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📰 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📰 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.
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📰 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.
STORY📰 More than a hundred #NZArmy soldiers and officers from 5th/7th Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment marched through the streets of #Napier during its Art Deco weekend, marking 69 years since the unit has held the Charter for the City of Napier.
STORY📰 When #Westport’s Private Zack Armstrong was asked his reason for recently joining the #NZArmy Ngāti Tūmatauenga as an infantry soldier in the Reserve Force, the registered paramedic answered without hesitation, “to give back to my community.”
STORY📰 New #NZArmy Reserve Force soldiers have been put to the test in #Waiouru as they developed core combat skills.
STORY📰 An eye for detail is a crucial skill for carpentry and aligns well with life in the #NZArmy Reserve Force says Private Stefan Lutge, recipient of the Recruit Territorial Force Top Recruit prize for 2025.
STORY📰 Chief of Army Major General Rose King reflects on the successes, achievements and challenges of 2025, as the #NZArmy looks ahead to the opportunities 2026 will offer.
STORY📰 Pack marching, digging a shell scrape and learning to navigate unknown terrain while on leave from employment or university isn’t everyone’s idea of enjoyment but the 92 #NZArmy Reserve Force soldiers graduating this month have taken it in their stride.
STORY📰 A recent exercise across the Tasman provided #NZArmy personnel with a valuable opportunity to deploy bulk fuel capabilities with their Australian counterparts on Exercise Overland Nautical Petros.
STORY📰 A new design for a significantly cost-effective solution for the secure tracking of friendly forces has earned #NZArmy Signaller Benjamin Haddley the 2025 New Zealand Defence Force Innovation of the Year award.
STORY📰 Over the course of a two-week period, engineers from the #NZArmy built concrete bunkers, blew up bridges, established safe drinking water sources and conducted significant search patrols across the Waiouru Military Training Area.
STORY📰 Ariana Blackwood first visited the Waiouru Military Training Area as a scientist testing the river water. She loved the environment so much she enlisted in the #NZArmy and six years later has been named New Zealand Army Soldier of the Year 2025.
STORY📰 Ngāti Tūmatauenga, the #NZArmy recently hosted representatives from two key Five Power Defence Agreement partners - Singapore and the United Kingdom - in a series of high-level staff talks.
STORY📰 A #PalmerstonNorth man has held off an Australian challenge to emerge the winner of the 1st Battalion RNZIR Top Soldier competition for the #NZArmy.
STORY📰 Major David Ackroyd has achieved the rare distinction of being recognised for more than 50 years serving both in Ngāti Tūmatauenga, the #NZArmy, and as a volunteer firefighter.
STORY📰 Soldiers from the #NZArmy have carried out a significant training first when local defence contractor, Fighter Jets NZ, was used to simulate realistic close air support missions with jet aircraft.
STORY📰 #NZArmy soldiers wrap up the largest exercise in the South Island for 2025, aimed to test the Motorised Infantry Company Group with supporting units from across 1st (NZ) Brigade and the #NZAirForce.
STORY📰 In a first-time encounter with a gruelling US Army expert-level challenge of fitness and soldiering skills, a team of #NZArmy soldiers has bettered the typical pass rate.
STORY📰 When Katie Emmett joined the #NZArmy as a chef, her mother told her she’d get the chance to see the world. That prediction came true with several international opportunities in her military career so far.
STORY📰 The streets of #Waipukurau turned into a fictious overseas deployment for 40 #NZArmy Officer Cadets last week, as they took part in Exercise Santici.
STORY📰 The #NZArmy has tested its ability to rapidly conduct an evacuation of non-combatants during an exercise in Marlborough, successfully proving a vital high-readiness capability of our Defence Force.
STORY📰 Being part of the #NZArmy band has offered the unique experience of playing in a military tattoo in #PapuaNewGuinea for #Christchurch-born tenor horn player, Private Hazel Wilson.
STORY📰 Ardyn Prentice initially joined the #NZArmy as a caterer but his love of problem solving drew him out of the kitchen and into the world of mosquitos, malaria, drinking water and protecting his fellow troops.
STORY📰 Performing iconic tunes in front of thousands at the #PapuaNewGuinea Military Tattoo was a unique moment for #NZArmy band cornet player Private Joe Inman.
STORY📰 Corporal Chris Andrews is one of 35 #NZArmy infantry soldiers currently putting their training to the test in the Republic of Korea.
STORY📰 #PapuaNewGuinea holds a special place in the heart of #NZArmy Colonel Duncan George, who recently oversaw a successful Papua New Guinea Defence Force celebration of the country’s 50th anniversary of independence.