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The May edition of Navy Today is here! Go behind the scenes as we put our amphibious capability to the test in Fiji, see how we remembered our fallen on Anzac Day, find out how students got the experience of a lifetime at Devonport Naval Base and more.
In our May edition of Navy Today we showcase HMNZS Canterbury helping with logistics during the Solomon Islands election. Find out about HMNZS Matataua's Deployable Boarding Team and their mission with the Royal Navy, protecting Fijian waters from illegal fishing. See our sailors represent during Anzac Day at home and abroad, and read about the School to Seas camp at Devonport Naval Base.
Read the latest on HMNZS Te Mana’s progress as she transitions from building site to warship during her upgrade in Canada. HMNZS Aotearoa, fresh from training with the Australians, goes out of its way to scoop up a wayward wave buoy that had decided to embark on an unscheduled voyage of its own. We cover the latest Raoul Island mission with HMNZS Canterbury, meet some of our mana wāhine as part of International Women’s Day, and showcase fourth-generation Navy siblings Anelies and Matt, who work in HMNZS Manawanui.
In our first edition of 2021, see how we commemorated Waitangi Day at both ends of the country, meet two Rotorua brothers creating a Navy legacy for their wider family, find out what it takes to be a Navy doctor on the COVID front line and more.
In the April special issue of Air Force News we celebrate 85 years of Air Force service. We speak with present and former personnel whose stories span the past eight decades. We also pay tribute to just some of the special aircraft that have played a central role in our history and continue to engage in a crucial role in today’s military operations.
In the April edition of Navy Today see all the different taskings for a scientific mission to the sub-Antarctic, meet the new Commanding Officer of HMNZS Te Kaha and Ruby Tui comes on base for International Women's Day. Don’t miss the photo essay of the rigours of officer training and found out why Navy personnel had to chase up their World War 2 medals.
In June's Navy Today see our sailors looking their best in London during the King's Coronation. Learn how to do one (of many) Officer of the Watch manoeuvres - we hope you're good at maths! We meet members of our latest capability, the Deployable Boarding Team out of HMNZS Matataua, and catch up with one of our marine engineers on exchange with Royal Navy ship HMS Spey.
This issue provides a snapshot of today’s New Zealand Defence Force: who we are, where we are and what we do, with a focus on what we have done in 2021.
Case studies that represent the breadth and depth of our Defence Force are used to illustrate the overarching descriptions in the first section of the magazine, acknowledging there is much more to the NZDF than the size of this publication permits.
In this issue read about the workhorse ethic of HMNZS Wellington, just back from the Western Pacific and straight back out to the Solomon Islands, the Navy team at NATO’s premier explosive ordnance disposal exercise in Iceland, our 2020 Sailor of the Year, and HMNZS Aotearoa going to Antarctica next year.
In this issue we showcase the great work of HMNZS Wellington and her crew, on a mission to Tokelau and the Cook Islands to deliver vaccines. We detail a new way for our experienced sailors to commission as officers, and meet a Waikato nurse who’s getting taste of military life as a naval reservist. Our NZDF Maori Cultural Advisor, Lieutenant Jack Rudolph, talks about Navy life in the eighties, and we have a one-on-one with our Defence Attaché in Washington DC.