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25 years since NZDF deployed to the Solomon Islands

In 1998, inter-tribal and inter-community violence in Solomon Islands had escalated and led to at least 40,000 people being displaced, and over 100 deaths. The signing...

Survivors’ Reunion held at Motuihe Island

More than 100 “Survivors of the Rock” reunited on Motuihe Island in February and once again, the matelots climbed the island’s notorious hill to what was the site of HMNZS TAMAKI for 22 years....

The Coastwatchers of Tarawa, Kiribati

In October 1942, seventeen New Zealand coastwatchers on the Tarawa atoll, in the Gilbert Islands (now Kiribati) were murdered by the Japanese occupiers. Coastwatchers were military and civilian...

UK government awarding medals to British Nuclear Test Veterans

In November 2022, the Government of the United Kingdom announced it would be awarding medals to all Commonwealth Armed Forces — or next of kin — involved in the United Kingdom’s Nuclear Test...

The deployment review is almost complete — here's the summary

Correction made on 13 February 2025: In the List of all the deployments reviewed , Operation CORACLE's country was corrected to 'Bougainville', and its status was corrected to 'Did not meet the...

Deployment review

The deployment review is closed The review of deployments has ended and we are no longer accepting submissions. Thanks to everyone who made a submission. Correction made on 13 February...

Solomon Island veteran glad that he reached out for support

Clark Williams, 35, joined the New Zealand Army in 2003. He deployed to the Solomon Islands in 2004 as part of Operation RATA and left the Army in 2011. He now works as a chef in Canterbury and...

Christchurch event connects veterans and whānau

After a break of 16 months, our first face-to-face forum for veterans and whānau was held at the Air Force Museum in Christchurch in late October. More than 300 veterans and whānau came to the event...