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New Zealand Light Armoured Vehicle (NZLAV)
The NZLAV provides New Zealand with a world class vehicle capable of providing protected mobility to soldiers on the battlefield. The NZLAV is highly mobile, and comes equipped with a lethal arsenal of weapons and systems making it an ideal vehicle for combat, security and peace support operations.
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Combat ready
The government requires us to be ready to conduct military operations. It provides the resources that enable us to do our job, and tasks us to undertake operations when required. It’s what we train to do.
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Keeping communities smiling
New Zealand Army and other Defence Force personnel team up with District Health Boards to provide essential dental care to adults with significant oral health needs, in regions where affordability for dental treatment is challenging.
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Sailors in Sinai
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
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WODF
The Warrant Officer of the Defence Force reports to the Chief of Defence Force. They are responsible for welfare and development across the Defence Force.
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Navy Reserves keep Upper Hutt man's love of the sea alive
As a young boy, Upper Hutt’s Barry Dulieu got an early taste of helming a ship and, thanks to the Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve, has fulfilled his dream of a career at sea – which hasn’t finished yet.
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First 'Lead Teams' leadership programme underway in Tonga next week
Six members of Tonga’s His Majesty’s Armed Forces (HMAF) have spent time in New Zealand taking part in a six-week Pacific Leadership Development Programme workshop that will help them deliver the HMAF’s first Lead Teams Leadership course in Tonga next wee
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Military vehicles
Our fleet of operational vehicles has the capabilities to undertake land combat operations in a range of complex and diverse environments.
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Service Medals
Military service has unique requirements – a commitment to serving the Crown, being liable for operational service, and being subject to military discipline and the demands and constraints of the military lifestyle. The New Zealand Defence Service Medal was instituted in 2011. It closed a long-standing gap in medallic recognition of that service.
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Iraq
Our readiness for combat provides us the ability to train others for combat – building the capacity of partner forces. From 2015-2020 we worked with the Iraqi Security Forces, supporting them to train for operations against ISIS.