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Farewell to New Zealand’s last known WWII Spitfire pilot
By a friend of the RNZAF and documentary producer Jude Dobson, who has talked to some of our WWII aviators in recent years to help them tell their stories. She spoke with Max Collett in November 2019.
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New Zealander plays key role in world's largest peacekeeping mission
Working towards a milestone general election while trying to avoid a humanitarian crisis in the north of the country is the current focus for Lieutenant Colonel Emily Hume and other personnel in South Sudan.
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Kiwi charts the course of Australia's largest Navy ship
Lieutenant Commander Jerry Kemp, Royal New Zealand Navy, says he feels very blessed to practise his trade aboard the Royal Australian Navy’s largest and senior ship.
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Marlborough fisherman dives into latest challenge with Army Reserves
You’ll rarely find Private Jacob Radon too far from the water’s edge.
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Our structure
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NZDF to hold Court of Inquiry into HMNZS Manawanui sinking
The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) has announced details of its Court of Inquiry (COI) into the sinking of HMNZS Manawanui in Samoa.
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A 20 year commitment
The New Zealand Defence Force's relationship with Afghanistan is built on 20 years of deployments to the country. Missions included Special Forces operations, provincial reconstruction activities and capacity building through training of local forces.
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Christchurch
At 12.51pm on 22 February 2011, a magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck the city of Christchurch. 185 people died, and thousands were injured in the quake, making it the second worst natural disaster in New Zealand’s history, behind the Napier earthquake of 1931. Buildings collapsed or were severely damaged and critical infrastructure including water, roads, sewerage, power and telecommunications went down. The New Zealand Defence Force responded by undertaking its largest ever humanitarian assistance mission.
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Air Force remembers, ten years on
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Local Army Reserve Force soldiers rescue Esk Valley residents from raging floodwaters
Hearing people trapped on rooftops screaming for help in the darkness as floodwaters surged around their homes is something Corporal Storm Harrison will never forget.