NZ Defence Force

STORY📰 Growing up on #Auckland's North Shore, Corporal Joshua Van der Griend knew from an early age he wanted to serve in the #NZArmy, Ngāti Tūmatauenga. nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/n…

STORY📰 Morrinsville’s Captain Kendyl Findlay is fitting right in on one of the world’s most closely watched boundaries, the Korean Demilitarized Zone, where she is relishing the pressure and responsibility in a crucial role for peacekeeping. nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/n…

NEWS📢 #NZNavy frigate HMNZS Te Mana and replenishment vessel HMNZS Aotearoa, with their combined ships’ companies of 280 personnel, departed Devonport Naval Base today to participate in #RIMPAC2026, the world's largest international maritime exercise. nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/n…

NEWS📢 A #NZAirForce P-8A Poseidon has successfully located eight people on two missing boats in the Pacific. nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/n…

STORY📰 Private Alfred Lapwood loves heavy machinery and as a Combat Driver in the #NZArmy Reserve Force, the military side of his life is complementing his civilian construction role. nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/n…

STORY📰 Ordinary Marine Technician Rodger Griffin says his hometown of Tokoroa is a place where people are renowned for helping others. nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/n…

Healthcare, running water, electricity and sealed roads are all things you take for granted in New Zealand - Waikato soldier Major Dylan Wright says South Sudan is nothing like that. nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/n…

STORY📰 Ordinary Combat System Specialist Moke-Kingi says an academy instructor encouraged her to join. It was a challenge she was determined to accept as it provided the opportunity to broaden her horizons. nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/n…

STORY📰 A graduating #NZNavy sailor says joining up was his way of thanking the community that raised him. nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/n…

STORY📰 Seeking shelter during missile alerts, handling the tension during inspections, and avoiding explosive remnants of war are the necessities of daily life as a United Nations Military Observer in the #MiddleEast. nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/n…

STORY📰 Soldiers from the #NZArmy’s 2nd/1st Battalion of the Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment recently trained alongside visiting soldiers from the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Gurkha Rifles during an exercise in the #SouthIsland. nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/n…

STORY📰 Vessels carrying out potentially illegal activities have been the target of maritime surveillance patrols conducted by the #NZAirForce in #Fiji, #Niue and #CookIslands’ Exclusive Economic Zones during May. nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/n…

STORY📰 An #NZArmy infantry platoon has successfully completed a highly demanding three-month deployment to the Republic of Korea alongside Korean and US forces. nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/n…

STORY📰 Lead scout and professional dancer, Private Charé Park felt her heart thump and adrenalin surge as she led a group of four combat drivers and their vehicles in preparation to conduct security operations during Exercise Northern Dagger. nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/n…

King’s Birthday Honour🎖Congratulations to Warrant Officer Class 2 Rob Allen, awarded the New Zealand Distinguished Service Decoration (DSD) for leading emergency engineering responses to both a light aircraft crash and a deadly earthquake in Vanuatu. nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/n…

King’s Birthday Honour🎖Congratulations to Group Captain John McWilliam, who has been appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM) following a five-decade career in aviation. Full story ➡️ nzdf.mil.nz/GPCAPT-John-Mc…

STORY📰 Exercising the tactical defence of Malaysia and Singapore is an enduring task with a lot of training benefits for our Defence Force, says SQNLDR Pete Jackson. As Senior National Officer, he & his contingent have just returned from Ex Bersama Shield.nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/n…

STORY📰 Whether it’s providing fuel, clothing, food and ammunition, or the safe return of human remains, an army can’t survive without the “LOGSPEC” trade. nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/n…

STORY📰 Former #Christchurch man Amos Kamo spends his #NZNavy Reserve time helping support freedom of navigation for merchant shipping facing threats of hostilities and war. nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/n…

NEWS📢 A #NZNavy patrol vessel, supported by the #NZAirForce, has rescued a solo yachtsman after a seven-hour search in heavy seas south of #Wellington last night. nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/n…