Conflict zone training success for P-8A Poseidon crews
Royal New Zealand Air Force P-8A Poseidon crew have been testing the aircraft’s self-protection capability in spectacular fashion above Manawatū skies recently.
12 December 2025
Latest ops & exercises
RNZAF Base Auckland exercise tests ‘NZ Inc’ ability to launch Pacific disaster response
11 December 2025
Ops & exercises
NZDF bolsters North Korea sanctions enforcement with HMNZS Aotearoa and P-8A Poseidon
08 December 2025
Ops & exercises
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Southern Ocean Surveillance Patrols: New Zealand’s commitment to upholding Antarctic conservation rules
01 December 2025 -
Maintaining the safe ground
28 November 2025 -
Landmark exercise with German Air Force delivers benefits for New Zealand
27 November 2025 -
RNZAF returns to Fiji and takes opportunity to show MC-12K King Air capability to Tongan military
13 November 2025 -
Op Whio
03 November 2025 -
NZ Army’s Marlborough exercise switches from evacuation to combat
23 October 2025
Media releases
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Blenheim aviator combines passion for firefighting with military service
04 December 2025 -
Registration opens for 2026 Gallipoli services in Türkiye
03 December 2025 -
Lease and livery developments for RNZAF Boeing 757 replacements
21 November 2025 -
New Zealand Defence Force ready for high-risk weather season
11 November 2025 -
Physical restrictions can’t ground RNZAF Aviator of the Year
06 November 2025 -
German Air Force on training visit to New Zealand
04 November 2025 -
NZDF ship and aircraft deploy to Indo-Pacific region for operations and exercises
22 October 2025 -
Hercules lights up Cook Islands Blue Light course
21 October 2025 -
Royal New Zealand Air Force T-6C Texan II fleet hits milestone
17 October 2025 -
'Job done and more' - NZDF winds up Exercise Tropic Twilight in Cook Islands
13 October 2025 -
RNZAF helicopters break another flight record on journey from Australia
30 September 2025 -
NZDF throws weight into Cook Islands infrastructure work
23 September 2025
Equipment in action
Military Police roll out new fleet of vehicles across the force
03 October 2025
Capability
Seasprite helicopter transported for duty in Asia
19 September 2025
Capability
RNZAF NH90s complete longest flights over water
12 September 2025
Ops & exercises
Government underscores ‘combat capable’ fleet in decision on Defence helicopter and plane
21 August 2025
Capability
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C-130J Hercules simulator arrives at RNZAF Base Auckland
20 August 2025 -
RNZAF’s Te Whare Toroa - The Home of the Albatross – officially opens
15 August 2025 -
Look to the stars
07 August 2025 -
RNZAF pilots pinpoint jumping areas with parachuting app
30 July 2025 -
RNZAF Poseidon aircraft guides ship to rescue three sailors north of New Zealand
18 July 2025 -
RNZAF building up for major combat exercise in Australia
13 June 2025
