New Zealand Army Captain Stephen Carruthers reflects on being part of a 75-year legacy of monitoring along the length of the demilitarized zone (DMZ) dividing North and South Korea. 11 July, 2025 People may come and go, but the Armistice Agreement between North and South Korea is constant, says Captain Carruthers. Seventy-five years after theContinue reading “NZ Army captain helps keep the peace on Korea’s ‘front line’”
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RNZAF P-8A in the Pacific
A Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) P-8A Poseidon aircraft and crew visited Niue this week as part of their work in the region. 11 July, 2025 The RNZAF P-8A Poseidon crew met with Niue’s Prime Minister Dalton Tagelagi and key government officials in Niue this week to discuss how their work in the region helps toContinue reading “RNZAF P-8A in the Pacific”
Commander takes the helm of revitalised frigate – HMNZS Te Mana
Commander Tuijo ‘TJ’ Thompson is the newest Commanding Officer of Anzac frigate HMNZS Te Mana, revitalised after an extended maintenance period under Commander Chris Bone. 11 July, 2025 “I have the ship,” says Commander Tuijo Thompson. With those words CDR Thompson becomes the latest Commanding Officer of Anzac frigate HMNZS Te Mana, during a ChangeContinue reading “Commander takes the helm of revitalised frigate – HMNZS Te Mana”
HMNZS Charles Upham (A02) was a Mercandian 2-in-1 class roll-on/roll-off vessel operated by the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) between 1994 and 2001.
he vessel was built for the Danish shipping company Mercandia during the early 1980s, and operated under the names Mercandian Queen II and Continental Queen II. The New Zealand Defence Force had identified the need for a logistic support ship as early as the 1970s but it was not until the 1991 white paper that planning to acquire a ship commenced in earnest. Mercandian Queen II was forContinue reading “HMNZS Charles Upham (A02) was a Mercandian 2-in-1 class roll-on/roll-off vessel operated by the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) between 1994 and 2001.”
The hospital ship Marama – His Majesty’s New Zealand Hospital Ship No. 2.
His Majesty’s New Zealand Hospital Ship No. 2. and given the prefix HMHS (His Majesty’s Hospital Ship).SS Marama was an ocean liner belonging to the Union Company of New Zealand from 1907 to 1937. She was a hospital ship in World War I as His Majesty’s New Zealand Hospital Ship No. 2. History Marama inContinue reading “The hospital ship Marama – His Majesty’s New Zealand Hospital Ship No. 2.”
