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Captain Simon Rooke, who will be the Commanding Officer of the Royal New Zealand Navy’s newest ship, Aotearoa, Governor-General Dame Patsy Reddy and New Zealand's Chief of Navy Rear Admiral David Proctor at the ship’s naming ceremony at the Hyundai Shipyard in South Korea. RNZDF photo.

New Zealand’s largest ship christened

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Four of the more important words any Chief of Navy looks forward to hearing during their tenure – “I name

An RNZAF C-130 Hercules on an ice runway in Antarctica. NZDF file photo.

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New Zealand Defence Force begins Antarctic-support season

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New Zealand Defence Force has begun its annual support to Antarctica, with more than 200 personnel from all three military

Royal New Zealand Navy inshore patrol vessels HMNZS Rotoiti (front) and HMNZS Pukaki. RNZN photo.

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New Zealand retires half its inshore patrol fleet

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Two Royal New Zealand Navy inshore patrol vessels, HMNZ Ships Pukaki and Rotoiti, were decommissioned on 17 October at a

INTERFET Commander and former Governor-General of Australia, Sir Peter Cosgrove addresses officials and veterans at the INTERFET 20th anniversary commemorative ceremony in Dili, Timor-Leste. Photo by Corporal Tristan Kennedy.

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INTERFET 20th anniversary celebrated in Dili

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The 20th Anniversary of East Timor’s Popular Consultation and the Australian-led INTERFET deployment was celebrated in Dili on 20 September

Soldiers from the New Caledonian Armed Forces run in an endurance event, with an Australian Army officer as their observer, during Exercise Hydra 2019 at Greenbank Training Area, Queensland, Australia. Photo by Gunner Sagi Biderman.

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Exercise Hydra tests multiple military heads

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Soldiers from eight nations are engaging in a military skills competition in Brisbane testing the teamwork, physical stamina and mental rigour

Major Graham Hickman of the New Zealand Army Band, right, receives the Pooley Sword at the final show of the 2019 Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo. Photo courtesy The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo.

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New Zealand Army Band takes top prize at Edinburgh Tattoo

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The New Zealand Army Band concluded a memorable appearance at the 2019 Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo by being presented with

A Royal New Zealand Air Force P-3K2 Orion has found the last crew member overboard from the Chinese fishing vessel Jin Xiang 6, which had been damaged by fire. NZDF photo.

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Kiwi Orion rescues man overboard

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New Zealand’s P-3K2 Orion that located the burnt Chinese fishing vessel yesterday was re-tasked this morning with finding a man

A Royal New Zealand Air Force P-3K2 Orion photographs the Chinese fishing vessel Jin Xiang 6, damaged by fire west of Tuvalu. NZDF photo.

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Kiwi Orion helps damaged Chinese fishing boat

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A Royal New Zealand Air Force P-3K2 Orion on a fisheries patrol about 400 nautical miles west of Tuvalu has

Corporal Toni Thompson, Sergeant Ethan Moran and Corporal Nicholas Morse, Royal New Zealand Air Force air loadmasters with No.40 Squadron, watch a parachute load fall to its target on Raoul Island off the their C-130H(NZ) Hercules. RNZDF photo.

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New Zealand AF airdrops supplies to remote island – video

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The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) has airdropped 3.1 tonnes of food, mail and equipment to support the work of

Delegates from Australia, Fiji, Jordan, Papua New Guinea, Tonga, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States at the opening ceremony of the Senior Enlisted Leaders Conference 2019 (SELCONF19) hosted by the New Zealand Army. NZDF photo.

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NZ Army hosts Senior Enlisted Leaders Conference

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More than 50 senior non-commissioned officers from militaries in the Asia-Pacific Region gathered this week in Auckland for a conference

Major Kiely Pepper, who has been named in the New Zealand Defence Force Invictus Games team to compete in The Netherlands next year, competing in the 2018 Games in Sydney. NZDF photo.

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New Zealand names its 2020 INVICTUS Games Team

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The New Zealand Defence Force has named its team to compete at the Invictus Games in The Netherlands next year.

New Zealand Army vehicles are prepared for loading onto HMNZS Canterbury at the New Zealand port of Napier, headed for Exercise Talisman Sabre in Queensland, Australia. NZDF photo.

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Kiwis headed for Talisman Sabre 2019

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More than 600 New Zealand Defence Force personnel, 27 New Zealand Army light armoured vehicles, three Royal New Zealand Air

Colombian Marines fast-rope onto the flight deck of Whidbey Island-class Dock Landing Ship USS Gunston Hall during UNITAS 2018. US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Colbey Livingston.

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NZ Navy officers observe Latin-American exercise

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The New Zealand Defence Force is taking part in a multi-national maritime exercise in Chile focused on conducting combined naval

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New Zealand decide to replace 50-year-old Hercules

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New Zealand’s Defence Minister Ron Mark announced yesterday the selection of the C-130J-30 Super Hercules as the preferred option for

Australian Army officer Captain Jeremy Duff (centre), deployed with Task Group Taji 8, speaks with an Iraqi Army soldier before the Mission Rehearsal Exercises at the Taji Military Complex. Photo by Corporal Oliver Carter.

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Iraqi Army training hits milestone – NZ puts date on withdrawal

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The Iraqi Army School of Infantry Non-Commissioned Officer II (SINCO II) marked a significant milestone last week by achieving Initial

Chief of Navy Rear Admiral David Proctor addresses guests at the official Commissioning Ceremony for HMNZS Manawanui. NZDF photo.

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HMNZS Manawanui commissioned by PM Jacinda Ardern

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. The Royal New Zealand Navy’s future dive and hydrographic vessel was formally commissioned into the Royal New Zealand Navy

A New Zealand Defence Force soldier returning home after a six-month deployment in Iraq hugs his two sons upon arrival at Royal New Zealand Air Force Base Ohakea this afternoon. NZDF photo.

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Eighth rotation of Kiwis home from Taji

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About 90 New Zealand Defence Force soldiers returned home this afternoon after a six-month deployment in Iraq. CAPTION: A New

The future Royal New Zealand Navy dive and hydrographic vessel at Devonport Naval Base. Photo by Mike Millett, AirflowNZ.

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New Zealand’s new dive tender delivered

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The Royal New Zealand Navy’s future dive and hydrographic vessel arrived at Devonport Naval Base Auckland this week. CAPTION: The

Lance Corporal Nicholas Kahotea, 1st New Zealand Special Air Service Regiment, killed in training, 8 May 2019.

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Exercise that saw death of NZSAS soldier resumes

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The counter-terrorism exercise between New Zealand Special Operations Forces and United States forces, which was suspended on Thursday following the

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LCpl Nicholas Kahotea named as NZSAS soldier killed in training

09/05/201909/05/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 6459 Views 0 Comments

The soldier who died in a training accident in Auckland last night has been named as Lance Corporal Nicholas Kahotea,