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Air Force Heritage Flight aircraft the Spitfire (bottom of photo) and Avenger (top) flying in formation with Texans from the Central Flying School at Ohakea. NZDF photo.
New Zealand News 

New Zealand launches Air Force Heritage Flight

03/04/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3502 Views 0 Comments

New Zealand’s military aviation heritage will now be on regular display throughout the country with the establishment of the four

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Former HMNZS Pukaki (pictured) and HMNZS Rotoiti are being sold Ireland. NZDF photo.
Europe New Zealand News Overseas 

Two Kiwi patrol boats going to Ireland

14/03/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3610 Views 0 Comments

New Zealand Defence Force will sell two decommissioned Royal New Zealand Navy inshore patrol vessels to the Republic of Ireland’s

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New Zealand News 

New Zealand Defence Force activity summary Feb 2022

03/03/202203/03/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1884 Views 0 Comments

New Zealand Defence Public Affairs has produced a report to summarise the key activities that the New Zealand Defence Force

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HMNZS Aotearoa departs Lyttleton Harbour on her way to Antarctica. NZDF photo.
New Zealand News 

Aotearoa sails from tropics to Antarctica

07/02/202207/02/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1850 Views 0 Comments HMNZS Aotearoa

Fresh from her deployment to Tonga where she provided essential aid supplies, refuelling services and water generation, HMNZS Aotearoa has

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HMNZS Aoteaora delivering aid to Tonga after the volcanic eruption and tsunami on 14 January 2021. NZDF photo.
New Zealand News 

New Zealand Defence Force monthly update – January 2022

04/02/202204/02/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1887 Views 0 Comments

New Zealand’s Defence Public Affairs have produced a report to summarise key activities that the New Zealand Defence Force have

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Defence personnel from Japan, USA, UK, Fiji, New Zealand, France and Australia make up the new coordination cell at Headquarters Joint Operations Command. Story by Major Cameron Jamieson. Photo by Major Cameron Jamieson.
Australian Army Europe Japan New Zealand News Pacific Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy UK USA 

Coordination crucial for Tonga mission

03/02/202219/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2147 Views 0 Comments HADR, HQJOC, Operation Tonga Assist 2022

Headquarters Joint Operations Command (HQJOC) has establish a new cell to coordinate the international effort to assist with the response

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Local contractors conduct a battlefield clearance on a former New Zealand firing range in Bamyan Provence, Afghanistan.
Middle East New Zealand News 

New Zealand’s Afghan range clearance (almost) finished

28/01/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2371 Views 1 Comment

Additional clearance of five firing ranges used by the New Zealand Defence Force in the Bamyan province in Afghanistan has

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Pallets of humanitarian assistance and engineering equipment bound for Tonga, are loaded onto a RAAF C-17A Globemaster III, at RAAF Base Amberley. Story by Eamon Hamilton. Photo by Leading Aircraftwoman Emma Schwenke.
New Zealand News Pacific Royal Australian Air Force Videos 

Relief flights arrive in Tonga

25/01/202219/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2293 Views 0 Comments C-17A Globemaster III, No. 36 Squadron, NZDF, Operation Tonga Assist 2022

A Royal Australian Air Force C-17A Globemaster III has delivered urgently needed relief to Tonga following a volcanic eruption and

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The Australian Army medical team from Joint Task Group 637.3 treat a New Zealand Defence Force simulated patient during a casualty evacuation exercise at the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force Headquarters, Rove. Story and photo by Major Jillian Joyce
ADF Health and Wellbeing New Zealand News Pacific 

Anzac spirit on show in Solomon Islands

16/12/202118/12/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 2253 Views 0 Comments Australian Federal Police, New Zealand Defence Force, Papua New Guinea, Republic of Fiji Military Forces, Solomon Islands

The Anzac spirit was well and truly on show during a casualty evacuation exercise in the Solomon Islands recently. CAPTION:

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Chief of the New Zealand Defence Force Air Marshall Kevin Short is presented the Operation Bush Fire Assist Commendation on behalf of the New Zealand Defence Force, by Colonel Neil Peake the Australian Defence Attache accompanied by Australian High Commissioner to New Zealand Patricia Forsythe. NZDF photo.
New Zealand News 

CDF Commendation for NZDF Op Bushfire Assist contingent

17/11/202117/11/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2626 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

The compassion, bravery and knowledge of New Zealand Defence Force personnel who deployed in support of bushfire relief efforts in

