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Drumming a new beat
The Royal New Zealand Navy band’s newly-constructed drums are creating a wow flavour to their top-tier performances this year.
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Medium and Heavy Operational Vehicle (MHOV)
The Medium - Heavy Operational Vehicle (MHOV) fleet provides our Defence Force with modern military vehicles with enhanced levels of protection, payload capacity and a cross-country capability. MHOV can be fitted with communications and a machine gun for self defence, and a rollover protected passenger seating module.
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Southern Katipo
What would happen if an island nation in our region suffered civil unrest and a humanitarian crisis? NZDF's largest military exercise, Southern Katipo, puts this scenario to the test. The result is a multinational coalition of 2,500 troops from 13 countries, backed by amphibious ships, aircraft and armoured vehicles, who are tasked with restoring law and order to the fictional nation of Becara.
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Leadership
At its most basic level, leadership is about behaviour. It's about the building of effective relationships to influence the actions of other people and enable them to contribute to our success in a professional and ethical manner.
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Art Deco
On 3 February, 1931, HMS Veronica lay at anchor in Napier harbour. At 10.46am, Commander HL Morgan, captain of Veronica, heard a terrific roar. “The ship heaved and tossed. For about ten seconds I stood still and then ran on to the boat deck. I could see houses falling and roads cracking. Everything seemed to disappear in a cloud of dust.”
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Instruction & Management
Being ready to share skills with the next generation of military people, or utilising skills and knowledge to manage the organisation strategically, is part of career progression in the New Zealand Army.
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Education & training
It takes a lot of skills and training to do the things we do. From medical to engineering, navigation to combat, intelligence to flying an aircraft, the range of trades in the Air Force is diverse.
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Navy Band on tour in South Island
The Royal New Zealand Navy Band will be on tour in the lower South Island from 27 July-3 August.
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Law graduate takes the helm of a navy career
Taking part in counter-piracy operations at sea isn’t run-of-the-mill for a lawyer but it’s the kind of challenge that attracted Natacha Wisstt to joining the New Zealand Defence Force as a legal officer.
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MCC
The Maritime Component Commander is responsible to the Chief of Navy for the command and readiness of the Fleet and the specialist teams that deliver on the Navy’s mission, outputs and outcomes, and responsible to the Commander Joint Forces New Zealand for the command and conduct of maritime operations and provision of the naval contribution to Defence Force outputs.