STORY📰 In Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, there is a headstone for a soldier killed in battle. Below the name and the date of his death, is a simple inscription that brought home to our Defence Force contingent in Gallipoli for #AnzacDay commemorations.

NEWS📢 As the sun set in #Antarctica for the last time before months of winter darkness, a Royal New Zealand Air Force C-130J Hercules completed a successful medical evacuation from the continent.

STORY📰 The Battle of Kap’yong is a poignant and significant chapter in the history of the #NZArmy, Ngāti Tūmatauenga.

STORY📰 New Zealand Defence Force personnel have marked #AnzacDay at home and around the world.

STORY📰 Among the 2,779 New Zealanders who died during the WWI Gallipoli campaign , were at least 55 sets of brothers. More than a century later, their stories continue to echo. One of these stories is that of Private Cecil Jenkins and Lance Sergeant Sidney Jenkins from Winton in Southland.

STORY📰 The partial remains of two #NewZealand soldiers who died during the First World War have been reburied in #France, after being housed in a Philadelphia museum for more than 100 years.

STORY📰 #NZNavy Chaplain Class 3 Rich Lander is dealing with nervous excitement as he heads to Türkiye for this year’s #AnzacDay #Gallipoli commemoration, as part of a New Zealand Defence Force contingent.

STORY📰 Representing the NZDF at an Anzac Day commemoration, at the very place the name ANZAC – Australia and New Zealand Army Corps — was conceived, would be a highlight for any service person, but for Lieutenant Colonel Conor Yardley it carries an even deeper family significance.

STORY📰 Four #NZArmy Automotive Technicians recently got to test their training and skills in a different environment, linking up with V8 Supercars outfit Matt Stone Racing Team for the two New Zealand legs of the championship.

STORY📰 Members of the New Zealand Army band have achieved musical success at one of the world’s oldest music competitions, the New Zealand Brass Band Championships, taking out a number of top awards.

STORY📰 Exploiting enemy communications has never been more important for #NZArmy Electronic Warfare Operators. As warfare continues to evolve technologically, maintaining their technical abilities, tactical mindset and overall fitness is imperative.

NEWS📢 A #NZAirForce C-130J Hercules will deliver aid supplies to #PapuaNewGuinea following the recent cyclone, while another NZDF contingent has arrived in #PortMoresby to carry out a range of activities with the country’s military and other agencies.

STORY📰 Operating in high pressure, emergency response situations is an area Aircraftman Regan Phillips is used to. The volunteer firefighter is now taking on a role in the Royal New Zealand Air Force.

NEWS📢 We have selected New Zealand owned and operated companies Citycare Property and PAE New Zealand Limited to provide crucial facilities maintenance services across the Defence Estate from mid-2026.

STORY📰 “Riding the wire” - being winched out of a helicopter - and being in the thick of the action attracted Corporal Samantha Swift to the role of NH90 helicopter loadmaster with #NZAirForce's No. 3 Squadron at RNZAF Base Ohakea.

STORY📰 A former #NewPlymouth Girls’ High School student has re-joined the New Zealand Defence Force with a clear purpose to help others as a #NZAirForce medic.

STORY📰 Aircraftman Wiremu Taku, is taking on a new challenge with the #NZAirForce, training to become an avionics technician - a role focused on maintaining and repairing the complex electronic systems that keep aircraft mission-ready.

NEWS 📰 Royal New Zealand Air Force No. 62 Squadron personnel have been tracking the historic Artemis II flight as it passes over New Zealand skies, sending four #NASA astronauts further into space than any human has ever been.

STORY📰 A Light Armoured Vehicle (LAV) crew from 1st Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (1RNZIR) was recently awarded a top prize at a renowned international event, the Bushmaster Challenge, in the United States.

STORY📰 Medical officer Squadron Leader Kit Boyes has been at the forefront of major New Zealand Defence Force deployments over the past 16 years and has experienced workplace tragedies, a global pandemic and high-risk medical evacuations.

STORY📰 #NZArmy Lance Corporal Tyrone Stewart has relished the opportunity to work alongside the United States Air Force during the recent #NZAirForce Exercise Mobility Astra out of Base Woodbourne.

STORY📰 Loading aircraft to deliver vital supplies to troops on combat operations is a highly specialised and complex role, and one which Leading Aircraftman Bailey McPaike enjoys.

STORY📰 New Zealand Army soldiers and their Pacific counterparts have been pushed to their limits in a fiercely contested 1st (NZ) Brigade Skill at Arms competition at Waiouru in the central North Island.

STORY📰 Lance Corporal Bajaj, second-in-command with 3rd Supply and Catering Company at Burnham Military Camp, came to Auckland as a young man armed with several languages and dialects.

