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New Zealand Army soldiers from 2ER assist ADF counterparts on Kangaroo Island during Operation Bushfires Assist. NZDF photo.
Australian New Zealand News Operations Videos 

New Zealand engineers going home

28/01/202028/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3176 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

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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Australian Army Private Tauiliili from the 7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, signals he is secure and ready to be winched up to a New Zealand Air Force NH90 helicopter in Canberra during Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20. Photo by Major Cameron Jamieson.
Australian New Zealand News Operations Videos 

Kiwi NH90s working hard around the bush capital

24/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3201 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

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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Royal Australian Air Force and Royal New Zealand Air Force air-movements personnel work together to palletise equipment at RAAF Base Amberley, Queensland, in support of Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20. Photo by Corporal Jessica de Rouw.
Australian New Zealand News Operations Royal Australian Air Force 

Kiwis happy to share the loads

16/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1718 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

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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A soldier from New Zealand Army’s 2ER gives water to a Koala while the unit assisted ADF members at Kangaroo Island’s Hanson Bay Wildlife Reserve.
Australian New Zealand News Operations Videos 

NZDF witness devastation and survival on Kangaroo Island

15/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3626 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

NZDF personnel working on Kangaroo Island have seen first-hand the devastating impact Australia’s bushfires have had on communities and wildlife.

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A Royal New Zealand Air Force NH-90 helicopter loaded on a RAAF C-17A Globemaster III en-route from RNZAF Base Ohakea to RAAF Base Richmond for Operation Bushfire Assist tasking. Photo by Corporal Nicci Freeman.
Australian New Zealand News Operations Videos 

Help and hardware from across the ditch

14/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3667 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Deploying NH90 helicopters overseas is well-rehearsed by the Royal New Zealand Air Force, as bushfire relief operations in Australia have demonstrated.

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More than 1000 cadets and 250 volunteer Officers from 99 New Zealand Cadet Force (NZCF) units throughout New Zealand, will be based in Waiouru and Ohakea for four intense days of activities relevant to Navy, Army and Air Force. NZDF photo.
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Kiwi cadets in for a big challenge

13/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2510 Views 0 Comments

More than 1000 teenagers from the NZCF are packing their kitbags for four intense days of activities on Exercise Cadet 2020.

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A RNZAF No.3 SQN NH90 helicopter is loaded onto a RAAF C-17, on its way to assist with the Australian bushfires. NZDF photo.
Australian New Zealand News Operations Royal Australian Air Force 

First RNZAF chopper on its way

06/01/202007/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3763 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

The first of three Royal New Zealand Air Force NH90 helicopters and its crew departed for Nowra, New South Wales,

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A New Zealand Defence Force firefighter works to control bush fires near Wauchope, New South Wales. NZDF photo.
Australian New Zealand News Operations 

New Zealand sending helicopters, engineers to bushfires

05/01/202005/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2317 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Today, New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern confirmed that the New Zealand Defence Force force would assist Australia’s response to the

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Two New Zealand Defence Force explosives-ordnance disposal experts in hazmat suits set out to recover bodies from the White Island volcano debris field. NZDF photo.
New Zealand News Overseas 

NZDF tasked to recover volcano victims

13/12/201914/12/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2747 Views 0 Comments

New Zealand Defence Force personnel today recovered the bodies of six people killed in Monday’s eruption on Whakaari/White Island and

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The Aussies arrive in Christchurch, New Zealand, well equipped to repatriate Australian's injured in the White Iland volcano eruption. RAAF photo.
Australian New Zealand News Overseas Royal Australian Air Force 

Three RAAF planes to rescue NZ volcano victims

12/12/201912/12/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3137 Views 0 Comments

The Australian Defence Force is working with other Australian government agencies, including Emergency Management Australia and the Department of Foreign

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A New Zealand Army soldier fires a machine-gun practice during the Australian Army Skill at Arms Meeting 2019 at Puckapunyal, Victoria. Photo by Corporal Jessica de Rouw.
Australian New Zealand News Overseas 

