In an important milestone for the legacy of the Second World War coastwatchers, a plaque for radio operator Pu Banaba has been unveiled at O’Neill’s Point Cemetery on Auckland’s North Shore. It is the first Cook Islands coastwatchers plaque to .
Twelve New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) personnel are joining the US Navy ship USS Pearl Harbor, as eight nations combine for an exercise aimed at preparing Indo-Pacific countries’ responses to a large-scale disaster. <img src='https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2309/ef7bbe31f84818b5711f.jpeg' .
New Zealand troops have proved their worth in working alongside a dozen other militaries during a large-scale combat exercise in Australia. <img src='https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2308/6967e7be70e0bef603c8.jpeg' width='720' height='480'> Around 300 New Zealand Defence .
When Whenuapai man Mike Cotton heads to Düsseldorf, Germany, in September to represent New Zealand at the Invictus Games, he hopes to close a traumatic chapter associated with the same country more than 30 years ago. <img src='https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2308/2d0c76e05e9afd5ce90e.jpeg' .
David Sanderson, a retired Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) logistics supply specialist, will head to the 2023 Invictus Games in Düsseldorf, Germany, after selection for the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) Invictus team lifted him from a low point in .