Seven newly qualified Royal New Zealand Air Force pilots have marked a milestone in their careers with the presentation of their 'Wings' or brevets at a graduation parade at Air Force Base Ohakea yesterday.

Thirty eight new constables will graduate from The Royal New Zealand Police College in Wing 260 tomorrow. Their wing patron is Sir Wira Gardiner KNZM.

Wellington, Feb 9 NZPA - Wing Commander Henry William Lamond, a New Zealander who was involved in two notable escapes from Geman prisoner of war camps, has died in England, aged 94.

A Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) P3 Orion has successfully loca UNCLASSIFIED ted a 16ft vessel missing at sea for six days in the seas off Kiribati.

Six cadets from Nelson's TS Talisman will have the opportunity of a lifetime in July next year, as part of an offshore sailing voyage from New Zealand to New Caledonia.

Auckland, Oct 21 NZPA - New Zealand Defence Force is beginning to wind down its work in Samoa after last month's devastating earthquake and tsunami, which left more than 150 people dead.

Having successfully achieved its immediate disaster relief tasks in the wake of the Tsunami that struck Samoa and Tonga on the 29th September 2009 the New Zealand Defence Force has commenced a draw-down of personnel and equipment no longer required.

The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) mens and womens hockey teams will play in the Senior National Hockey Tournament (2nd Division) in Wellington from 28 September to 3 October.

Festive season decorations may not be up in shops just yet but supporters of New Zealand's deployed forces are already thinking about Christmas.

The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) departed Samoan shores last week having successfully met all of the training objectives of Exercise TROPIC ASTRA 2009.