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Crew members from HMS Diamond conduct a contactless boat-landing exercise with HMAS Canberra personnel during Exercise Bersama Gold 21. Story by Captain Peter March. Photo by Petty Officer Christopher Szumlanski.
Asia New Zealand News Royal Australian Navy UK 

Small boat crews find a dock at sea

31/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1977 Views 0 Comments Bersama Gold 21, BG21, Five Power Defence Arrangements, HMAS Canberra

The waters off the east coast of Malaysia in mid-October were abuzz with small boats from the Royal Australian Navy,

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Royal New Zealand Navy ships HMNZS Te Kaha and HMNZS Aotearoa conduct a series of trials and readiness checks in the Hauraki Gulf prior to deploying this week. NZDF photo.
New Zealand News 

New Zealand ships to join Royal Navy carrier strike group

09/09/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2201 Views 0 Comments

RNZDF will participate in an exercises in SE Asia and interact with the UK’s Carrier Strike Group on engagement activities in the region.

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An RNZAF C130 flies into Kabul to assist in the evacuation of foreign nationals. NZDF photo.
ADF Middle East New Zealand News Videos 

Evacuation of Kabul – most successful night yet

25/08/202125/08/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2125 Views 0 Comments Evacuation of Kabul

Another 650 people were evacuated from Kabul by Australian and New Zealand aircraft overnight – our best night yet in a desperate mission.

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The first of 250 New Zealand Defence Force personnel to deploy to the Middle East to join evacuation efforts from Kabul pose for a photo before departing RNZAF Base Auckland. NZDF photo.
Middle East New Zealand News Videos 

New Zealand launches Kabul evacuations deployment

19/08/202119/08/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2479 Views 0 Comments Evacuation of Kabul

An RNZAF C-130 departed Auckland this morning to assist with international efforts to evacuate foreign nationals from Kabul.

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Royal New Zealand Air Force Leading Aircraftman Joshua Harris secures a US High Mobility Artillery Rocket System into a RAAF C-17A Globemaster III aircraft at RAAF Base Amberley. Story by Flight Lieutenant Clarice Hurren. Photo by Corporal Jesse Kane.
New Zealand News Royal Australian Air Force 

Kiwis meet the locals at RAAF Base Amberley

06/08/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1624 Views 0 Comments Talisman Sabre 2021

Walking to work at an Air Force Base while staring down the resident kangaroos was a new experience for Royal New

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Australian Army Joint Terminal Attack Controllers and New Zealand Army personnel confirm target coordinates while conducting training serials at the Townsville Field Training Area in QLD, during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2021. Story by Flight Lieutenant Chloe Stevenson. Photo by Leading Aircraftwomen Emma Schwenke.
Australian Army New Zealand News Royal Australian Air Force 

Calling for bombs via comms

28/07/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1523 Views 0 Comments Talisman Sabre 2021

“Blackbird: good hit, good hit!” CAPTION: Australian Army Joint Terminal Attack Controllers and New Zealand Army personnel confirm target coordinates

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A C-130H Hercules carries out a medical evacuation in Antarctica. Supplied by Waynne Williams/Antarctica New Zealand
New Zealand News 

RNZAF flies medivac from Antarctica

12/07/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1868 Views 0 Comments

A Royal New Zealand Air Force C-130 Hercules has carried out a medical evacuation of a patient from McMurdo Station in Antarctica.

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Corporal Jessica Healey-Render, Corporal Charles Munns, Private Maddison Van Sitter – all recognised for their actions following a deadly rocket attack at Taji Military Camp in March 2020. NZDF photo.
Middle East New Zealand News Operations 

Three Kiwi soldiers recognised for actions after deadly Taji rocket attack

22/04/202122/04/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 18721 Views 1 Comment

Three New Zealand Army personnel have been recognised for their courageous actions in a rocket attack on the Taji Military

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The last resting place of New Zealand infantry Captain Ernest Charles Parry – Dochy Farm New British Cemetery, Belgium.
Europe New Zealand News 

Last resting place of NZ infantry captain identified after 103 years

07/04/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1855 Views 0 Comments

A 103-year-old mystery of an unknown New Zealand Army captain buried in a cemetery in Belgium has been solved.

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New Zealand Defence Force personnel lower the New Zealand National Flag in Kabul for the last time. NZDF photo.
Middle East New Zealand News 

NZDF pulls down flag for last time on 20-year deployment

29/03/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2002 Views 0 Comments

All New Zealand Defence Force personnel in Afghanistan are home, having lowered the flag on NZDF’s 20-year deployment to the country.

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