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NZ Defence Force’s most polluted bases revealed

8:44 am today  Share this  Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share via email Share on Reddit Share on Linked In Phil Pennington, Reporter @pjppenn phil.pennington@rnz.co.nz Devonport tops a list of the most polluted Defence Force bases in the country. Devonport Naval Base. Photo: RNZ Trentham in Upper Hutt, which like Devonport has a lot of housing nearby, ranksContinue reading “NZ Defence Force’s most polluted bases revealed”

RFA Nucula -The NZ Division, of the Royal Navy. – RFA Nucula

  Acquired from commercial owners in the early Twenties, this tanker had a very short life with the Admiralty before being transferred to the New Zealand Government as their Navy’s first oiler to provide afloat support for their new cruisers HMS’s DIOMEDE and DUNEDIN. Her main use was in transporting fuel oil from San PedroContinue reading “RFA Nucula -The NZ Division, of the Royal Navy. – RFA Nucula”

BOP woman loving navy life

Ordinary Maritime Trade Operator Krystal Sims. Photo: Supplied. Krystal Sims has been a Naval Reservist since 2016. Known as an Ordinary Maritime Trade Operator, or OMTO, Krystal was born in Tauranga and raised in the Coromandel. She juggles post-graduate nursing study and her commitment to the Naval Reserves alongside her role as a nurse forContinue reading “BOP woman loving navy life”