Share HMNZS Canterbury loads up supplies in Lyttelton to sail for Tairawhiti to provide support in Cyclone Gabrielle. Now it’s wharfed until March. Photo: NZDF Staff shortages will confine the Navy’s flagship multi-role vessel to port during this year’s cyclone season, limiting the military’s ability to respond to natural disasters. That means the Navy will… Read More »NZ Defence personnel crisis ‘extremely concerning’, says minister Four key vessels are docked, planes and helicopters are grounded by the loss of one in three trained staff, and NZ may have to ask for help from Australia to deploy troops – by Oscar Francis 15/12/2023
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