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LMT(L) Matt Applegate and ACSS
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under our national flag during the
90th Anniversary commemorations
of the Gallipoli campaign, earlier
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60th anniversaries of the end of
WWII (see p36). OH 05-0160-43
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FEATURES:
04:
TE KAHA - OPERATION
CUTLASS II
Our ships continue to play a full
part in regional secruity activities.
Our opening feature describes
TE KAHA’s and TE MANA’s recent
exercises.
10:
PATROLLING THE
FISHERIES
Ken Muir of the Marlborough
Express spent time in WAKAKURA
as MFish Offi cers checked on the
Cook Strait Hoki fi shery.
14:
SEA EXPERIENCE
THE OLD WAY
OTS is utilising the sail training
ship SPIRIT OF NEW ZEALAND to
give Midshipman their fi rst sea
experience.
CONTENTS
03: Yours Aye
13: Medals
16: Kosovo
18: Joint Forces
22: Friends and Family
24: Our People
26: Fleet progress
33: Around the Fleet
34: Galley Slide
36: VJ Day
40: RNZN Band
42: Sports
47: Notices
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Y O U R S A Y E
YOURS
The ‘core purpose’ of the Navy
is to contribute to bringing security
and prosperity to all New
Zealanders.
National security strategies for security
and prosperity have to address two
fundamental challenges.
The first challenge is that they need
to ensure that our national interests are
protected and promoted. It is in this area
that the larger ships of the Navy make
a valuable contribution. They do this by
protecting and promoting our national
interests through their ‘Defence Diplomacy’
operations.
The second challenge is that the
strategies must ensure that our rights
over our territory are defended – and
exercised. This is where the smaller
ships of the Navy make their special
contribution. Outside a wartime/combat
scenario, they do this by supporting
other government agencies in executing
their responsibilities around ‘law
enforcement’. Ships involved in this
type of work are conducting what we call
‘multi-agency’ operations.
These sorts of operations have unique
characteristics. Here are just four examples.
The first is that the Navy’s responsibility
is to play a supporting role. For some
of us this requires a significant change
in mindset – we are perhaps too used
to taking a ‘leading’ mentality into our
relationships with civil agencies.
The second is that these operations
require us to work closely with agencies
that may have a quite different culture
and set of values to ours. If this is the
case, then what is required is a degree
CN with North Shore City Mayor George Wood.
See story page 22
DAVID LEDSON
REAR ADMIRAL, CHIEF OF NAVY
of tolerance and understanding that
‘all Navy’ work does not generally call
upon. Like most things, this can have
both upsides and downsides. The trick
is to make it all ‘up’ and no ‘down’
– while not compromising our culture
or our Values.
The third is that multi-agency operations
bring us into much closer contact
than we presently have with New Zealand’s
maritime community – and in a
law enforcement role. Some people will
welcome us – some will not. There will
be positive press from those who see
our work in this area as important to
the country. Those who see our work as
limiting their freedom to do what they
want to do upon the sea - be it legal or
illegal – will seek to generate negative
press.
The fourth is that the sort of work we
do with civil agencies – and the ships we
use - provide a fantastic opportunity for
Sailors to do something different from
Defence Diplomacy operations. It gives
them an opportunity to be engaged in
work that clearly and visibly makes a
positive contribution to the country’s
well being.
Multi-agency operations are not new
to the Navy – and over many years we
have contributed to its two dimensions
- law enforcement and sovereignty assertion.
Take some law enforcement examples.
For many years we have had
a close relationship with Ministry of
Fisheries. During the 1960s the ‘Black
boats’ – around 20 metre long motor
launches – and the 1970s and 1980s
the ‘Lake-class boats’ – around 30
metres long – were at sea carrying out
‘fishery protection’ duties.
The frigates, too, have made a contribution
– I have been directly involved in
two frigate arrests of fishing boats fishing
illegally – one of which we boarded
around 210 miles off North Cape – the
other 12.1 miles off the west coast.
