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16th Field Regiment of the Royal Regiment of the New Zealand Artillery fire a 100-Gun Salute to mark the 100th Anniversary of the Beginning of the First World War (2014). The same guns and the same regiment will fire a 100-gun salute at 10.50am on 11 November 2018 to mark the end of WWI. NZDF photo.

Royal artillery regiments to fire 100-gun salutes before Armistice Centenary

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Gunners from 16th Field Regiment of the Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery will play a key role in commemorating

Rear Admiral Jim Gilmour accepts the Tewhatewha from a Maori warrior during the Change of Command ceremony. NZDF photo.

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New Commander Joint Forces New Zealand

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Rear Admiral Jim Gilmour took over as Commander Joint Forces New Zealand from Major General Tim Gall on 31 October.

NZDF COMJ Major General Tim Gall and Defence Minister Ron Mark farewell New Zealand troops at RNZAF Base Ohakea as they begin their journey to the Middle East for Task Group Taji 8. NZDF photo.

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TG Taji Rotation 8 on the move

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About 90 New Zealand Defence Force troops left home yesterday to begin their six-month rotation withTask Group Taji, the training

He Hōia Ahau – I am Soldier exhibition being installed at the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts in Wellington. NZDF photo.

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Unique view of NZ Army training

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The New Zealand Army is offering the public a unique view of its newest soldiers in a photographic exhibition He

Air Warfare Officer Flight Lieutenant Adam Palmer and Air Loadmaster Corporal Toni Thompson load aid into a Royal New Zealand Air Force C-130 Hercules, for delivery Palu, at the 'air bridge' in Balikpapan airport. NZDF photo.

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International air bridge flies aid into Palu

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An international ‘air bridge’ has been established between Balikpapan, a port city in Indonesia’s East Kalimantan province, about 380 kilometres east

A he taua (war party) leads the caskets of Peter James Mollison, a Royal New Zealand Navy telegraphist, and Herbert Lester Humm, a driver with 10 Transport Company, New Zealand Army, who lost their lives in Korea more than 50 years ago, and where returned to family in New Zealand. NZDF photo.

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Repatriation from Korea last chapter of Te Auraki

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A Royal New Zealand Navy sailor and New Zealand Army soldier repatriated from Korea have been returned to their families

A New Zealand Army soldier observes as Baghdad Fighting School instructors train members of the Iraqi Army's 41st Brigade during a live-fire range practice at Taji Military Complex, Iraq. ADF photo.

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Task Group Taji boosts local-trainer capacity

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The New Zealand Defence Force’s combined training mission with Australia in Iraq has helped boost the capacity of the Iraqi

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NZDF finds two fishermen adrift in Pacific

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The New Zealand Defence Force has found two men adrift on a boat in the Pacific, four days after the

Chaplain Class 4 Russell Bone delivers a prayer in the United Nations Military Cemetary in Busan, Korea, to start the process of disinterring the bodies of two New Zealand service personnel who died and were buried in Korea. NZDF photo.

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NZDF begins repatriation of members buried in Korea

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The New Zealand Defence Force has begun repatriating two service personnel buried in Korea. CAPTION: Chaplain Class 4 Russell Bone delivers

The remains of two Royal New Zealand Navy sailors are carried into St Christopher’s Chapel, Devonport Naval Base to be returned to their families, as part of project Te Auraki (The Return). NZDF photo.

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Two NZ sailors repatriated from England

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Two Royal New Zealand Navy sailors repatriated from England were returned to their families this morning during an arrival ceremony

A 3 Squadron NH90 operating out of Queenstown on a patrol of New Zealand's Fiordland. NZDF photo.

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It’s a tough job, but someone has to do it

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The New Zealand Defence Force recently conducted an aerial surveillance patrol of Fiordland’s stunning coast to help Environment Southland check

Royal New Zealand Infantty Regiment 2/1st Battalion soldiers engage 'enemy' in a platoon quick attack at Waiouru Military Training Area. NZDF photo.

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NZ Army hosts foreign soldiers on biggest exercise this year

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New Zealand Army is putting its soldiers through their paces, alongside a handful of international militaries, in its largest exercise

The New Zealand Defence Force recently deployed a Royal New Zealand Air Force P-3K2 Orion aircraft to carry out a census of southern right whales in the New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands. More than 100 whales were sighted during the surveillance patrol. NZDF photo.

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NZDF assists in whale census

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The New Zealand Defence Force works with other New Zealand agencies to secure the country against external threats and is

Kiwi Samoan Nu Filo prepares for Invictus Games during a NZ team training camp at Burnham Military Camp. NZDF photo.

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Kiwi Samoan prepares for Sydney Invictus Games

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Kiwi. Samoan. Amputee. Soldier. Son. Brother. Partner. Faamanu (Nu) Taulafo Filo Leaana will be tapping into all these elements that

Former HMNZS Endeavour in India about to be broken up for scrap. NZDF video screenshot.

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Watch HMNZS Endeavour broken up for scrap

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The Royal New Zealand Navy’s former HMNZS Endeavour was broken up for scrap in India recently. The New Zealand Defence

Warrant Officer Ken Bancroft who is leading the vigil team of Royal New Zealand Navy sailors in England, examines the headstone of Engine Room Artificer Apprentice Philip Short, 20, who was killed in a vehicle accident and buried in England in 1958. NZDF photo.

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New Zealand exhuming sailors in UK for Te Auraki

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The New Zealand Defence Force has begun repatriating two Royal New Zealand Navy sailors buried in England in the third tranche

The resuscitation room at the Taji Military Complex health facility named in honour of Lance Corporal Jacinda Baker. Australian Defence Force photo.

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NZ KIA soldier honoured in Taji medical centre

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The resuscitation bay at the medical centre in Iraq’s Camp Taji has been named after Lance Corporal Jacinda Baker, New

Royal Australian Air Force Warrant Officer David Bradshaw monitors a radar onboard an AP-3C Orion during a night exercise in the Philippines. Photo by Leading Seaman Jake Badior.

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Australia and New Zealand send N-Korea-watching Orions to Japan

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Australia will deploy two AP-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft to Japan to conduct maritime surveillance in support of the international

Chief of Defence Force Air Marshal Kevin Short, right, shakes hands with new Chief of Air Force Air Vice-Marshal Andrew Clark, with outgoing Chief of Air Force Air Vice-Marshal Tony Davies centre, at the change of command ceremony in Auckland today. NZDF photo.

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Royal New Zealand Air Force gets new chief

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New Zealand’s new Chief of Air Force Air Vice-Marshal Andrew Clark was installed at a Change of Command ceremony at Royal New Zealand

Some of the New Zealand Army fathers serving in Iraq on Fathers' Day 2018 – Lieutenant Roger Baxter, Captain James Brosnan, Staff Sergeant James Kirkland, Lance Corporal Timothy Tupou, Warrant Officer Class Two Kahu Ranginui and Lieutenant Colonel Jason Hutchings. Photo by Corporal David Said.

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New Zealand soldiers in Iraq on Fathers’ Day

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New Zealand Defence Force soldiers serving in Iraq will be relying on technology to connect with their families on Fathers’