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Deployments Overview

The NZDF has planned and commanded a number of major operations and provided support to a wide range of Government and community organisations.

 Major activities have included:

  • The deployment and sustainment of NZDF personnel in support of operations in Afghanistan.
  • The deployment and sustainment of NZDF personnel in support of United Nations missions around the world.
  • Operations in Timor-Leste in support of the Coalition Task Force and United Nations.
  • Operations in the Solomon Islands in support of RAMSI.
  • The deployment of naval ships to South and East Asia.

Afghanistan

 Map of Afghanistan The NZ PRT Bamyan is tasked with maintaining security in Bamyan Province. It does this by conducting frequent presence patrols throughout the province. The PRT also supports the provincial and local government by providing advice and assistance to...

Timor Leste

Corporal Chris Kidney leads a weekend sports patrol to an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in Dili, Timor Leste in October 2008. (WN08-0132-01). East Timor (Timor-Leste) became an independent country on 20 May 2002, marking the end of a three-year process towards independence under the guidance of the United Nations (UN). Since then the UN has provided assistance to East Timor over a period...

Solomon Islands

 Private Tuiaki shows digital photos to children in the Mbarama village on the outskirts of Honiara, Solomon Islands. PTE Tuiaki was part of a Territorial Force deployment to the Solomon Islands which supports the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI). [MC 09-0081-308] The Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands (RAMSI) is in the Solomon Islands at the invitation of the Solomon Islands Government. Facilitation of the International Assistance Act 2003, passed unanimously by the Solomon Islands Parliament...

Kosovo

 A/CDR Mark Chadwick overlooks the city of Pristina, Kosovo. United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). One officer employed on the staff of UNMIK HQ in Pristina, as a Military Liaison Officer (MLO). The NZDF has had a lengthy involvement in the Balkans, with military observers first being sent there in 1992....

Sinai, Egypt

 Kiwi Base, Sinai. The mission of the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) is to supervise the implementation of the security provisions of the Egyptian-Israel Treaty of Peace. The New Zealand contingent has been a member of the MFO since its inception on 3 August...

Middle East

 Shelling and rocket attacks on TYRE, Southern Lebanon, 25 kms north of the Israeli border. The UNTSO area of operations covers five Middle Eastern countries including Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Egypt. The UNTSO headquarters is based in Jerusalem, Israel.

Sudan

 NZDF's Senior National Officer Major Terry McDonald with children in Sudan, October 2009. (WN09-0040-098) The NZDF has three personnel in Sudan working as part of the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS). The Senior National Officer in Khartoum is Major Terry McDonald. Navy personnel LT CDR French and LT Wilson are based as military observers in...

Iraq

 LTCOL Greg Allnutt (second from right) with other UN Military Advisors and the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. (photo credit - UN) UNAMI: Assistant Military Advisor, Iraq Assistant Military Advisor One NZDF Officer is providing liaison between the United Nations Assistance Mission Iraq (UNAMI) and the Multinational Force and Iraqi Security Forces. In addition the NZDF...

Korea

 Sub Lieutenant Fraser Toulmin (yellow armband) at a United Nations Command Observation post overlooking the "punch bowl," an area which saw many fierce battles during the Korean War because of its strategic location. Four NZDF officers are deployed to the UN Command Military Armistice Commission (UNCMAC), one of whom is deployed to Yongsan, Seoul as the assistant operations officer in the UNCMAC HQ. This is a six month rotational posting and the incumbent is...

Antarctica

 Each year, Antarctic New Zealand request NZDF support for the Antarctic summer season to provide air transport, logistics and personnel support during the summer months.

Arabian Gulf

 HMNZS TE MANA in the Persian Gulf, EX Goalkeeper 3 ships in Company. [WN-08-0093-02] HMNZS TE MANA and Coalition Task Force 152 TE MANA and her ships’ company of 173 conducted maritime security and support operations as part of Coalition Task Force 152 in the Central and Southern Arabian Gulf.
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Afghanistan: Difficult driving conditions. (WN-08-0043-56).

Afghanistan:
Difficult driving conditions.
(detail - WN-08-0043-56).

This page was last reviewed on 21 June 2010, and is current.