Skip to main content

Latest
Stories

Trooper Nadia Amaral

Switching on as an Armoured Vehicle driver

MAJ Lucy Wright Op Ant

Our long-time link to Antarctica

HMNZS Canterbury sailing into port in Lautoka, Fiji.

HMNZS Canterbury arrives in Lautoka for Operation Mahi Tahi

Screenshot 2023 03 17 at 2.06.26 PM

Army Band send aroha to the East Coast '35'

Preparing for a Search and Rescue, Private Rayner, left, and Lance Corporal Sheridan locate positions of interest on the map as part of the NZDF’s response to Cyclone Gabrielle

Tairāwhiti Reserve Force soldier gets early taste of helping his community

Blue penguin portrait

Many hands make happy feet

Major Timothy Cocks was on the road within hours during Cyclone Gabrielle

Linton transport unit thrown in Gabrielle deep end

Sergeant Rachel Ford quickly put a 102km ultramarathon behind her to help with the NZ Army response to Cyclone Gabrielle

NZ Army driver finds more in the tank to help with cyclone response

20230223 NZDF C1033116 005

Keeping supplies moving

Corporal Storm Harrison

Local Army Reserve Force soldiers rescue Esk Valley residents from raging floodwaters

Mr George Brown from Bayview, grateful to see some soldiers from 5/7 Battalion.  Private Williams passes him some supplies.

Hawke's Bay soldiers in middle of Gabrielle response

20230223 NZDF C1033116 001

Army skills behind creation of distribution hub

20230227 NZDF C1033116 003

Fiji joins the effort to support Cyclone Gabrielle response

20230221 NZDF R1055669 056

NZ Army proving routes and supplying communities

A man sits on outdoor furniture on the deck of a property as a medic takes his blood pressure.

The doctor is in

A Royal New Zealand Air Force NH90 helicopter crewman passes supplies to an Aropaoanui resident.

Defence Force increases support to disaster regions

Three soldiers stand on the bank of a river where a bridge once stood. On the other side of the river, a small part of the bridge remains but the rest is gone. Debris from the high flood waters is caught in trees and on the sides of the river.

Army engineers fashion pulley system to help resupply town

Soliders smile while talking to residents of Moteo while they help distribute food to the stranded locals.

People from the outside: Hawke’s Bay Reservists reach remote Marae

20230215 NZDF K1055157 016

Royal New Zealand Corps of Signals marks centenary with the Princess Royal

Reservists from 5/7 Battalion, RNZIR provided food to isolated seasonal workers overnight in Hawke’s Bay (15/02/2023)

Army reservists push through with food supplies

image1 v2

Hundreds rescued from Hastings area

20230212 NZDF R1055669 008

Cyclone: NZDF across the regions

1 20230211 NZDF R1055669 031

NZDF continues to support preparations ahead of Cyclone Gabrielle

20230202 NZDF C1033116 029

NZDF deploys specialist team and clean-up parties as Cyclone Gabrielle approaches

NZDF Kiwi

Signals Corps celebrates 100 years of duty

The New Zealand Conservation Dog Programme returning to HMNZS Canterbury via Seasprite helicopter after undertaking rodent detection on Rangitāhua /Raoul Island.

NZDF supports conservation, scientific, cultural effort on offshore islands

View of Auckland floods from a Seasprite Helicopter

NZDF support to the Auckland flood response

The Operation Protect patch, worn on a uniform

NZDF personnel recognised for their contribution to the Government’s COVID-19 Response

Two men wearing dark overalls, safety glasses and a tool belt work on electronics in an industrial room.

Army electrical fitters – the ‘jack of all trades’

NZDF Kiwi

New Year Honours awarded to three NZDF personnel

See all stories

We’re a world-class, combat ready force. We're modern, agile and highly adaptive.

Our mission is to provide world-class, combat ready, land forces that are trained, led and equipped to win as part of an Integrated Defence Force. We are an information-enabled Army that leverages modern equipment and technology in order to improve our training, enhance our decision making and optimise our capabilities.

We are a force of highly trained professionals.

We come from all walks of life and share a strong sense of what it means to be Kiwi - our culture is based on our values Tū Kaha (courage), Tū Tika (commitment), Tū Tira (comradeship) and Tū Maia (integrity). Together, we are Force for New Zealand and are proud to serve Aotearoa and its diverse communities.

As an agile and highly adaptive combat force, we need to be well equipped to help us operate in diverse environments, with precise effect.

Two soldiers smiling at each other while sitting down in the Waiouru Military Training Area

Considering a career in the army?

In the Army you'll never rest on past successes. We'll push you to constantly better yourself. But you won't have to do it alone. You'll be part of a tight-knit team – people that you'll come to trust, no matter what. Whatever your role, you'll be given the best possible training, equipment and encouragement. Everything you need, in fact, to create a successful and valued career.

Find out more