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West Coast prospector at the Eric Batchelor Cup reflects on golden career with Army Reserve Force
At a weekend sports tournament in Waimate to honour local war hero Eric Batchelor, Westport’s Sergeant Gordon Storer said the best of the New Zealand Defence Force values were on display.
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Getting to grips with the C-130J
This year will see the Royal New Zealand Air Force welcome the first of the new fleet of C-130J Hercules, a highly advanced, multi-purpose tactical airlift aircraft. Meet the aviators tasked with flying and maintaining it.
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NZDF support to the West Coast boosted by new Army Reserve facility
The New Zealand Defence Force’s (NZDF) ability to support responses to natural disasters and significant weather events on the West Coast has received a significant boost.
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Vanuatu volunteer plays all the right notes with the NZ Army School of Music
Whether in the heat of her homeland of Vanuatu or in the chill air of New Zealand’s south island, the tenor horn still sounds the same and connects people for Corporal Georgette Kalorip.
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NZDF to deploy Poseidon aircraft on furthest deployment
The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) will for the sixth time deploy a maritime patrol aircraft and specialist personnel to detect and deter evasions of United Nations Security Council resolutions imposing sanctions against North Korea.
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Southern skies host Exercise Skytrain
Southern landscapes have provided crucial training grounds for the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) during a nine-day air drop exercise aimed at honing skills for the real thing.
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Northland sailor finally gets to Gallipoli to pay respects
Chief Petty Officer David Tapene has been serving with the Royal New Zealand Navy for nearly a quarter of a century and is now at the Gallipoli Peninsula in Türkiye to pay his respects to those who served there during the 1915 battle.
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Anzac Day marked around the world by New Zealand Defence Force personnel
From dawn services across New Zealand to Anzac biscuits in South Sudan, serving New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) personnel will be commemorating Anzac Day in a variety of ways 109 years on from the Gallipoli landings.
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NZ Army troops return from valuable exercise with French, Australian forces
The combat skills of 33 New Zealand Army personnel from 1 Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (1 RNZIR) have been tested in both urban and rural environments alongside their Australian and French counterparts in New Caledonia.
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Marking 80 years since the Battles of Cassino
A NZDF contingent is in Italy to honour those who fought and died in what were among the most gruelling battles for New Zealand forces in the Second World War. The contingent will support the New Zealand National Commemorative Service at the Cassino War Cemetery and a New Zealand Service of Remembrance at the Cassino Railway Station.