New Zealand troops ready for fifth Taji rotation
The fifth rotation of 106 New Zealand Defence Force troops has just completed training with their Australian counterparts as they
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More ANZAC-trained Iraqi soldiers for Daesh fight
A combined New Zealand and Australian task group will be training about 2000 Iraqi Security Forces in the next fortnight
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NZDF finds Tongan missing fisherman safe but sunburned
The New Zealand Defence Force has found a Tongan fisherman missing since last weekend – safe but sunburned, adrift in an
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New Zealand clips NH90’s wings after emergency landing
NZDF file photo The New Zealand Defence Force has put severe restrictions on all its NH90 helicopters after one was forced to
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New Zealand offers to repatriate servicemen buried abroad
The New Zealand government announced today that it will provide families with the option of repatriating the remains of their
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New Zealand’s new mega tanker gets her name
The Royal New Zealand Navy has announced that the name of its newest and biggest ship will be HMNZS Aotearoa.
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Terrorist threat on 2017 Gallipoli Dawn Service
The Australian Government has received information to suggest terrorists may seek to target Anzac Day commemorations on the Gallipoli Peninsula.
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NZ Defence dealing with floods after Cyclone Debbie too
The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) sent an additional 25 staff to Whanganui this afternoon to help evacuate residents, fill
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NZDF engineers put skills on ice
The 17 engineers sent by the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) to Antarctica in February recently completed six weeks of construction,
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Infantryman appointed to top NZ OR position
Warrant Officer Class One (WO1) Clive Douglas has been appointed Sergeant Major of the New Zealand Army, the Army’s top
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From chef to Commanding Officer
A sailor who started his career as a chef has just become the Royal New Zealand Navy’s newest Commanding Officer.
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NZ’s last-serving Vietnam Vet retires
The New Zealand Army’s last remaining Regular Force Vietnam War veteran, Major Gordon Benfell, is retiring after 52 years service. Major
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Remains of NZ and UK unknown soldiers buried
The partial remains of an unknown First World War New Zealand soldier were buried with the partial remains of two
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NZ to bury unknown soldier
The partial remains of an unknown First World War New Zealand soldier will be buried with the partial remains of
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NZDF feeding the fires near Christchurch
The New Zealand Defence Force set up a field kitchen yesterday to support firefighters, police and other workers involved in the
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1900 ANZAC-trained police graduate – destined to hold Mosul
Around 1900 police from Iraq’s Ninewah province graduated from the Taji Military Complex yesterday. Task Group Taji conducted six weeks of
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NZ fires worsen – RNZAF pop over to Aus for neighbourly supplies
The New Zealand Defence Force will pick up about 15 tonnes of fire retardant materials from Australia and send another
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NZDF sends firefighters to Canterbury and Christchurch
The New Zealand Defence Force has sent more personnel and vehicles to help evacuate residents and help get the fast-spreading
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Ex NZ SAS killed in bushfire-fighting helicopter crash
The New Zealand Defence Force has confirmed reports that a helicopter pilot who died in a crash while fighting fires in
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A400M at RNZAF airshow – then Avalon
A Royal Air Force Airbus A400M Atlas will visit the Royal New Zealand Air Force’s 2017 Air Tattoo on February
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