Missing Australian army officer found on NZ glacier
Australian Army Lieutenant Terry Harch, who was missing on a New Zealand mountain in bad weather for a week, has
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New Zealand soldier shot during exercise
A New Zealand Army soldier suffered a gunshot wound to the shoulder during a live field-firing exercise at Tekapo Military
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Fiji military training with NZDF for Golan Heights mission
The New Zealand Defence Force is mentoring Fiji Peacekeeping School personnel, who are training about 150 troops due to be
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Afghan military adopts NZ mentoring philosophy
A female New Zealand Defence Force officer serving in Afghanistan has blazed a trail for mentoring male Afghan Army instructors
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RNZN’s new water-side seamanship trainer commissioned
Sailors from the Royal New Zealand Navy are now able to regularly train at sea without leaving port. CAPTION: Chief Petty
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NZ Defence Force contingent marching in Belgium
The New Zealand Defence Force will parade a platoon made up of personnel from its three military services led by
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New Zealand buying Poseidon
The New Zealand government has announced it will purchase four Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft to replace its ageing P-3K2
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NZDF supporting avalanche risk survey
The New Zealand Defence Force and Ne Zealand Department of Conservation (DOC) joined forces recently to survey potential avalanche risks
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New Zealand’s new Chief of Defence Force
New Zealand has a new Chief of Defence Force after a formal Change of Command ceremony yesterday at Pukeahu National
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HMNZS Taupo leaves for Fiji mission
Royal New Zealand Navy’s inshore patrol vessel HMNZS Taupo left Auckland today to spend the next three months conducting maritime
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Kiwi contingent home from Middle East
About 110 New Zealand Defence Force personnel returned home this evening from a six-month deployment to the Middle East, where
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Kiwi air team on the job in Middle East
New Zealand Defence Force’s air transport mission in the Middle East got off to a flying start this week, with
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Another Kiwi air-movements team flies to Middle East
A New Zealand Defence Force air transport team is heading to the Middle East this week to support coalition operations
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ANZACs battle each other for charity in Iraq
The ANZAC bonds between New Zealand and Australian soldiers based at Iraq’s Camp Taji remain as strong as ever –
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Kiwi troops leave for Iraq and TG Taji 7
The seventh rotation of about 100 New Zealand Defence Force troops left for Iraq this afternoon to support the continuing
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NZDF honours men who died at Gallipoli in 1918
The New Zealand Defence Force contingent in Gallipoli to commemorate Anzac Day have honoured 11 men who died at Gallipoli
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New Zealand sent explosive-detection dog team to Comm Games
While more than 6600 athletes compete at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, one of New Zealand Defence Force’s explosive-detection
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Anzacs deliver advanced marksmanship course for Iraqi SF
Under the instruction of Australian and New Zealand military trainers, selected members of Iraq’s 1st Qwat Khasa Battalion completed an
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Royal New Zealand Navy parades its Colours
Royal New Zealand Navy Fleet and Naval Support sailors assembled adjacent to the Devonport Naval base today to formally parade
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NZDF women training with SAS for special task
Twenty-three military women were assessed by 1 NZSAS Regiment to join the first Female Engagement Team being built by the
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