STORY📰 Drew Bingham says getting to #Antarctica is a once-in-a-lifetime adventure – even if you have to break a lot of ice to get there.

STORY📰 Able Hydrographic Systems Operator Joshua Phillips has experienced many aspects of ocean life, but hearing #Antarctic ice shatter under a 10,000-tonne icebreaker was something new.

STORY📰 Defence Legal Services has received a Solicitor-General’s award in recognition of high-quality legal advice and excellence in managing a year with many novel and complex legal issues.

STORY📰 Breaking away from inter-generational cycles of gang involvement isn’t easy, but it’s exactly what Corporal Maui Allen-Te Ahuahu did when he enlisted into our Army more than a decade ago.

STORY📰 C-130J Hercules crews from #NewZealand, #Australia and the #UnitedStates are conducting precision air mobility training in the skies above the upper South Island over the coming days.

STORY📰 Returning to her spiritual home of Tokelau was a profound experience for Petty Officer Christina Sola, who visited the island while on deployment with the #NZNavy during the recent Operation Calypso in the South West Pacific.

STORY📰 Two Sikhs have praised the #NZNavy for its acceptance and flexibility as they embrace new careers alongside their religion.

STORY📰 The Five Eyes Defence Cyber Contact Group Conference in Melbourne this month marked a significant step forward in trans-Tasman cyber cooperation.

STORY📰 For the first time, soldiers from His Majesty’s Armed Forces of Tonga have deployed to NZ to compete in the #NZArmy 1st (NZ) Brigade’s prestigious Skill at Arms competition in Waiouru - marking a significant milestone in regional military cooperation.

STORY📰 The sound of #NZAirForce aircraft flying overhead has been a familiar one over #Marlborough in recent weeks as pilots sharpen their flying and decision-making skills during Exercise Wise Owl.

STORY📰 For the first time a #NZAirForce C-130J Hercules has been flying under an Australian call sign, while being embedded in a Royal Australian Air Force squadron.

STORY📰 The path to joining the #NZAirForce’s Black Falcons aerobatics team wasn’t an easy one for Squadron Leader Richard O’Flaherty, but he didn’t let a few knockbacks stop him from achieving his flying goal.

STORY📰 Digging trenches and setting up ambushes is just as much a part of the job as providing trauma aid to casualties, for #NZArmy medic and marksman shooter, Corporal Amanda Voice.

NEWS📢 We have cancelled the Royal New Zealand Air Force Black Falcons aerobatic team North Island tour scheduled for this weekend.

STORY📰 The #NZArmy Reserves offers a new perspective for Westpac banking specialist Prabhakar Mishra who grew up in the northern Indian province of Uttarakhand.

STORY📰 Soldiers from the #NZArmy’s 2nd/1st Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment have honed their jungle, or close-country, skills on the South Island’s West Coast.

NEWS📢 The Royal New Zealand Navy, Defence Science & Technology (DST), and Dawn Aerospace, have completed a live radar tracking experiment using a reusable rocket-powered aircraft off the Canterbury coast.

STORY📰 A #NZAirForce P-8A Poseidon aircraft has deployed from Base Ohakea to #Guam to take part in Exercise Sea Dragon, a multi-national anti-submarine warfare exercise held annually at the #UnitedStates’ Andersen Air Force Base.

STORY📰 Against the backdrop of an image of Edinburgh Castle, New Zealand Defence Force personnel performed alongside more than 1000 others at the 75th Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo at Auckland’s Eden Park.

UPDATE📢 A #NZAirForce C-130J Hercules of No 40 Squadron has taken off from Base Auckland at #Whenuapai bound for the #MiddleEast region, to be ready to conduct civilian evacuation flights if required, and if conditions in the area make them possible.

STORY📰 After more than five decades in the #NZArmy, engineer Major Nigel Gattsche says playing the long game paid off and after special and eye-opening deployments he was still enjoying some of his richest experiences towards the end of his career.

STORY📰 For the second year running, a #NZArmy infantry platoon has deployed to the #RepublicOfKorea to train alongside Korean and #UnitedStates forces.

NEWS📢 The New Zealand Defence Force is preparing to deploy two aircraft and personnel to the Middle East region to be ready to help New Zealanders stranded by the conflict in the Middle East.

READ📖 The New Zealand Defence Force has championed a top-level home-made explosive detection exercise for NZ Government and coalition partners who employ dogs to detect the presence of potential explosive threats.

STORY📰 In a fiercely contested battle, the New Zealand Army’s Captain Philip Luke has taken out the Queen’s Medal shooting competition in #Waiouru over the weekend.

STORY📰 Burnham Military Camp recently hosted the Royal New Zealand Army Logistics Regiment, along with international partners, to competitively display their ability to ‘Fix, Fight, Lead and Enable’.