NZ Defence Force

STORY📰 Soldiers from the #NZArmy have recently completed training alongside the #RepublicOfKorea Marine Corps during a large-scale joint exercise near Pohang, North Gyeongsang Province. nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/n…

STORY📰 #NZAirForce helicopter loadmaster Flight Sergeant Britney Perkins was on a tactical flight in #PapuaNewGuinea, ferrying troops in an NH90 helicopter around the country, when she reached her 2000 hours flying milestone. nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/n…

NEWS📢 The #NZArmy has completed its first Exercise Balikatan in the #Philippines, improving its ability to fight a modern war amid the heat, humidity and venomous snakes and insects of the jungle. nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/n…

NEWS📢 The #NZAirForce's No. 3 Squadron has wrapped up a busy 20 days in #PapuaNewGuinea (PNG), finishing with two days of trooping and air sniper training with PNG and Australian militaries. nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/n…

STORY📰 The #NZNavy’s decision to expand its School to Seas programme to male school students couldn’t have come at a better time for two King’s High School students from #Dunedin. nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/n…

STORY📰 Safe passage of merchant shipping and freedom of navigation is more relevant today than at any time since the Second World War, says New Zealand Defence Force Maritime Component Commander, Commodore Shane Arndell. nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/n…

STORY📰 #PalmerstonNorth’s Lance Corporal Luke Donovan is putting his years of cyber training and love of computing to good use as the #NZArmy takes part in a large-scale military exercise in the #Philippines. nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/n…

STORY📰 Private John Rodney Gregana’s first overseas deployment has returned to the #Philippines where he was born, to train alongside the Armed Forces of the Philippines and other close regional partners. nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/n…

STORY📰 The #NZArmy’s Brigadier Esther Harrop has attended 31 #AnzacDay services in uniform around the world but this year’s ceremony in #Samoa, and the story of sixpence per crate of bananas and her grandfather’s Spitfire, brought her to tears. nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/n…

STORY📰 It’s been a busy year so far for #Rotorua’s Private Otomo Hanzlik, who has gone from a prestigious infantry competition win, to the dynamics of open-country conflict scenarios near #Whanganui this month. nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/n…

STORY📰 Nelson-based Army Reserve Force soldier Captain Harriet Miller is making the most of an opportunity to meet and work with medical colleagues from a variety of different nations as the #NZArmy exercises in the #Philippines. nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/n…

STORY📰 Two large unexploded Second World War-era bombs in #Bougainville, #PapuaNewGuinea, have been made safe by the New Zealand Defence Force after the Autonomous Bougainville Government asked for #NewZealand’s help to dispose of them. nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/n…

STORY📰 It’s been a busy year for #Napier-based Reserve Force Corporal Karlyn Butcher, who has taken his platoon from a prestigious infantry competition win, to the dynamics of open-country conflict scenarios near #Whanganui this month. nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/n…

STORY📰 Empowering soldiers through tradition, drill and core infantry training is a driving force for WO1 Regan Cherrington, the RSM of the Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Auckland and Northland region’s Reserve Force 3rd/6th Battalion, RNZIR. nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/n…

STORY📰 Marlborough Girls’ College student Mikayla Ikenasio now knows of the opportunities in front of her if she follows her parents into the #NZNavy after spending time at Devonport Naval Base with likeminded students from around the country. nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/n…

STORY📰 The New Zealand Defence Force has concluded a series of maritime patrols over international waters in the Yellow Sea and East China Sea, monitoring North Korean evasion of United Nations Security Council (UNSC) sanctions. nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/n…

STORY📰 In Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, there is a headstone for a soldier killed in battle. Below the name and the date of his death, is a simple inscription that brought home to our Defence Force contingent in Gallipoli for #AnzacDay commemorations. nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/n…

NEWS📢 As the sun set in #Antarctica for the last time before months of winter darkness, a Royal New Zealand Air Force C-130J Hercules completed a successful medical evacuation from the continent. nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/n…

STORY📰 The Battle of Kap’yong is a poignant and significant chapter in the history of the #NZArmy, Ngāti Tūmatauenga. nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/n…

STORY📰 New Zealand Defence Force personnel have marked #AnzacDay at home and around the world. nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/n…