NZDF Helps Search for Two Missing Kiribati Fishermen
MIL OSI – Source: New Zealand Defence Force – Release/Statement Headline: NZDF Helps Search for Two Missing Kiribati Fishermen The New Zealand Defence Force has sent a Royal New Zealand Air Force P-3K2 Orion aircraft to help search for two Kiribati who failed to return from a fishing trip four days ago.
Read More →NZDF to Fly More Aid And Personnel to PNG
MIL OSI – Source: New Zealand Defence Force – Release/Statement Headline: NZDF to Fly More Aid And Personnel to PNG An Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft deployed by the New Zealand Defence Force to Papua New Guinea helps airlift food, water and medical supplies from the capital Port Moresby to the quake-damaged Highlands region on […]
Read More →NZDF Helps Airlift Aid to Quake-Damaged Region of PNG
MIL OSI – Source: New Zealand Defence Force – Release/Statement Headline: NZDF Helps Airlift Aid to Quake-Damaged Region of PNG The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) is helping authorities in Papua New Guinea fly aid supplies to a remote highlands region that was badly affected by last week’s powerful earthquake.
Read More →NZDF Searches for Emergency Beacon in the Pacific
MIL OSI – Source: New Zealand Defence Force – Release/Statement Headline: NZDF Searches for Emergency Beacon in the Pacific The New Zealand Defence Force has deployed a Royal New Zealand Air Force P-3K2 Orion aircraft to help search for an emergency beacon that was activated near the South Pacific island-nation of Tuvalu.
Read More →NZDF Supports Multi-Agency Work in the Kermadecs
MIL OSI – Source: New Zealand Defence Force – Release/Statement Headline: NZDF Supports Multi-Agency Work in the Kermadecs The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) is transporting 51 government staff and scientists, 20 students and eight tonnes of equipment and material to the Kermadec Islands this week to support four agencies undertaking scientific and advocacy work […]
Read More →NZDF to Deliver School Supplies for Tongan Students
MIL OSI – Source: New Zealand Defence Force – Release/Statement Headline: NZDF to Deliver School Supplies for Tongan Students The New Zealand Defence Force is taking more than 27 tonnes of emergency school supplies to Tonga today to help authorities set up temporary schools for students displaced by Tropical Cyclone Gita.
Read More →NZDF Helping in Storm-Hit Areas
MIL OSI – Source: New Zealand Defence Force – Release/Statement Headline: NZDF Helping in Storm-Hit Areas New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) personnel are transporting welfare teams to help civilians stranded in Golden Bay today after heavy rain brought by ex-Tropical Cyclone Gita caused massive flooding overnight in several communities in the South Island.
Read More →NZDF on Standby to Help Storm-Hit Areas
MIL OSI – Source: New Zealand Defence Force – Release/Statement Headline: NZDF on Standby to Help Storm-Hit Areas The New Zealand Defence Force has placed personnel and trucks on standby to help the Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management deal with the aftermath of a severe storm that is forecast to affect central New […]
Read More →NZDF on Resupply Mission to Sub-Antarctic Islands
MIL OSI – Source: New Zealand Defence Force – Release/Statement Headline: NZDF on Resupply Mission to Sub-Antarctic Islands The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) is taking 54 government staff and five tonnes of equipment needed to maintain and repair key buildings in a three-phase operation in the sub-Antarctic islands.
Read More →NZDF to Deliver More Aid to Tonga
MIL OSI – Source: New Zealand Defence Force – Release/Statement Headline: NZDF to Deliver More Aid to Tonga The New Zealand Defence Force is taking 12 more tonnes of aid and disaster relief supplies to Tonga today to support the Pacific country’s emergency response to Tropical Cyclone Gita.
