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RNZAF Combat Operations Support Squadron support Exercise Tuhono Rangi at RNZAF Base Woodbourne, an exercise in support of visiting Luftwaffe A400M. NZDF image supplied.
Europe New Zealand News 

Luftwaffe exercise delivers benefits for New Zealand

27/11/202527/11/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 174 Views 0 Comments

Exercise Tūhono Rangi, a landmark joint training operation with the German air force (Luftwaffe), has wrapped up for the New

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New livery for RNZAF on its new Airbus A321XLR. Images supplied by RNZAF.
New Zealand News 

New livery on new transport for RNZAF

22/11/202522/11/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 661 Views 0 Comments

A six-year lease-to-buy deal to acquire replacement strategic transport aircraft for the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) has been

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A400m Atlas. Luftwaffe photo supplied.
Europe New Zealand News 

Luftwaffe training visit to New Zealand

09/11/202509/11/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1314 Views 0 Comments

Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) will host several German air force (Luftwaffe) aircraft, working alongside the visitors as they

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Exercise Suman Warrior 2025 underway in Linton Military Camp, New Zealand. Exercise SUMAN Warrior seeks to enhance the interoperability between Five Power Defence Arrangement (FPDA) nations. NZDF photo supplied.
New Zealand News 

New Zealand hosts Five Powers exercise

08/11/202508/11/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 738 Views 0 Comments

Manawatū’s Linton Military Camp is this month the battlefield headquarters for leading soldiers from New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia and

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The “different silhouette” of a Royal New Zealand Air Force NH90 helicopter equipped for international flight. RNZDF photo supplied.
New Zealand News Pacific 

RNZAF NH90s complete longest flights over water

13/09/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5039 Views 0 Comments

For the first time, Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) helicopters have flown between two countries, crossing a large swathe

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New Zealand Army gunners from 16th Field Regiment lead a live-fire mortar exercise alongside Papua New Guinea Defence Force counterparts. NZDF photo supplied.
New Zealand News Pacific 

New Zealand Army delivers first mortar course in PNG

16/08/202516/08/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3325 Views 1 Comment NZDF, PNGDF

A New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) contingent drawn from various units within 1st (NZ) Brigade and Joint Support Group has

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Ship's company of HMAS Canberra exercise their freedom-of-entry through the streets of Wellington, New Zealand, during HMAS Canberra's port visit. Story by Lieutenant Michael Wilson. Photos by Petty Officer Jarrod Mulvihill.
New Zealand News Royal Australian Navy 

Sister cities bond during parade

13/06/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 2725 Views 0 Comments Freedom of Entry, HMAS Canberra, New Zealand, RNZN

The cold wind couldn’t put a chill on the welcome in Wellington for HMAS Canberra’s freedom-of-entry parade and civic reception.

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The New Zealand Special Air Service Regiment marks 70 years since its formation, on 7 June 1955. Image supplied by NZDF.
New Zealand News 

NZSAS celebrates 70th birthday

07/06/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2885 Views 0 Comments 1 NZSAS Regiment

For 70 years the New Zealand Special Air Service (NZSAS) has been deployed on some of the most complex, challenging

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One of three New Zealand NH-90 helicopters to be deployed on Ex Talisman Sabre 25 approached for embarkation on HMNZS Canterbury to sail for Australia. NZDF photo.
New Zealand News 

New Zealand sending impressive contingent to Talisman Sabre

06/06/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2822 Views 0 Comments Exercise Talisman Sabre

New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) personnel and assets have begun to deploy to one of the largest multi-national military exercises

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Two MH-60R Seahawk helicopters circle HMAS Warramunga, HMAS Stuart and HMAS Toowoomba as the ships prepare for ASWEX 25. Photo by Leading Seaman Iggy Roberts.
New Zealand News Royal Australian Navy 

Anzac wolf pack hunts subs off WA

11/04/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2875 Views 0 Comments Anzac-class frigates, ASWEX

Four of Australia’s seven Anzac-class frigates sailed in formation off the Western Australian coast for ASWEX 25 this month. CAPTION:

