NZ Defence Force
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NZ Defence Force
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- STORY📰 Morrinsville’s Captain Kendyl Findlay is fitting right in on one of the world’s most closely watched boundaries, the Korean Demilitarized Zone, where she is relishing the pressure and responsibility in a crucial role for peacekeeping.
- NEWS📢 #NZNavy frigate HMNZS Te Mana and replenishment vessel HMNZS Aotearoa, with their combined ships’ companies of 280 personnel, departed Devonport Naval Base today to participate in #RIMPAC2026, the world's largest international maritime exercise.
- NEWS📢 A #NZAirForce P-8A Poseidon has successfully located eight people on two missing boats in the Pacific.
- STORY📰 Private Alfred Lapwood loves heavy machinery and as a Combat Driver in the #NZArmy Reserve Force, the military side of his life is complementing his civilian construction role.
- STORY📰 Ordinary Marine Technician Rodger Griffin says his hometown of Tokoroa is a place where people are renowned for helping others.
- Healthcare, running water, electricity and sealed roads are all things you take for granted in New Zealand - Waikato soldier Major Dylan Wright says South Sudan is nothing like that.
- STORY📰 Ordinary Combat System Specialist Moke-Kingi says an academy instructor encouraged her to join. It was a challenge she was determined to accept as it provided the opportunity to broaden her horizons.
- STORY📰 A graduating #NZNavy sailor says joining up was his way of thanking the community that raised him.
- STORY📰 Seeking shelter during missile alerts, handling the tension during inspections, and avoiding explosive remnants of war are the necessities of daily life as a United Nations Military Observer in the #MiddleEast.
- STORY📰 Soldiers from the #NZArmy’s 2nd/1st Battalion of the Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment recently trained alongside visiting soldiers from the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Gurkha Rifles during an exercise in the #SouthIsland.
- STORY📰 Vessels carrying out potentially illegal activities have been the target of maritime surveillance patrols conducted by the #NZAirForce in #Fiji, #Niue and #CookIslands’ Exclusive Economic Zones during May.
- STORY📰 An #NZArmy infantry platoon has successfully completed a highly demanding three-month deployment to the Republic of Korea alongside Korean and US forces.
