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Fiji

HMNZS Hawea approaches a fishing vessel while on fisheries and customs patrols off Fiji. NZDF photo.
New Zealand News Overseas Pacific 

NZ Navy’s Fijian maritime patrols end

03/11/201703/11/2017 Brian Hartigan 2131 Views 0 Comments Fiji, HMNZS Hawea, maritime patrols, NZDF

Combined maritime patrols between New Zealand and Fiji involving HMNZS Hawea have ended on a high note, with about 550

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Fijian Fisheries Officer Waisea Aka speaks to a local fisherman during a HMNZS Hawea-assisted fisheries and customs patrol in Fiji. NZDF photo.
New Zealand News Overseas Pacific 

HMNZS Hawea finds 45 infringements on Fiji patrol

19/07/2017 Brian Hartigan 2147 Views 0 Comments Fiji, fisheries patrol, HMNZS Hawea, HMNZS Otago, Royal New Zealand Navy

Royal New Zealand Navy inshore patrol vessel HMNZS Hawea boarded about 250 vessels and detected 45 infringements since arriving in

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Australian soldiers on patrol in Afghanistan aboard a Bushmaster. Photo by Corporal Bernard Pearson.
Australian News Overseas Rest of World Science & Technology 

Fiji buys Aussie Bushmasters for peacekeeping

09/02/201716/02/2017 Brian Hartigan 7170 Views 0 Comments Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicles, Fiji

Ten refurbished Australian Bushmasters have been sold to Fiji for peacekeeping duties. CAPTION: Australian soldiers on patrol in Afghanistan aboard a

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Students from the Rakiraki Muslim Primary School cheer as an Australian Army Taipan MRH-90 helicopter takes off for another mission during Operation Fiji Assist. Photo by Corporal Dan Pinhorn
Australian Australian Army News Operations 

Aussie soldiers leave Fiji after cyclone cleanup

16/04/2016 Brian Hartigan 2490 Views 0 Comments Fiji, Tropical Cyclone Winston

Fijian dignitaries and troops have formally farewelled Australian Defence Force personnel who have provided humanitarian support and undertaken disaster relief

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A RNZAF NH90 lands in Nasau, Koro Island to deliver personnel, aid, and equipment.
New Zealand News Operations 

NZDF says NH90 proves its worth in Fiji

04/04/2016 Brian Hartigan 2724 Views 0 Comments Fiji, NH90, Tropical Cyclone Winston

The New Zealand Defence Force’s (NZDF) NH90 helicopters have confirmed their ability to support a humanitarian aid operation on their

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MAJGEN Tim Gall visits NZDF work sites on the island of Vanua Balavu in the northern Lau group, Fiji. NZDF photo
New Zealand News Operations Overseas 

NZDF commander visits Fiji operations

13/03/2016 Brian Hartigan 2633 Views 0 Comments Cyclone Winston, Fiji, Tropical Cyclone Winston, Winston

The New Zealand Defence Force’s Commander Joint Forces New Zealand, Major General Tim Gall has visited the cyclone-ravaged island of

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Australian Army Sappers John Corn and Ty Fergus from the 2nd Combat Engineer Regiment, assess a damaged school in the village of Nasau on Koro Island as a part of Operation Fiji Assist.
ADF Australian News Operations 

Defence breaks silence on Fiji mission

08/03/2016 Brian Hartigan 4415 Views 1 Comment Cyclone Winston, Fiji, Fiji Assist, Tropical Cyclone Winston, Winston

Sixteen days after Tropical Cyclone Winston departed Fiji, the ADF released it’s first official information on its Operation Fiji Assist, with

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New Zealand News Overseas 

More Kiwi aid for Fiji

24/02/2016 Brian Hartigan 2451 Views 0 Comments Fiji, Winston

The New Zealand government announced today that New Zealand Defence Force vessels, HMNZS Canterbury and HMNZS Wellington will be dispatched

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Australian News Royal Australian Navy 

First Australian navy ship since coup visits Fiji

16/07/201512/10/2015 Brian Hartigan 3303 Views 0 Comments Fiji, HMAS Leewin

The first Royal Australian Navy ship to visit Fiji since the military coup in December 2006 has completed a six-day

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