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In the April edition of Navy Today see all the different taskings for a scientific mission to the sub-Antarctic, meet the new Commanding Officer of HMNZS Te Kaha and Ruby Tui comes on base for International Women's Day. Don’t miss the photo essay of the rigours of officer training and found out why Navy personnel had to chase up their World War 2 medals.
The March edition of Navy Today now out and Cyclone Gabrielle occupies our pages. Follow the missions of HMNZ Ships and Units Manawanui, Canterbury, Matataua and Te Mana for Operation Awhina as they provide aid and people-power to Gisborne, the East Coast and Hawke's Bay. We also feature Manawanui's drug interception and follow Canterbury's mission to Raoul Island.
Welcome to the first Navy Today edition of the year. This issue covers our assistance during the Auckland flooding, our return to Waitangi commemorations, and we welcome two new Commanding Officer for HMNZS Te Mana and No. 6 Squadron. Check out our testing of a mini gun (3,000 rounds a minute) at Whangaparāoa Peninsula and we go back twenty years this month to feature HMNZS Te Kaha on a war footing in the Gulf of Oman for Operation Enduring Freedom.
In the final edition of Navy Today for 2022, read about the NZDF Person of the Year James Atelea Faleofa, the Change of Commands of HMNZS Taupo and HMNZS Manawanui, experimenting with unmanned vessels, HMNZS Aotearoa's time in Japan and so much more.
In the November edition of Navy Today, read about how HMNZS Te Mana re-establishes aviation combat capability, our Sea Training teams work alongside the United Kingdom and Australia in promoting excellence in sailors, and we throw it back with No. 6 Squadron, who operate the Seasprite SH-2G(I). We go inside the Naval Supply Depot, and meet a hard-working primary school teacher who is training as a Naval reservist.
In this October edition of Navy Today read about our hydrographers and divers locating explosive remnants of war in the waters of Tuvalu, how the sextant remains a vital tool for our warfare officers, assistant law professor Commander Prema McIntosh and her role at West Point, and the story of a Korean War veteran aboard HMNZS Hawea.
In this September issue of Navy Today read about HMNZ Ships Manawanui, Matataua and Wellington supporting our Pacific neighbours. The Sea Safety Training School, new engines, new funnels – we look at HMNZS Te Kaha in drydock, Navy reservists and we introduce ‘Navy Made’, the journey to create a sailor .
In the August edition of Navy Today read about our work at Rim of the Pacific, how we recover an aircraft from the bottom of the ocean, HMNZS Te Mana’s homecoming, our support our Pacific Partners in Niue and more.
In our July edition of Navy Today, HMNZS Te Mana journeys home, NZDF wows at the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, HMNZS Aotearoa is en route for RIMPAC and more.
In our June edition of Navy Today read about the importance of collaborative and cooperative partnerships in the Indo Pacific, a change of command for HMNZS Matataua, HMNZS Te Mana departing Canada after her Frigate Systems Upgrade, we celebrate Samoan Language Week and much more.