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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
STORY📰 An #NZArmy infantry platoon has successfully completed a highly demanding three-month deployment to the Republic of Korea alongside Korean and US forces.
