September 1, 2025 Press Release – Ministry for Culture and HeritageMerchant Navy Day will be marked by a national commemoration on Wednesday 3 September at Pukeahu National War Memorial Park in Wellington. Maheno at Port Chalmers, 1915The hospital ship Maheno fully dressed and nearing completion at Port Chalmers mid-1915. “Please join us to mark thisContinue reading “Merchant Navy Day at Pukeahu”
Category Archives: All RNZN/NZDF News Past and Present
HMNZS Canterbury’s fourth capital visit this year highlights ship’s critical Defence role
Multi-role logistics vessel HMNZS Canterbury has arrived in Wellington for the fourth time this year as part of its transportation duties to and from Exercise Talisman Sabre in Australia. 29 August, 2025 In what has been a complex three-month deployment, HMNZS Canterbury has clocked up more 16,730 nautical miles, or three-quarters of the way around the circumferenceContinue reading “HMNZS Canterbury’s fourth capital visit this year highlights ship’s critical Defence role”
HMS New Zealand was one of three Indefatigable-class battlecruisers. Launched in 1911, the ship was funded by the government of New Zealand as a gift to Britain,[1] and she was commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1912. She had been intended for the China Station, but was released by the New Zealand government at the request of the Admiralty for service in British waters.
During 1913, New Zealand was sent on a ten-month tour of the British Dominions, with an emphasis on a visit to her namesake nation. She was back in British waters at the start of the First World War, and operated as part of the Royal Navy’s Grand Fleet, in opposition to the German High Seas Fleet. The battlecruiser participated in allContinue reading “HMS New Zealand was one of three Indefatigable-class battlecruisers. Launched in 1911, the ship was funded by the government of New Zealand as a gift to Britain,[1] and she was commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1912. She had been intended for the China Station, but was released by the New Zealand government at the request of the Admiralty for service in British waters.”
Hawke’s Bay naval officer hones his skills in the Pacific
Sub Lieutenant Zac Jenkins is looking forward to his return to Auckland on board HMNZS Canterbury on Friday, after nearly three months overseas. 27 August, 2025 The 23-year-old Waipukurau man initially worked as a butcher for three years after leaving Central Hawke’s Bay College, before joining the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) in 2022. “IContinue reading “Hawke’s Bay naval officer hones his skills in the Pacific”
Frigate HMNZS Te Kaha welcomed home following seven-month deployment
After almost seven months at sea conducting operations and exercises across the Middle East and Indo-Pacific, Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) frigate HMNZS Te Kaha returned home today to an enthusiastic welcome by hundreds of the crew’s friends and whānau. 24 August, 2025 Because HMNZS Te Kaha has been away for more than six months, the shipContinue reading “Frigate HMNZS Te Kaha welcomed home following seven-month deployment”
