RNZAF returns seasonal workers to Vanuatu
NZDF has begun taking more than 1000 Vanuatu nationals home, with the first group of passengers departing Christchurch on a RNZAF Boeing 757 this morning.
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NZDF continues to deliver Cyclone Harold relief
NZDF is returning citizens and continuing to deliver aid to Vanuatu this week, following widespread devastation caused by Tropical Cyclone Harold in April.
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NZDF scales back major exercise
Exercise Southern Katipo 20 run regularly by the New Zealand Defence Force has been scaled back because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Defence-organised supply-chain hackathon
Australian and New Zealand Defence Forces will host a joint hackathon to identify opportunities to strengthen sovereign supply chains this weekend.
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Aus/NZ Defence ministers teleconference
Australia and New Zealand have agreed to strengthen defence cooperation on both sides of the Tasman and in our Pacific neighbourhood.
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OMAR wins $6million contract to re-clear NZ’s cleared Afghan ranges
NZDF has signed a contractor to carry out additional clearance of five firing ranges used by its Provincial Reconstruction Team in Bamyan, Afghanistan.
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NZ officially doubles Kiwi headcount for Gallipoli
Two New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) historians have published an e-book confirming that the number of New Zealand soldiers who
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Royal New Zealand Navy returning to routine training
New Zealanders will see more activity by Royal New Zealand Navy ships and helicopters as the RNZN returns to routine training in the Hauraki Gulf next week.
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NZDF continues to fly cyclone aid in Pacific
New Zealand Defence Force is continuing to take aid to Pacific countries to help relief efforts following Tropical Cyclone Harold.
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NZ Hercules distributes aid and repatriates Kiwis after Pacific cyclone
Royal New Zealand Air Force C-130H Hercules are busy around the South Pacific in the wake of Cyclone Harold – distributing aid and repariating Kiwis.
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NZDF postpones o/s troop rotations – deployed pers left in place
The New Zealand Defence Force has postponed routine rotations of personnel on international missions because of COVID-19 travel restrictions.
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NZDF Taji crew home after COVID-19 isolation
A group of NZDF personnel who returned recently from Iraq have finished their two-week COVID-19 isolation and are now on their way home to their families.
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NZDF planning for ‘long patrol’ against COVID-19
Military planning skills are being put to use in New Zealand’s fight against COVID-19, as the NZDF help government agencies in ‘the long patrol’.
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Kiwis end Taji mission – home to quarantine
NZDF’s contribution to train Iraqi Security Forces to combat ISIS is at an end and the first troops from the final contingent are home – in quarantine.
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RNZAF Sergeant breaks NZ land-speed record
The New Zealand land speed record has been smashed by Royal New Zealand Air Force Sergeant Dean Hart driving a jet-powered dragster at RNZAF Base Ohakea.
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Kiwi choppers now home from Bushfire Assist
Three RNZAF NH-90 helicopters that were in Australia for Op Bushfire Assist have been transported home a Royal Canadian Air Force CC-177 Globemaster.
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Kiwi NH90s and crews flying home – thanks Canada
Three RNZAF NH90 helicopters that have been in Australia as part of the ADF-led Operation Bushfire Assist are now heading home, thanks to the RCAF.
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New Zealand engineers going home
New Zealand Army engineers and medical staff deployed to Operation Bushfire Assist are returning home today after completing their assigned tasks.
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Kiwi NH90s working hard around the bush capital
RNZAF NH-90 helicopters and their crews are providing sterling service in Australia, lifting their fair share of the load in the bushfires battle.
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Kiwis happy to share the loads
Similar equipment and procedures made integrating into Australian air-load teams easy for a Royal New Zealand Air Force team to support Bushfire Assist.
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