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Linton transport unit thrown in Gabrielle deep end
One minute Major Timothy Cocks was sitting down to watch television with his family in Manawatu. The next he was driving towards Hawke’s Bay, ready to respond to the destruction wrought by Cyclone Gabrielle.
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Response to Cyclone Gabrielle
A violent tropical cyclone devastated the North Island of New Zealand on February 2023. Cyclone Gabrielle is the costliest tropical cyclone to ever hit the Southern Hemisphere, with total damages estimated to be over NZ$13.5 billion.
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Introducing the C-130J
In 2020 the New Zealand government signed a $1.5 billion deal for five new C-130J-30 Super Hercules planes. The current C-130H fleet dates back as far as 1965. A C-130J Super Hercules has a wingspan of 40 metres and weighs 34 tonnes. The aircraft is designed to operate from short or unprepared airstrips.
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NZDF trials beach landing equipment in Fiji
The New Zealand Defence Force has successfully trialled its beach landing equipment in an overseas environment for the first time.
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Female students embrace 'School to Seas' experience at Navy Base
More than 30 high school students, from Kerikeri to Invercargill, are attending the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) School to Seas camp at Auckland’s Devonport Naval Base this week.
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New Zealand-China strategic defence dialogue
On 10 May, the New Zealand-China Strategic Defence Dialogue took place in Xi’an, China.
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United Nations Command
We send personnel to the United Nations Command (UNC) and the United Nations Command Military Armistice Commission (UNCMAC) in the Republic of Korea to help keep the peace between North and South Korea. New Zealand made significant contributions during the Korean War, and we’ve had deployments to UNC and its Military Armistice Commission since 1998.
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Navy and science combine to map rogue waves
How do we know there are waves in the Southern Ocean four storeys high?
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NZDF consolidates Dunedin-based military facilities in one building
The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) will move its three separate Dunedin-based facilities into one combined regional location.