NZDF extends Thales Australia contract to supply ammo

10/12/201910/12/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3068 Views 0 Comments ammunition, New Zealand Army, NZDF

The New Zealand Defence Force and Thales Australia’s Australian Munitions business have signed an agreement to continue the supply of

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Service members and volunteers who helped build air-drop supply bundles at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, for Operation Christmas Drop 2019. US Air Force photo by Staff Sergeant Kyle Johnson.
Asia Australian New Zealand News Overseas Pacific Royal Australian Air Force USA 

Operation Christmas Drop all bundled up in Guam

08/12/201908/12/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2792 Views 0 Comments

Service members from the U.S. Air Force, Japanese Air Self-Defense Force (Koku Jietai), Royal Australian Air Force, Royal New Zealand

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Commodore Melissa Ross with Chief of Navy Rear Admiral David Proctor after her promotion ceremony.
New Zealand News Overseas 

First female Commodore and Deputy Chief RNZN

05/12/201906/12/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3114 Views 0 Comments

In 1996, Melissa Ross broke new ground as one of the first women to serve on a Royal New Zealand

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Royal New Zealand Air Force's Black Falcons aerobatic display team for 2020. NZDF photo.
New Zealand News Overseas 

New RNZAF Black Falcons aerobatic display team announced

04/12/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3461 Views 0 Comments

The Royal New Zealand Air Force Black Falcons aerobatic display team has been announced for the 2020 air display season,

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A Royal New Zealand Air Force C-130 Hercules loads 50,000 measles and rubella vaccines in Nadi, Fiji. Photo by Infinity Images Fiji for UNICEF.
New Zealand News Overseas Pacific 

NZDF helps Samoa fight measles epidemic

02/12/201902/12/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1851 Views 0 Comments

The New Zealand Defence Force is providing logistics support to a New Zealand government response to a Samoan measles epidemic.

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NZDF Personnel deployed on the ninth rotation of Op Manawa to Camp Taji are welcomed home after six months away from friends and family. NZDF photo.
Middle East New Zealand News Operations 

NZDF’s second-last Taji rotation welcomed home

29/11/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2069 Views 0 Comments

The New Zealand Defence Force last night welcomed home the second-last contingent of personnel who have been serving as part of

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A New Zealand Defence Force firefighter works to control bush fires near Wauchope, New South Wales. NZDF photo.
ADF Australian New Zealand News 

NZ Defence firefighters on Oz bushfire front lines

26/11/201905/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3234 Views 0 Comments

New Zealand Defence Force firefighters are currently working in Australia to help control bushfires spreading across New South Wales and

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Department of Conservation staff and dogs embark onto HMNZS Canterbury, headed for Subantarctic islands. RNZDF photo.
New Zealand News Overseas 

Kiwis embark on unique multi-agency subantarctic mission

18/11/201918/11/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1880 Views 0 Comments

Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) sealift vessel HMNZS Canterbury is leaving Dunedin today to begin a resupply and maintenance mission

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Captain Simon Rooke, who will be the Commanding Officer of the Royal New Zealand Navy’s newest ship, Aotearoa, Governor-General Dame Patsy Reddy and New Zealand's Chief of Navy Rear Admiral David Proctor at the ship’s naming ceremony at the Hyundai Shipyard in South Korea. RNZDF photo.
Asia New Zealand News Overseas Science & Technology 

New Zealand’s largest ship christened

26/10/201926/10/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3689 Views 2 Comments

Four of the more important words any Chief of Navy looks forward to hearing during their tenure – “I name

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An RNZAF C-130 Hercules on an ice runway in Antarctica. NZDF file photo.
New Zealand News Overseas 

New Zealand Defence Force begins Antarctic-support season

22/10/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2689 Views 0 Comments

New Zealand Defence Force has begun its annual support to Antarctica, with more than 200 personnel from all three military

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