News

Chasing goals and being a mum

6 April, 2021

The Air Force’s family-friendly policies were what attracted Corporal Jade Forman to join the service and they are a big part of why she wants to stay.

Taupō siblings make it four Navy generations

1 April, 2021

A Taupō brother and sister serving on board HMNZS Manawanui are the fourth generation in their family to embrace a career in the Royal New Zealand Navy.

Final deployment lowers flag on NZDF’s time in Afghanistan

29 March, 2021

The remaining New Zealand Defence Force personnel in Afghanistan have returned home, having lowered the flag on the NZDF’s 20-year deployment to the country.

Navy retrieves drifting Pacific tsunami buoy

26 March, 2021

In favourable sea conditions and 250 nautical miles southeast of Tonga, the crew of HMNZS Aotearoa retrieved a Deep Ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunami (DART) buoy that had been drifting since it broke its mooring in December.

RNZAF delivers PPE supplies to Timor-Leste

24 March, 2021

The New Zealand Defence Force has taken a second supply of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to another country, this time to Timor-Leste.

Sailors in Sinai

23 March, 2021

Bringing your Navy skills to an operation doesn’t mean being at sea. The Royal New Zealand Navy is currently contributing four staff to the latest rotation of peacekeepers in the Sinai Peninsular in Egypt, as part of the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO).

RNZAF delivers PPE to Papua New Guinea to help with COVID-19 response

21 March, 2021

Crew on a Royal New Zealand Air Force Boeing 757 have carried out a contactless delivery of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to Port Moresby to help Papua New Guinea deal with a surge in COVID-19 cases.

Veterans commemorate 75th anniversary of Jayforce service

17 March, 2021

The service and sacrifice of New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) personnel in Japan was remembered at a commemoration in Wellington today to mark the 75th anniversary of the deployment of Jayforce.

Veterans’ Affairs meeting Northland Veterans at the Te Kotahitanga Exhibition Hall

17 March, 2021

Veterans’ Affairs is running a health and wellbeing forum for veterans and their family members on 25 March from 10am to 2pm at the Te Kotahitanga Exhibition Hall, Whangārei.