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On this day: HMS Neptune
Today marks the 80th anniversary of New Zealand’s worst naval tragedy when HMS Neptune struck mines off the coast of Libya and sunk with the loss of all but one of her 764 crew. 150 New Zealand sailors went down with the ship.
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Three NZDF personnel recognised in New Year Honours List
Leadership displayed by three New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) personnel in the face of uncertain times has been recognised in the New Year Honours List.
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NZ Navy leadership ends Arabian Gulf mission with $15M drug bust
For Royal New Zealand Navy’s Captain Brendon Clark, the seizure of more than one tonne of drugs from a vessel in the Gulf of Oman was a fitting end to his time in Command of Combined Task Force 150 (CTF150).
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Reaching the peak of mountain flying
The Southern Alps hummed with the sound of No. 3 Squadron’s helicopters recently as the NH90s and A109s practised mountain flying.
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NZDF and Te Pūkenga enter new vocational education agreement
New Zealand Defence Force and Te Pūkenga have signed a relationship agreement that will see both organisations working together to provide world-classing training and qualifications to Defence personnel.
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New leader for Army Reserves
Colonel Amanda Jane Brosnan, who is a Crown prosecutor in civilian life, is the newly appointed Assistant Chief of Army (Reserves).
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NZDF tracks down relatives to return WWI medallion
In 1944, Boer War and World War I veteran Sergeant William George Cooper placed a lost and found classified ad in Wellington’s Evening Post.
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New Zealand’s gateway to Antarctica
Christchurch is one of only five gateways in the world to Antarctica and it’s the Harewood Terminal team who work behind the scenes to help make New Zealand’s contribution to Operation Antarctica possible.
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Christchurch man honours the Queen with new Army family
Gautam Bajaj was born and grew up in Punjab, India, but has now marched as a New Zealander in the New Zealand Army in London to mark Queen Elizabeth II’s 70 years on the throne.
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The Vince McGlone Galley
It might be a 14-hour day, but there’s a lot of noise coming from the Royal New Zealand Navy's Vince McGlone Galley’s back-of-house section. Loud music, talk and laughter – you can tell the chefs and stewards are happy and pumping.