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A community cut off
In 2016 a magnitude 7.8 quake strikes Kaikōura in the middle of the night. Nationally significant and locally vital road and rail links are buried under enormous landslides, or distorted beyond repair. Landline and mobile phone services go down across the region. Power and water infrastructure are disrupted. From 12:02 am Monday 14 November, Kaikōura is cut off.
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Papakura
Papakura Military Camp is the base for the 1st New Zealand Special Air Service (SAS) Regiment and support services. The camp provides world-class facilities for our Special Operations personnel to train to protect New Zealand and its interests.
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Navy and Police train for the search and recovery of missing divers
Teams from the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) and New Zealand Police have combined for a series of exercise scenarios in the Marlborough Sounds, including a search and recovery scenario of a missing recreational diver.
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Drumming a new beat
The Royal New Zealand Navy band’s newly-constructed drums are creating a wow flavour to their top-tier performances this year.
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MAG 58 - 7.62mm Machine Gun
The MAG 58 is used in a variety of configurations across the NZDF to provide offensive and defensive support. It can be fired off its own integral bipod, a sustained fire tripod or various vehicle and aircraft mounts.
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Learning what it means to lead
Effective leadership is at the heart of the New Zealand Defence Force.
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Supporting people & communities
Our size, skills, equipment and training are geared for combat. But when you’re as large as the Navy, with highly skilled personnel and specialised assets, you end up being very valuable in a wide variety of other situations.
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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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Navy retrieves drifting Pacific tsunami buoy
This week, in favourable sea conditions and 250 nautical miles southeast of Tonga, the crew of HMNZS Aotearoa retrieved a Deep Ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunami (DART) buoy that had been drifting since it broke its mooring in December.
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Army