HMNZS Aotearoa home after 8-month deployment
Friends, family, haka, senior defence leaders and the Royal New Zealand Navy band were all on hand at Devonport Naval
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New Zealand Defence Force teams provide specialist training to Ukraine forces
Specialist teams of New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) personnel continue to train Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) personnel in the
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NZ Army creates new motorised infantry battalion
A newly-formed unit of the New Zealand Army, Ngāti Tūmatauenga, was formally called to attention this week. CAPTION: Ngāti Tūmatauenga,
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Luftwaffe exercise delivers benefits for New Zealand
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 on new transport for RNZAF
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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Luftwaffe training visit to New Zealand
Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) will host several German air force (Luftwaffe) aircraft, working alongside the visitors as they
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New Zealand hosts Five Powers exercise
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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RNZAF NH90s complete longest flights over water
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 delivers first mortar course in PNG
A New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) contingent drawn from various units within 1st (NZ) Brigade and Joint Support Group has
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Sister cities bond during parade
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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NZSAS celebrates 70th birthday
For 70 years the New Zealand Special Air Service (NZSAS) has been deployed on some of the most complex, challenging
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New Zealand sending impressive contingent to 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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Anzac wolf pack hunts subs off WA
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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WWII RAAF bomber found off Greece
A Royal Australian Air Force Baltimore bomber aircraft, which was lost while on an operational mission during the Second World
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RNZAF’s first C-130J flight Antarctica
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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HMNZS Manawanui sinking – human error
HMNZS Manawanui grounded and sunk off the coast of Samoa as a result of human error, the interim Court of
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VALE – last veteran of New Zealand’s 28 (Maori) Battalion
Sir Robert Nairn Gillies KNZM, the last remaining member of the 28 (Maori) Battalion, passed away in Rotorua yesterday, aged
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Update on HMNZS Manawanui sinking
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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Aussie expert on Court of Inquiry into HMNZS Manawanui sinking
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 survivors homeward bound
Crew and passengers from Royal New Zealand Navy ship HMNZS Manawanui will be flown home to Auckland tonight aboard a
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