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NZDF COMJ Major General Tim Gall and Defence Minister Ron Mark farewell New Zealand troops at RNZAF Base Ohakea as they begin their journey to the Middle East for Task Group Taji 8. NZDF photo.
Middle East New Zealand News Operations 

TG Taji Rotation 8 on the move

27/10/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3371 Views 0 Comments Task Group Taji, Task Group Taji 8

About 90 New Zealand Defence Force troops left home yesterday to begin their six-month rotation withTask Group Taji, the training

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He Hōia Ahau – I am Soldier exhibition being installed at the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts in Wellington. NZDF photo.
New Zealand News Overseas 

Unique view of NZ Army training

18/10/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3003 Views 0 Comments

The New Zealand Army is offering the public a unique view of its newest soldiers in a photographic exhibition He

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Air Warfare Officer Flight Lieutenant Adam Palmer and Air Loadmaster Corporal Toni Thompson load aid into a Royal New Zealand Air Force C-130 Hercules, for delivery Palu, at the 'air bridge' in Balikpapan airport. NZDF photo.
Asia Australian New Zealand News Overseas Rest of World Royal Australian Air Force 

International air bridge flies aid into Palu

10/10/201810/10/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2777 Views 0 Comments Palu

An international ‘air bridge’ has been established between Balikpapan, a port city in Indonesia’s East Kalimantan province, about 380 kilometres east

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A he taua (war party) leads the caskets of Peter James Mollison, a Royal New Zealand Navy telegraphist, and Herbert Lester Humm, a driver with 10 Transport Company, New Zealand Army, who lost their lives in Korea more than 50 years ago, and where returned to family in New Zealand. NZDF photo.
New Zealand News Overseas Veterans 

Repatriation from Korea last chapter of Te Auraki

07/10/201807/10/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3362 Views 0 Comments Te Auraki

A Royal New Zealand Navy sailor and New Zealand Army soldier repatriated from Korea have been returned to their families

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A New Zealand Army soldier observes as Baghdad Fighting School instructors train members of the Iraqi Army's 41st Brigade during a live-fire range practice at Taji Military Complex, Iraq. ADF photo.
Australian Australian Army Middle East New Zealand News Operations 

Task Group Taji boosts local-trainer capacity

03/10/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3324 Views 0 Comments Task Group Taji, Task Group Taji 7

The New Zealand Defence Force’s combined training mission with Australia in Iraq has helped boost the capacity of the Iraqi

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RNZAF Orion. NZDF file photo
New Zealand News Overseas Pacific 

NZDF finds two fishermen adrift in Pacific

29/09/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2766 Views 0 Comments

The New Zealand Defence Force has found two men adrift on a boat in the Pacific, four days after the

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Chaplain Class 4 Russell Bone delivers a prayer in the United Nations Military Cemetary in Busan, Korea, to start the process of disinterring the bodies of two New Zealand service personnel who died and were buried in Korea. NZDF photo.
New Zealand News Overseas Veterans 

NZDF begins repatriation of members buried in Korea

27/09/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2831 Views 0 Comments Te Auraki

The New Zealand Defence Force has begun repatriating two service personnel buried in Korea. CAPTION: Chaplain Class 4 Russell Bone delivers

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The remains of two Royal New Zealand Navy sailors are carried into St Christopher’s Chapel, Devonport Naval Base to be returned to their families, as part of project Te Auraki (The Return). NZDF photo.
New Zealand News Overseas Veterans 

Two NZ sailors repatriated from England

26/09/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3616 Views 0 Comments Te Auraki

Two Royal New Zealand Navy sailors repatriated from England were returned to their families this morning during an arrival ceremony

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A 3 Squadron NH90 operating out of Queenstown on a patrol of New Zealand's Fiordland. NZDF photo.
New Zealand News Overseas 

It’s a tough job, but someone has to do it

25/09/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3109 Views 0 Comments

The New Zealand Defence Force recently conducted an aerial surveillance patrol of Fiordland’s stunning coast to help Environment Southland check

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Royal New Zealand Infantty Regiment 2/1st Battalion soldiers engage 'enemy' in a platoon quick attack at Waiouru Military Training Area. NZDF photo.
New Zealand News Overseas 

NZ Army hosts foreign soldiers on biggest exercise this year

19/09/201819/09/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4496 Views 0 Comments Exercise Sari Bair, New Zealand Army, Waiouru Military Training Facility

New Zealand Army is putting its soldiers through their paces, alongside a handful of international militaries, in its largest exercise

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The New Zealand Defence Force recently deployed a Royal New Zealand Air Force P-3K2 Orion aircraft to carry out a census of southern right whales in the New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands. More than 100 whales were sighted during the surveillance patrol. NZDF photo.
New Zealand News Overseas 

