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Sapper changes trades and focus in NZ Army Reserve force career
Palmerston North’s Fenil Mistry is proof you can switch trades midstream while serving in the New Zealand Army Reserve Force.
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Trans-Tasman commute no barrier for engineer thriving in Reserve Force career
Corporal Toby Hutton learned the basics of soldiering on the parade ground but has since gained a raft of leadership skills and stays enlisted in the New Zealand Army despite now living in Sydney.
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Whangārei doctor swaps GP practice for a career on the seas
A long-standing Whangārei GP who reinvented herself as a Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) Surgeon Lieutenant is now on the front line for COVID-19 procedures for Navy ships going to the Pacific.
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Gulf War a first step in medical career for NZ Army Major
Major David Foote
Current role: Senior Technical Advisor for Nursing & Allied Health
Length of time in service: 24 years (broken service with 9 year gap 2001-2010) -
‘Career barrel roll’: First Navy pilot joins RNZAF aerobatic Black Falcons team
Helicopter pilot Lieutenant Commander Stephen Knowles, the first Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) pilot to join the Royal New Zealand Air Force’s (RNZAF) Black Falcons, says his path from the sea to aerobatics was about as straightforward as a barrel roll.
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Timaru student eyes up Defence Force career after taste of Navy life
Niamh Faith-O’Connell has always wanted to join the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) and now the 17-year-old has been able to experience military life first-hand.
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Best experiences worth waiting for: NZ Army engineer reflects on 52-year career
After more than five decades in the New Zealand Army, engineer Major Nigel Gattsche says playing the long game paid off and after special and eye-opening deployments he was still enjoying some of his richest experiences towards the end of his career.
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Taupō trumpeter in demand in brand new career with Royal New Zealand Navy Band
Straight out of high school, Ordinary Musician Aiden West’s musical career is off to a flying start with the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) Band.
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Busting movie stereotypes, making the right move for a career in the Air
Taking part in the Air Force’s School to Skies programme showed Pilot Officer Ali McKain that being part of the military is nothing like movie stereotypes.
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Soldier of the Year: Christchurch fitness instructor hits Army career running
Three years ago, Renee Bowen was a physical training instructor and fitness studio manager when she took the ‘lunge’ and joined the New Zealand Army.