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Operation Resolution
05 February 2025
Latest stories
NZ team flag bearer named for Invictus Games opening ceremony as team prepares to head to Canada
04 February 2025
People
Navy honours history at this year's Waitangi Day celebrations
03 February 2025
Our Heritage
RNZAF helicopter squadron wins international accolade for Gabrielle response
03 February 2025
Organisation
Royal Navy pips New Zealand in Bay of Islands regatta
03 February 2025
Partnering
Hercules retirement flights added
30 January 2025
Capability
RNZAF C-130H Hercules fleet retires after 60 years of service
30 January 2025
Capability
First New Zealander appointed to senior role in Royal Australian Air Force
29 January 2025
Partnering
Hercules retirement flight
28 January 2025
Capability
Top shooter right on the mark as he gets his Army career underway
28 January 2025
People
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Invictus Games 2025
27 January 2025
Story Collection
NZ Soldier defied doctors’ grim predictions following machine gun wounds, will compete at Invictus Games
27 January 2025
People
NZDF celebrates successful launch of a second satellite payload
24 January 2025
Partnering
Sailor returns to Canada for Invictus Games five years on from life-threatening experience
22 January 2025
People
Reserve Force training pushes new Blenheim soldier
21 January 2025
People
HMNZS Aotearoa departs on resupply mission to Antarctica
17 January 2025
Ops & exercises
Camp Quality children enjoy ‘view from the top’
17 January 2025
Organisation
New Zealand takes command of international task force disrupting drug smuggling in the Middle East
16 January 2025
Ops & exercises
New leadership team for NZ Army’s signals, intelligence and electronic warfare unit
16 January 2025
People
Rotorua student tops NZ Army Reserve Force recruit course
16 January 2025
People
Former soldier now finding healing in the snow three decades after Mt Ruapehu tragedy
13 January 2025
People
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Operation Pacific Relief
31 December 2024
Story Collection
More Air Force flights supporting Vanuatu response
31 December 2024
Media Release
Long-serving RNZAF flying instructor awarded Distinguished Service Decoration
31 December 2024
People
Former Chief of Army recognised for four decades of service
31 December 2024
People
‘Nothing I have achieved has been an individual effort’ – former Navy chief and ONZM recipient
31 December 2024
People
Surveillance, aid, responders and evacuees covered by RNZAF Vanuatu flights
20 December 2024
2024 Photographer Moments
20 December 2024
Life in service
2024 Year in Review: Air Force
20 December 2024
Organisation
2024 Year in Review: Army
20 December 2024
Organisation
We are a combat-capable force, trained, equipped, and ready to respond 24/7.
Our core task is to protect the sovereign territory of New Zealand, including our Exclusive Economic Zone. We advance our nation’s interests through military operations at sea, on land and in the air. Our equipment and expertise support people and communities in need at home, across our region, and around the world.
We are comprised of
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regular force personnel, reserves and civilian employees.
Our people, structure and leadershipWe utilise a diverse range of modern military equipment.
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Find out moreThrough their eyes
Oamaru fencer loving the standards in NZ Army Reserve Force
14 January 2025
People
Navy Officer finds maritime value in aviation degree
08 January 2025
People
Teaming up with comrades in Fiji: A Gunner's experience
19 December 2024
Ops & exercises
Disaster response shapes risk-ready soldier
18 October 2024
Life in service
Air Force tech keeps Navy flying at sea
18 October 2024
Life in service
Whangarei sailor on deployment to South East Asia
19 September 2024
Media Release
Sailor expands her horizons with the Royal New Zealand Navy
13 September 2024