Skilled soldiers from New Zealand and overseas will deploy to Tonga later this month, to assist local communities with various projects and help increase their resilience to natural disasters during Exercise Tropic Twilight.
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Tuesday 16 April 2024
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Wellington, New Zealand
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Wednesday 29 November 2023
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Auckland, New Zealand
A young navy administrator, Joanna Mafi, who was awarded the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) “Sailor of the Year”, was described as a tremendous asset to RNZN, and is of Tongan descent.
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Tuesday 14 November 2023
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Honiara, Solomon Islands
A team of New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) personnel, accompanied by two Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) NH90 helicopters, has landed in Honiara to assist the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) as the nation gets ready to host the 17th Pacific Games.
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Wednesday 24 May 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
New Zealand Army personnel are helping to restore community buildings and other structures in Tonga's recovery from the 2022 volcanic eruption and tsunamis, part of its Exercise Tropic Twilight.
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Thursday 10 November 2022
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Auckland, New Zealand
James Faleofa, who was awarded the Royal New Zealand Navy’s “Sailor of the Year 2022”, is a Leading Youth Development Specialist of Tongan descent.
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Friday 23 September 2022
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The construction of a $NZ5.2 million Pacific Leadership Centre for Tonga at HMAF Masefield Naval Base has started, with a target for completion by the end of 2023.
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Monday 8 August 2022
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Two New Zealand Navy vessels, HMNZS Manawanui and HMNZS Wellington arrived in Nuku'alofa last week, as part of a three-month deployment to provide maritime security and other support to Pacific Island partners.
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Friday 13 December 2019
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Wellington, New Zealand
The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) recovered today the bodies of six people who tragically died in Monday’s eruption on Whakaari/White Island. They stated NZDF will support efforts to recover the bodies of two others, in the hope there is resolution for those families
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Friday 28 June 2019
Auckland, New Zealand
The importance of geospatial intelligence (identifying the features of the geographic location) in humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) work has been underlined at a course at Devonport Naval Base in Auckland, attended by government and military personnel from New Zealand, Australia, the Cook Islands, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu.
Tuesday 4 June 2019
Wellington, New Zealand
The New Zealand Defence Force has taken part in a multi-national fisheries patrol that covered an area 22 times the size of New Zealand. The operation, from 19-31 May involved seven members of the Forum Fisheries Agency, including Tonga. Some 57 vessels were boarded by authorities during the operation in the exclusive economic zones.
Tonga weather forecast from yr.no, delivered by the Norwegian Meteorological Institute and the NRK. See also Fua'amotu Weather Forecasting Center, Tonga, for latest local weather bulletin.