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The forgotten history of French Pass

Gerard Hindmarsh05:00, Dec 11 2021 SUPPLIEDThe Astrolabe going through French Pass, a hand coloured lithograph by the ship’s artist, Louis August de Sainson. It always amazes me how deceptively one-sided and Eurocentric our historical record is. Look at our take on French explorer Jules Sebastian Cesar Dumont D’Urville taking his corvette, Astrolabe, through French Pass inContinue reading “The forgotten history of French Pass”

New Zealand officially receives HX44Ms

AY, 9 DECEMBER 2021 NZDF Rheinmetall NZ•Shephard Media Latest Articlesby info@shephardmedia.com (Shephard Media) / 11h//keep unread//hide The addition of three 8×8 heavy recovery vehicles brings to 197 the number of Rheinmetall-supplied HX vehicles for the NZDF. Rheinmetall announced on 8 December that it handed over three HX44M 8×8 heavy recovery vehicles to the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) inContinue reading “New Zealand officially receives HX44Ms”

Artistic tribute to lives lost at sea – HMS Neptune mined off Libya claiming the lives of 764 men, with 150 New Zealanders among them.

Colleen & Merv Appleton with Merv’s painting of HMS Neptune, sunk when it hit an uncharted deep-water mine field in the Mediterranean in 1941. Sadly, Colleen ‘s uncle was on board when the ship went sank. New Zealand’s worst naval tragedy is being commemorated on canvas. Accomplished Eastern Beach artist Merv Appleton has created anContinue reading “Artistic tribute to lives lost at sea – HMS Neptune mined off Libya claiming the lives of 764 men, with 150 New Zealanders among them.”

New Zealand officially receives HX44Ms

AY, 9 DECEMBER 2021 NZDF Rheinmetall NZ•Shephard Media Latest Articlesby info@shephardmedia.com (Shephard Media) / 11h//keep unread//hide The addition of three 8×8 heavy recovery vehicles brings to 197 the number of Rheinmetall-supplied HX vehicles for the NZDF. Rheinmetall announced on 8 December that it handed over three HX44M 8×8 heavy recovery vehicles to the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) inContinue reading “New Zealand officially receives HX44Ms”