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A Royal New Zealand Air Force P-3K2 Orion has found the Tongan fisherman, who has been missing since Saturday, safe but sunburned, adrift in an inflatable life raft off the island of Eua. NZDF photo.

NZDF finds Tongan missing fisherman safe but sunburned

25/04/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3313 Views 0 Comments Tongan fisherman

The New Zealand Defence Force has found a Tongan fisherman missing since last weekend – safe but sunburned, adrift in an

A New Zealand Air Force NH90 helicopter. NZDF photo.

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New Zealand clips NH90’s wings after emergency landing

20/04/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5635 Views 0 Comments NH90, RNZAF, Royal New Zealand Air Force

NZDF file photo The New Zealand Defence Force has put severe restrictions on all its NH90 helicopters after one was forced to

Australian Defence Force personnel from Australia’s Federation Guard carry the coffins of the 33 Australian service personnel and dependants from a Royal Australian Air Force C-17A Globemaster aircraft during the repatriation ceremony at RAAF Base Richmond in Sydney on Thursday, 02 June 2016.

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New Zealand offers to repatriate servicemen buried abroad

10/04/201710/04/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3746 Views 0 Comments repatriation

The New Zealand government announced today that it will provide families with the option of repatriating the remains of their

Artist's impression of the yet-to-be-built HMNZS Aotearoa. Supplied by NZDF.

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New Zealand’s new mega tanker gets her name

10/04/201710/04/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 11730 Views 0 Comments HMNZS Aotearoa

The Royal New Zealand Navy has announced that the name of its newest and biggest ship will be HMNZS Aotearoa.

The ANZAC contingent prepare to march at the Çanakkale Martyrs' Memorial on the Gallipoli Peninsula. Photo by Corporal Matthew Bickerton

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Terrorist threat on 2017 Gallipoli Dawn Service

07/04/201707/04/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3565 Views 0 Comments Gallipoli

The Australian Government has received information to suggest terrorists may seek to target Anzac Day commemorations on the Gallipoli Peninsula.

RNZAF Ohakea Whanganui Flooding Response 5/04/17. Photographer unknown.

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NZ Defence dealing with floods after Cyclone Debbie too

05/04/201708/04/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3105 Views 0 Comments floods

The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) sent an additional 25 staff to Whanganui this afternoon to help evacuate residents, fill

NZ Army engineers dismantle a building in Antarctica. NZDF photo.

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NZDF engineers put skills on ice

20/03/201720/03/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3758 Views 0 Comments New Zealand Defence Force, NZDF

The 17 engineers sent by the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) to Antarctica in February recently completed six weeks of construction,

New Zealand Sergeant Major of the Army Warrant Officer Class 1 Clive Douglas.

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Infantryman appointed to top NZ OR position

15/03/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5531 Views 0 Comments Sergeant Major of the Army

Warrant Officer Class One (WO1) Clive Douglas has been appointed Sergeant Major of the New Zealand Army, the Army’s top

Lieutenant Brock West and his daughter Aria on HMNZS Taupo at Devonport Naval Base.

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From chef to Commanding Officer

15/03/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5216 Views 0 Comments HMNZS Taupo, Lieutenant Brock West

A sailor who started his career as a chef has just become the Royal New Zealand Navy’s newest Commanding Officer.

Major Gordon Benfell, the NZDF's last serving Vietnam Veteran, retiring in 2017 after serving 52 years with the New Zealand Defence Force.

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NZ’s last-serving Vietnam Vet retires

09/03/201709/03/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 13407 Views 1 Comment Major Gordon Benfell

The New Zealand Army’s last remaining Regular Force Vietnam War veteran, Major Gordon Benfell, is retiring after 52 years service. Major

Dignitaries at the burial ceremony of the partial remains of an unknown First World War New Zealand soldier and the partial remains of two British soldiers today at the Perth (China Wall) Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery near Ieper, in Belgium.

