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The HMNZS Canterbury is in its home port as it was when the big earthquake struck five years ago

Cantabrians are being given a chance to reunite with a navy vessel that helped see them through the 2011 earthquake. The HMNZS Canterbury is visiting its home port, Lyttelton, as part of the RNZN”s 75th anniversary celebrations and will be open to the public from 10am to 2pm on Sunday. On Saturday 90 sailors fromContinue reading “The HMNZS Canterbury is in its home port as it was when the big earthquake struck five years ago”

https://youtu.be/fDeDWSf4kwo – NZ Soldiers depart

WS Army personnel carrying kitbags leave the dry interior of wharf shed 31 and cross the wharf. A wet day. Army personnel carrying kitbags and equipment make their way down the gangway. Railway loco travels across the wharf. Army personnel and police either side. Wet day. Wives/sweethearts wave from behind the iron gates of theContinue reading “https://youtu.be/fDeDWSf4kwo – NZ Soldiers depart”

HMNZS Tui (T234) was a Bird class minesweeper of the Royal New Zealand Navy. She was commissioned in 1941 for minesweeping and anti-submarine roles.

Photo was taken in 1944.Tui was the first of two ships with this name to serve in the Royal New Zealand Navy and was named after a native bird from New Zealand.In March 1942 in Scotland, Tui and the four Isles class trawlers, Killegray, Inchkeith, Sanda and Scarba had been newly built for New Zealand.Continue reading “HMNZS Tui (T234) was a Bird class minesweeper of the Royal New Zealand Navy. She was commissioned in 1941 for minesweeping and anti-submarine roles.”