STORY📰 Joined our Navy - and still in school.
17-year-old Tim Avery is relishing the comradeship and commitment the Navy Reserves has offered since attesting in June.
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BRONZE🥉 Tino nui pai rawe atu kia koe ACWS Paulette Doctor, for her stunning achievement at
@InvictusGamesDE
!
Paulette won a bronze medal in Women's Singles table tennis. This marks Paulette's first medal win, and our NZ teams fifth overall for the games.
#Force4NZ
#IG23
The honoured 💪🇳🇿 See the mana and aroha encompassing our team as they perform ‘Ngā Mātātoa – Unconquered’, the NZDF Invictus haka, to honour and show immeasurable respect to their teammates.
#Force4NZ
#IG23
@InvictusGamesDE
NEWS📢 A team of divers and support personnel from
#HMNZSMatataua
recently conducted an extensive hull search on two ships at the Port of Tauranga following intelligence reports they may have been transporting narcotics to Europe from South America.
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GOLD🥇 Ka rawe LPTI Jack Church for his masterful achievement at
@InvictusGamesDE
!
Jack won a gold medal in the Men’s 100m sprint. Our first gold medal of the games.
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#IG23
WATCH🎬 Join Ordinary Hydrographic Systems Operator (OHSO) Cole Bullot for a day onboard USS Miguel Keith during
@TalismanSabre
.
#HMNZSMatataua
’s mine clearance team were recently deployed to the ship to assist with finding and identifying mines in Australian waters.
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In February,
#HMNZSTeMana
assisted with the rescue of a solo yachtsman near Great Barrier Island.
Our personnel have been awarded the Defence Meritorious Service Medal and Chief of Defence Force Commendations for their part in the rescue.
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📍Caves Hut, Leatham Valley
Watch as the rotors on one of our Seasprite helicopters stir up a mist and create a rainbow, while our aircrew readies to land during a helicopter familiarisation exercise with Land Search and Rescue New Zealand 🌈🌈
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#HMNZSAotearoa
has departed NZ to participate in the FPDA Exercise Bersama Lima in Malaysia, alongside
#HMNZSTeMana
.
The aim of the exercise is to practise maritime-based warfare, naval, airborne and amphibious operations and more.
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READ 📖 The August issue of Navy Today is out now!
Read about the beginning of HMNZS Te Mana’s five-month-long deployment, a Commander’s US Naval War College journey, our Logistics teams supporting a recent visit to Samoa and so much more.
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1/2 Game on in France 🇳🇿🏉🇫🇷 Our Defence Blacks are now in France preparing for pool play at the International Defence Rugby Competition – the military equivalent of the Rugby World Cup.
#Force4NZ
@W_D_R_2023
Go behind the scenes on
#HMNZSTeMana
as the ship and crew headed to Australia on the first leg of the ship’s five-month deployment.
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STORY📰 Four of our sailors are supporting operations in the Middle East, as a part of the Combined Maritime Forces, CTF 150.
They played in role in more than 22 tonnes (estimated $NZ495m) of illicit drugs being seized and destroyed.
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When our ships travel to other ports, it’s the job of the ‘pusser’ to ensure the ship has what it needs to sustain and carry out its deployment.
A six-person Logistics Detachment was sent to Samoa recently, ahead of the arrival of
#HMNZSTaupo
.
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WATCH🎬 “20 seconds could save someones life, and make their life a bit more bearable.”
Through his battle with depression, David's journey has lead him to represent NZ at
@InvictusGamesDE
.
Hear his story of survival and hope ⬇️
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#NZNavy
#IG23
Next stop Sydney 🦘👋
#HMNZSTeMana
sails out of the Waitematā Harbour this morning at the beginning of a lengthy deployment.
For the next five months, the ship and its 178 crew will be engaged in a series of port visits and exercises.
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