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Remains of NZ and UK unknown soldiers buried

08/03/201708/03/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4486 Views 1 Comment Perth (China Wall) Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery, unknown soldier

The partial remains of an unknown First World War New Zealand soldier were buried with the partial remains of two

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NZ to bury unknown soldier

03/03/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2975 Views 0 Comments unknown soldier

The partial remains of an unknown First World War New Zealand soldier will be buried with the partial remains of

Firefighter Lieutenant Oli Barnfather of the New Zealand Army fights an underground hotspot on the Port Hills of Christchurch. NZDF photo.

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NZDF feeding the fires near Christchurch

19/02/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4291 Views 0 Comments Christchurch fires, field kitchen, RNZDF

The New Zealand Defence Force set up a field kitchen yesterday to support firefighters, police and other workers involved in the

Iraqi Ninewah Police during their graduation ceremony after training with Task Group Taji 4 at the Taji Military Complex, Iraq. Photo by SPC Chris Brecht, US Army.

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1900 ANZAC-trained police graduate – destined to hold Mosul

17/02/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5322 Views 0 Comments Iraq’s Ninewah province police

Around 1900 police from Iraq’s Ninewah province graduated from the Taji Military Complex yesterday. Task Group Taji conducted six weeks of

A Royal New Zealand Air Force C-130 Hercules departs Base Auckland to pick up fire retardant materials from Australia. NZDF photo.

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NZ fires worsen – RNZAF pop over to Aus for neighbourly supplies

16/02/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4416 Views 0 Comments New Zealand Bushfires, retardant materials

The New Zealand Defence Force will pick up about 15 tonnes of fire retardant materials from Australia and send another

NZDF file photo: RNZAF Base Ohakea Fire Fighters putting out a smouldering fire in Raumai Air Weapons Range. The BCF (Base Contingency Force) assisted in turning over the soil to help cool down the area to stop the spread of the fire.

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NZDF sends firefighters to Canterbury and Christchurch

16/02/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3785 Views 0 Comments Bushfires, Christchurch, NZDF firefighters

The New Zealand Defence Force has sent more personnel and vehicles to help evacuate residents and help get the fast-spreading

Corporal David Steven Askin, former New Zealand SASR, killed in a helicopter crash, 14 February, while fighting bushfires near Christchurch. NZDF file photo.

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Ex NZ SAS killed in bushfire-fighting helicopter crash

15/02/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 25731 Views 0 Comments helicopter crash, NZSASR, SAS

The New Zealand Defence Force has confirmed reports that a helicopter pilot who died in a crash while fighting fires in

A Royal Air Force A400M Atlas. Crown Copyright. Photo by Corporal Rich Denton.

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A400M at RNZAF airshow – then Avalon

14/02/201714/02/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4519 Views 0 Comments A400M Atlas

A Royal Air Force Airbus A400M Atlas will visit the Royal New Zealand Air Force’s 2017 Air Tattoo on February

P-3 Orion leaves Royal New Zealand Air Force Base Whenuapai on it's way to conduct maritime security opperations in the Middle East. NZDF photo.

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RNZAF sends Orion to Middle East

10/02/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4384 Views 0 Comments P-3K2 Orion, Royal New Zealand Air Force

The New Zealand Defence Force sent a Royal New Zealand Air Force P-3K2 Orion surveillance aircraft this morning to the

A Multinational Force and Observers remembrance arch at North Camp in the Sinai. Mid Caption: Twenty-five Australian Defence Force (ADF) members working under Operation Mazurka are assisting the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) in the Sinai, Egypt. The MFO is a non-UN organisation established in 1981 to oversee long-standing peace agreements in the region. The MFO is maintained by 11 nations including Australia, New Zealand, the United States, Canada, Fiji and France. Australia's involvement in the MFO began in early 1982 with the formation of an Australia-New Zealand combined helicopter squadron. ADF members assist in the peace process by monitoring the border, preparing daily operational briefings and supporting the Headquarters.

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Kiwi engineers deployed to secure MFO

13/01/201713/01/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4391 Views 0 Comments MFO, Multinational Force and Observers, Sinai

Thirty-five New Zealand Defence Force engineers deployed this morning for Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula to help build a security fence around the