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The wreck of No 454 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Baltimore FW282, which was shot down during the conduct of a maritime reconnaissance mission on 3 December 1943. The wreck was located by AegeanTec in July 2024, with confirmation of the identity of the aircraft made in December 2024. Photo supplied by AegeanTec.
New Zealand News Royal Australian Air Force UK Veterans 

WWII RAAF bomber found off Greece

27/03/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3043 Views 0 Comments

A Royal Australian Air Force Baltimore bomber aircraft, which was lost while on an operational mission during the Second World

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The first Royal New Zealand Air Force C-130J-300 Hercules to land in Antarctica is unloaded at McMurdo Station. NZDF photo supplied.
New Zealand News 

RNZAF’s first C-130J flight Antarctica

02/12/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2687 Views 0 Comments C-130J Hercules

Flying one of the new Royal New Zealand Air Force’s (RNZAF) C-130J-30 Hercules to Antarctica for the first time was

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RNZN Divers survey the area around HMNZS Manawanui on the southern coast of Upulo as part of Op Resolution – NZDF's recovery/salvage operation. Image supplied.
New Zealand News Pacific 

HMNZS Manawanui sinking – human error

29/11/202429/11/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4266 Views 4 Comments HMNZS Manawanui

HMNZS Manawanui grounded and sunk off the coast of Samoa as a result of human error, the interim Court of

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Sir Robert ‘Bom’ Gillies on the day of his investiture as a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2022. Photo supplied by NZDF.
New Zealand News Veterans Videos 

VALE – last veteran of New Zealand’s 28 (Maori) Battalion

08/11/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4452 Views 0 Comments

Sir Robert Nairn Gillies KNZM, the last remaining member of the 28 (Maori) Battalion, passed away in Rotorua yesterday, aged

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A Royal New Zealand Navy diver examines the wreck of HMNZS Manawanui. New Zealand Defence Force photo.
New Zealand News Pacific 

Update on HMNZS Manawanui sinking

16/10/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5129 Views 1 Comment HMNZS Manawanui

The New Zealand Defence Force issued an update for media today, sending us the first official photos of HMNZS Manawanui in

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

Aussie expert on Court of Inquiry into HMNZS Manawanui sinking

11/10/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3938 Views 0 Comments HMNZS Manawanui

New Zealand Defence Force has announced details of its Court of Inquiry (CoI) into the sinking of HMNZS Manawanui in

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HMNZS Manawanui arrives in Funafuti Lagoon as part of Operation Render Safe 2022. Photo bu Petty Officer Christopher Weissenborn.
New Zealand News Pacific 

HMNZS Manawanui survivors homeward bound

07/10/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2481 Views 0 Comments HMNZS Manawanui

Crew and passengers from Royal New Zealand Navy ship HMNZS Manawanui will be flown home to Auckland tonight aboard a

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HMNZS Manawanui at sea for the first time under Royal New Zealand Navy Control, in the Hauraki Gulf. NZDF photo.
New Zealand News Pacific 

HMNZS Manawanui hits reef and sinks off Samoa

06/10/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3895 Views 0 Comments HMNZS Manawanui

Royal New Zealand Navy Ship HMNZS Manawanui hit a reef off the southern coast of Upolu, Samoa, on Saturday evening

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Australian soldiers with 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, conduct a medical evacuation of a local boy in the Oecusse Enclave, East Timor. Photo by Corporal Brian Hartigan.
ADF Asia New Zealand News Operations Veterans 

25 years since INTERFET deployment

20/09/202420/09/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 14764 Views 2 Comments East Timor, INTERFET, Timor-Leste

When the Timorese people took the courageous step of voting for independence in 1999 and asked the international community for

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Arrival of the RNZAF C-130J Hercules Aircraft to Royal New Zealand Air Force Base Auckland, Whenuapai. NZDF photo.
New Zealand News 

New Zealand’s first J-model Hercules delivered

10/09/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2590 Views 0 Comments

New Zealand’s Chief of Defence Force Air Marshal Tony Davies joined Defence Minister Judith Collins in welcoming the first of

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