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Navy Today - Issue 257, August 2021
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.
Navy Today - Issue 254, May 2021
In our May issue we showcase HMNZS Aotearoa’s ceremonial homeport visit to New Plymouth, and welcome local war veteran Trevor Watson on board for a personal tour. The Navy marae celebrates 21 years, while HMNZS Te Mana’s team struggle with COVID-19 in Canada. Our musicians take part in a history-making concert alongside Kiwi band Six60 at Eden Park, and we learn that real sailors do real sailing in our fleet of yachts. Finally, we outline the history of the ‘working’ Navy uniform, from Action Work Dress to General Work Dress – including the infamous ‘kaydees’!
Navy Today - Issue 251, February 2021
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.
Navy Today - Issue 262, February 2022
In our February Navy Today we explore the resources and personnel that made up the three-ship humanitarian mission to Tonga. We recap the successes of CTF 150 with their drug interdictions in the Indian Ocean.
Our profiles this month include three of our newest junior officers, and a senior officer fronting for fisheries sustainability in the Solomon Islands and wider – until the riots came. HMNZS Te Mana tells us how they spent Christmas and HMNZS Aotearoa’s engineering officer tells us about his quirky watch collection.
Navy Today - Issue 268, August 2022
In the August edition of Navy Today read about our work at Rim of the Pacific, how we recover an aircraft from the bottom of the ocean, HMNZS Te Mana’s homecoming, our support our Pacific Partners in Niue and more.
Navy Today - Issue 270, October 2022
In this October edition of Navy Today read about our hydrographers and divers locating explosive remnants of war in the waters of Tuvalu, how the sextant remains a vital tool for our warfare officers, assistant law professor Commander Prema McIntosh and her role at West Point, and the story of a Korean War veteran aboard HMNZS Hawea.
Navy Today - Issue 274, March 2023
The March edition of Navy Today now out and Cyclone Gabrielle occupies our pages. Follow the missions of HMNZ Ships and Units Manawanui, Canterbury, Matataua and Te Mana for Operation Awhina as they provide aid and people-power to Gisborne, the East Coast and Hawke's Bay. We also feature Manawanui's drug interception and follow Canterbury's mission to Raoul Island.
Navy Today - Issue 275, April 2023
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.
Navy Today - Issue 276, May 2023
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.
Navy Today - Issue 278, July 2023
Read about HMNZS Taupo partnering with the Samoan Maritime Police to patrol Samoa's Exclusive Economic Zone, while a training team from the Maritime Training Group work onshore with the police and fire service to practise boarding techniques and first aid. Also, check out No. 6 Squadron practising mountain flying in Coromandel, our latest graduation photos, reunions in Auckland and Dunedin, and meet a man who wants to see his naval sword passed on to a worthy officer.