Read More →Navy Boxer Aiming for Commonwealth Games Spot
MIL OSI – Source: New Zealand Defence Force – Release/Statement Headline: Navy Boxer Aiming for Commonwealth Games Spot Ordinary Medic Tasmyn Benny, who has just completed Basic Common Training with the Royal New Zealand Navy, is hoping to gain selection in the New Zealand boxing team for next year’s Commonwealth Games. 14 December 2017 […]
Read More →New Commander at RNZAF Base Ohakea
MIL OSI – Source: New Zealand Defence Force – Release/Statement Headline: New Commander at RNZAF Base Ohakea Exchange of the patu signifies the change of command of RNZAF Base Ohakea from Group Captain Nick Olney (R) to Group Captain Shaun Sexton (L). 13 December 2017 Command of Royal New Zealand Air Force Base Ohakea changed […]
Read More →Courageous Leader Takes Defence Force’s Top Accolade
MIL OSI – Source: New Zealand Defence Force – Release/Statement Headline: Courageous Leader Takes Defence Force’s Top Accolade LTCOL Childs with her NZDF Person of the Year award. 1 December 2017 Dedication to the New Zealand Defence Force’s core values of courage, commitment and comradeship have earned Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL) Melanie Childs, the New Zealand […]
Read More →History and Excellence Recognised at Pilot Graduation
MIL OSI – Source: New Zealand Defence Force – Release/Statement Headline: History and Excellence Recognised at Pilot Graduation Chief of Air Force Air Vice-Marshal Tony Davies presents the prestigious Baigent Memorial Shield to Pilot Officer Andrew Sledger at RNZAF Base Ohakea. 24 November 2017 The first Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) pilots trained using […]
Read More →NZDF Aircraft Technicians Work on ‘Skibirds’ in Antarctica
MIL OSI – Source: New Zealand Defence Force – Release/Statement Headline: NZDF Aircraft Technicians Work on ‘Skibirds’ in Antarctica Aircraft Technician Corporal Wade Phelps from the Royal New Zealand Air Force with a US LC-130 Skibird transport aircraft at Williams Field in Antarctica 24 November 2017 Antarctic weather is harsh and unforgiving but for two […]
Read More →Air Force Officer Cadets to Help Kaikoura Community
MIL OSI – Source: New Zealand Defence Force – Release/Statement Headline: Air Force Officer Cadets to Help Kaikoura Community 24 November 2017 Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) Officer Cadets will be working in the Kaikoura community next week as part of Exercise Aestimatio. The current Initial Officer Training Course (IOTC) will be doing community […]
Read More →NZDF Supported Programme Trains More than 3000 Afghan Cadets
MIL OSI – Source: New Zealand Defence Force – Release/Statement Headline: NZDF Supported Programme Trains More than 3000 Afghan Cadets About 350 Afghan Officer Cadets graduated yesterday, bringing to more than 3000 the total number of future Afghan military leaders trained under a programme supported by the New Zealand Defence Force. 24 November 2017 About […]
Read More →NZDF Gets White Ribbon Accreditation
MIL OSI – Source: New Zealand Defence Force – Release/Statement Headline: NZDF Gets White Ribbon Accreditation 23 November 2017 The New Zealand Defence Force will be accredited as a White Ribbon Organisation, the first Government agency to be awarded accreditation. The NZDF is only the third organisation in New Zealand to receive the accreditation. The […]
Read More →Ireland Defence Chief Visits New Zealand
MIL OSI – Source: New Zealand Defence Force – Release/Statement Headline: Ireland Defence Chief Visits New Zealand 23 November 2017 The Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces of Ireland, Vice Admiral Mark Mellett, is visiting New Zealand as a guest of the New Zealand Defence Force. “Ireland is a valuable historic and contemporary partner […]
Read More →NZDF Rounds Off Weekend with Second Successful Rescue
MIL OSI – Source: New Zealand Defence Force – Release/Statement Headline: NZDF Rounds Off Weekend with Second Successful Rescue A Norwegian yachtsman is hauled aboard the MV Southern Lily shortly after 5pm today in rough seas 400 kilometres northeast of Auckland, in the New Zealand Defence Force’s second successful search and rescue operation this weekend. […]
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