WATCH 🎬 A refuelling replenishment at sea (RAS) is one of the key tasks performed by our maritime sustainment vessel, HMNZS Aotearoa. Before sailing for Exercise Bersama Gold recently, HMNZS Aotearoa and HMNZS Te Kaha conducted a RAS in the choppy waters of the Hauraki Gulf. The action was captured on video by our crew on both ships. Having two ships close on each other, stay steady on station and then transfer tens of thousands of litres of fuel over a narrow channel with little margin for err

#OnThisDay 📅 14 June 1942. Today marks the 80th anniversary of the arrival of over 6,000 Marines from the 1st Echelon of the 1st Marine Division into Wellington aboard USS Wakefield. Two days earlier, five transport ships carrying US Army troops had sailed into Auckland harbour. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the relentless Japanese advance through Asia, Singapore and Indonesia, there was real concern about New Zealand’s ability to defend itself particularly with the 2nd New Zealand

Filling up the tanks ⛽️ Fresh from conducting maritime security patrols as part of Combined Task Force 150, HMNZS Te Kaha takes the opportunity to fuel up at sea from RFA Tidespring in the Arabian Sea. The Royal Fleet Auxiliary tanker is part of the UK Carrier Strike Group spear-headed by the Royal Navy’s flagship HMS Prince of Wales. HMNZS Te Kaha now joins ships, aircraft and personnel from 13 nations in one largest multi-national maritime operations supoporting the international rules based o

WATCH 🎬 The remainder of HMNZS Te Mana’s crew joined the ship in Esquimalt, Canada recently and were welcomed with a powerful haka. This is the first time Te Mana has had a full ship’s company since she left Aotearoa two and a half years ago for her Frigate Systems Upgrade. The challenge was given and accepted with passion and pride. Ehara tāku toa i te toa takitahi, engari he toa takitini - My strength is not as an individual, but as a collective. #NZNavy #KokiriKiaU | Royal New Zealand Navy

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