NZDF assists in whale census

18/09/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2674 Views 0 Comments

The New Zealand Defence Force works with other New Zealand agencies to secure the country against external threats and is

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Kiwi Samoan Nu Filo prepares for Invictus Games during a NZ team training camp at Burnham Military Camp. NZDF photo.
Invictus Games New Zealand News Overseas Veterans 

Kiwi Samoan prepares for Sydney Invictus Games

17/09/201817/09/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3010 Views 0 Comments Invictus Games, Invictus Games 2018

Kiwi. Samoan. Amputee. Soldier. Son. Brother. Partner. Faamanu (Nu) Taulafo Filo Leaana will be tapping into all these elements that

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Former HMNZS Endeavour in India about to be broken up for scrap. NZDF video screenshot.
India New Zealand News Overseas Videos 

Watch HMNZS Endeavour broken up for scrap

14/09/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5933 Views 0 Comments HMNZS Aotearoa, HMNZS Endeavour

The Royal New Zealand Navy’s former HMNZS Endeavour was broken up for scrap in India recently. The New Zealand Defence

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Warrant Officer Ken Bancroft who is leading the vigil team of Royal New Zealand Navy sailors in England, examines the headstone of Engine Room Artificer Apprentice Philip Short, 20, who was killed in a vehicle accident and buried in England in 1958. NZDF photo.
Europe New Zealand News Overseas 

New Zealand exhuming sailors in UK for Te Auraki

13/09/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3319 Views 0 Comments Te Auraki

The New Zealand Defence Force has begun repatriating two Royal New Zealand Navy sailors buried in England in the third tranche

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The resuscitation room at the Taji Military Complex health facility named in honour of Lance Corporal Jacinda Baker. Australian Defence Force photo.
Middle East New Zealand News Operations 

NZ KIA soldier honoured in Taji medical centre

11/09/201811/09/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3534 Views 0 Comments Lance Corporal Jacinda Baker, Task Group Taji

The resuscitation bay at the medical centre in Iraq’s Camp Taji has been named after Lance Corporal Jacinda Baker, New

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Royal Australian Air Force Warrant Officer David Bradshaw monitors a radar onboard an AP-3C Orion during a night exercise in the Philippines. Photo by Leading Seaman Jake Badior.
Asia Australian New Zealand News Operations Overseas 

Australia and New Zealand send N-Korea-watching Orions to Japan

10/09/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3369 Views 0 Comments AP-3C Orion, North Korea

Australia will deploy two AP-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft to Japan to conduct maritime surveillance in support of the international

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Chief of Defence Force Air Marshal Kevin Short, right, shakes hands with new Chief of Air Force Air Vice-Marshal Andrew Clark, with outgoing Chief of Air Force Air Vice-Marshal Tony Davies centre, at the change of command ceremony in Auckland today. NZDF photo.
New Zealand News Overseas 

Royal New Zealand Air Force gets new chief

07/09/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4513 Views 0 Comments Royal New Zealand Air Force

New Zealand’s new Chief of Air Force Air Vice-Marshal Andrew Clark was installed at a Change of Command ceremony at Royal New Zealand

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Some of the New Zealand Army fathers serving in Iraq on Fathers' Day 2018 – Lieutenant Roger Baxter, Captain James Brosnan, Staff Sergeant James Kirkland, Lance Corporal Timothy Tupou, Warrant Officer Class Two Kahu Ranginui and Lieutenant Colonel Jason Hutchings. Photo by Corporal David Said.
Middle East New Zealand News Operations 

New Zealand soldiers in Iraq on Fathers’ Day

01/09/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5786 Views 0 Comments Fathers Day

New Zealand Defence Force soldiers serving in Iraq will be relying on technology to connect with their families on Fathers’

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HMNZS Te Mana steams across the Pacific during her transit to Exercise RIMPAC 2018. Photo by Able Seaman Christopher Szumlanski.
Asia Australian New Zealand News Overseas Pacific Royal Australian Navy USA 

Te Mana to lead international fleet in Oz

31/08/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4093 Views 0 Comments

Royal New Zealand Navy frigate Te Mana has been sent to lead a multinational group of ships taking part in

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Sapper S O'Keeffe with his explosive detection dog Inky. Both graduated today from an all-of-NZ-government counter explosive hazards (CEH) and explosive detector dog programme. NZDF photo.
New Zealand News Overseas 

NZDF graduates five new explosive detector dog teams

29/08/201829/08/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3493 Views 0 Comments explosive detector dog

New Zealand Defence Force today graduated its latest group of four-legged recruits. CAPTION: New Zealand Army Sapper S O’Keeffe with his

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