We have been associated with activities
around exercising our rights to our
territory over many years. We have a
long history with the Department of
Conservation – in particular supporting
their work in the Kermadecs to the north
of New Zealand and the sub-Antarctic
Islands lying to our south.
“
multi-agency operations
bring us into much
”
closer
contact with New Zealand’s
maritime community
The Navy has played a significant role
in supporting New Zealand’s work in
the Antarctic. From the mid 1950s and
through the 1960s, the Navy’s ‘first and
second’ ENDEAVOURs and their Sailors
supported operations in Antarctica. The
Loch-class frigates carried out important
and demanding work – that appears
to have been largely unacknowledged
– far to the south of New Zealand sending
weather information back home to
support very early flying operations to
‘ The Ice’.
Project PROTECTOR will deliver the
Navy new ships which will enable us to
make a more effective contribution to
multi-agency operations than is presently
the case.
However, while the ships we will use
to do this work will be new – the work
itself will not be.
Sailors at sea doing multi-agency
operations in those ships will not be
starting a new record of service to the
country – they will be building on the
record established by those who have
served so ably in the past – and those
serving today.
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This month our frigate TE KAHA is taking part in Five Power Defence Arrangements
exercises, along with our Divers, and an RNZAF P-3K Orion detachment.
But as well as that exercise, our Navy sent naval staff officers to sea
during the Australian-hosted Exercise KAKADU, while our
frigate TE MANA, even during her passage home
in July, also played a part
in regional security
activities…
TE OPERATIO
KAHAN
ENS Grant Bicknell takes a bearing during navigation
training among the Whitsunday Islands. TEK 05 001 217
By SLT W McLuckie RNZN & ENS G Bicknell RNZN
TE KAHA is in Singapore, undertaking the RNZN’s Five
Power Defence Arrangement commitments in conjunction
with our Operational Diving Team and an RNZAF
P-3K Detachment. As we write this, Exercise BERSAMA
LIMA is about to get underway, but we have already taken part
in the bilateral NZ-Singapore Exercise LION ZEAL.
The PWO explains that “Our involvement in these exercises
is a tangible demonstration of our commitment to regional stability;
the ship’s interaction with the armed forces of Australia,
Malaysia, Singapore and the United Kingdom helps to maintain
and develop regional ties.”
This, he says, is Defence Diplomacy at work in support of
the NZ Government’s wider aims. “Additionally, through working
directly with the Republic of Singaporean Navy (one of our
naval benchmarking partners) we are enhancing the RNZN’s
position in our drive to become the best small-nation navy in
the world.”
LION ZEAL included a sports day and during BERSAMA LIMA
the Perth Cup will be contested in a Task Group vs. Task Group
format rather than the previous nation vs. nation contest (possibly
because New Zealand was too often the winner!)
However our other focus is naval training and our ship’s company
underwent a major change before we deployed, as one of
the Project GAP initiatives. TE KAHA deployed with a core crew
of 120, thereby freeing 59 bunks for Project GAP personnel to
continue their training on an operational platform. In the recent
past, of course, they would have trained in CANTERBURY,
Although personnel posted to TE KAHA under GAP may only
serve in the ship for a period of between a few weeks and 3
months, they are still part of the ship’s company and are treated
no differently and are expected to contribute to whole-ship duties
and tasks whilst engaged in their individual on-job training
and taskbook progression.
TE KAHA’s participation in Project GAP extends for the duration
of our 5½ month Operation Cutlass deployment and this
has meant some considerable change in our normal training
philosophy. The emphasis has moved from unit training to more
individual and branch training, although unit (ie whole ship)
training is still undertaken to keep TE KAHA at the Directed
Level of Capability.
The first major rotation was planned for TE KAHA’s SMP in Singapore,
over the period 7-9 September, with personnel arriving
and departing from Singapore. (However some GAP personnel
had arrived or departed at earlier port calls, too.)
Our fi rst commitment for this deployment had been as consort
to HMAS PARRAMATTA during that ship’s 4-week workup
in the East Australian Exercise Area (EAXA). This provided
excellent training opportunities to support GAP training objectives
and allowed a measured amount of unit training through
the exercising of Action Stations and Defence Watch routines.
