women's Rugby

The New Zealand Defence Force will next month welcome military women’s rugby teams from the Pacific and around the world

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