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Māori New Year
Matariki is the Māori name for a cluster of stars also known as Pleiades which rises in midwinter, and signals the start of a new year for Māori. It’s an opportunity for all people to gather with family and friends to reflect on the year that’s been, celebrate the present, and plan for the future.
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Moving ceremony commemorates Maori Pah site at Gallipoli
Emotions ran high during a solemn rededication and remembrance ceremony held on the Gallipoli Peninsula at the place where NZ Maori Contingent made its camp before the assault on the heights of Chunuk Bair during World War I.
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Army’s newest Commanding Officer
Being the only female soldier in a class of 30-odd men was like having 30 brothers, says Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL) Vanessa Ropitini who commissioned from the ranks and is now Commanding Officer of 2nd Combat Service Support Battalion.
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Specialist Kiwis bring their skills to the New Zealand Army
Four New Zealand professionals describe their transition to specialist officers in the New Zealand Defence Force.
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Armoured Bushmaster Vehicle
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Operation Tīeke
We have deployed specialist teams to the United Kingdom as part of an international effort to help Ukraine defend itself against Russia’s illegal war.
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Weapons hot at sub zero
Achieving a live-fire exercise as realistic as possible to the battlefield was the goal for Exercise Whakamahi Whakaaro in Tekapo.
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Kiwis shine as global exercise wraps up
Seven nations, 70 aircraft and 3000 service personnel came together last month to hone readiness and enhance interoperability, in the United States Air Force Air Mobility Command’s largest global exercise.
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Poseidon expands its fisheries surveillance to Western Pacific
The Royal New Zealand Air Force’s (RNZAF) newest aircraft has been involved in a significant multinational fisheries surveillance operation for the Pacific’s Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA).
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Navy assists Customs in underwater drug search
A team of Royal New Zealand Navy divers has scoured the hulls of two ships berthed at the Port of Tauranga, following intelligence reports they may have been transporting narcotics to Europe from South America.