Thursday, 21 August 2025, 3:12 pmPress Release: New Zealand Government Hon Judith Collins KCMinister of Defence Hon Winston PetersMinister of Foreign Affairs Seahawk helicopters and Airbus planes are set to replace aging New Zealand Defence Force aircraft in the first major investment decisions to be made as part of the Government’s Defence Capability Plan (DCP). DefenceContinue reading “NZ Defence Helicopter, Plane Decisions Announced”
Category Archives: All RNZN/NZDF News Past and Present
RNZAF deploys King Air to Fiji for international surveillance work for first time
The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) for the first time deployed its MC-12K King Air aircraft to Fiji to conduct maritime surveillance patrols. 19 August, 2025 New Zealand and Fiji engage frequently on challenges facing the region, and the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) deploys aircraft and ships to work with Southwest Pacific partnersContinue reading “RNZAF deploys King Air to Fiji for international surveillance work for first time”
Bombshell finding after humiliating $147million New Zealand navy ship sinking
The crew of the HMNZS Manawanui didn’t realise autopilot was engaged as it crashed into a Samoan reef, a military Court of Inquiry has found. New Zealand‘s worst peacetime maritime accident occurred in October when the ship sunk off the coast in bad weather, with all 75 crew making it to shore in a dangerousContinue reading “Bombshell finding after humiliating $147million New Zealand navy ship sinking”
Defence mulls whether to follow in Australia’s footsteps for navy contracts
5:01 am on 12 August 2025 Share this HMNZS Te Mana. Photo: Supplied/ NZ Defence Force No decisions have been made on the make-up of the country’s naval fleet, the Ministry of Defence says. Australia has picked Japan to build its next fleet of warships in contracts worth billions of dollars. New Zealand has a policy of buying equipment like Australia’s,Continue reading “Defence mulls whether to follow in Australia’s footsteps for navy contracts”
Kiwi officer embedded in Pacific Partnership
Working with international partners to promote better medical and disaster outcomes in the Pacific has been a highlight of Lieutenant Henry Cunningham’s latest posting as a naval officer. 07 August, 2025 LT Cunningham, from Christchurch, is a Royal New Zealand Navy Maritime Logistics Officer on board the USS Pearl Harbor for Exercise Pacific Partnership 2025.Continue reading “Kiwi officer embedded in Pacific Partnership”