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TE KAHA slicing through calm
waters with her international
call sign ZMBE flying.
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CUTLASSIIjunior offi
The exercise tempo also meant a few breakdowns, however,
so our engineering teams had some hard work to ensure that
TE KAHA was able to remain at sea and maintain her fi ghting
effectiveness. The engineers achieved much, without drama,
but they deserve recognition for their essential work.
During this time Sydney became our second home with
four visits in a month. A Navy ‘reunion’ was achieved when TE
KAHA was joined by ENDEAVOUR and TE MANA on their way
home from Op Cutlass I. With CN embarked in TE KAHA the
RNZN units conducted a formation entry into Sydney and all
berthed at Fleet Base East for one weekend. This was a great
opportunity for those going back to NZ to share their experiences
with our ship’s company over a quiet coffee or similar,
and by the end of the weekend we had heard much about the
visits to Russia and China!
The RNZN visit to Sydney coincided with Endeavour Trophy
(Woman’s sporting competition) and the Lou Smith Cup (Rugby)
challenges. While HMAS CANBERRA had issued the original
challenge to TE KAHA it soon became apparent that the Endeavour
Trophy was bigger than both ships, so it became a RNZN
Task Group v RAN challenge. The RNZN made a clean sweep
of the three women’s events and became the fi rst holders of
the new trophy.
The Lou Smith challenge was held on completion and
although this was a challenge between CANBERRA and TE
KAHA, one or two players may have been informally ‘posted’
from the other RNZN ships. Whatever their pedigree, the end
result was a sound thrashing of the CANBERRA team and TE
KAHA taking home the Lou Smith Cup - always good to start a
deployment on the winning side!
With PARRAMATTA’s work up successfully completed and
a farewell visit to Sydney achieved, TE KAHA turned north
towards warmer climates visiting Brisbane and Cairns during
our passage to S E Asia. We conducted navigation training for
cers in the Whitsundays and held a ‘hands to bathe’
in the beautiful water of the Great Barrier Reef.
The only downside to our deployment to date has been a
fl u epidemic that has affected most of the Ship’s Company
with varying degrees of misery. The Sick Bay reported more
than 180 consultations during the month of July alone! Sick
Bay supplies were considerably depleted requiring local purchases
to keep up with demand. The problem now seems to
have abated although the odd cough or sniff is still testament
to its presence.
Now in Singapore and enjoying the equatorial climate, the
men and women of TE KAHA are in high spirits and enjoying
every stage of our deployment.
In calm seas and good weather the
flight deck of TE KAHA becomes an
open-air gym. TEK 05-001-228
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Two RNZN staff officers took part in this year’s
EX KAKADU VII (25 July to 12 August) working in
EXERCISE
HMAS KANIMBLA. CDR James Kerry reports…
KAKADU VII
A KIWI PERSPECTIVE
You would have thought, after all these years, that I would
know the fi rst rule by now – “never volunteer”. My only
excuse is that I wasn’t paying full attention when the
call came from the Posting Offi cer to ask if I would take
the job of Chief of Staff for Exercise KAKADU.
Maybe it was the thought of 3 weeks in the ‘dry’ in Darwin
staying in the Holiday Inn (last time I was in ‘tin city’ a dusty
corner of RAAF Darwin – not a place for long whites!). Anyway
having been hooked, the Holiday Inn promise faded from 3
weeks to one week – “you’ll be embarked in HMAS KANIMBLA
for the sea phase” – to two nights – “all the hotels are booked,
it’s the tourist season”. When the travel details arrived they
showed the return fl ight due to depart at 0130am on the
second night!
The RAN runs exercise KAKADU every other year for regional
defence partners. At the high end the emphasis of KAKADU is
on interoperability and regional defence cooperation but, most
importantly, it provides good training for sailors and air force
personnel. The prospect of training against a real submarine
is a bonus because despite the development of excellent
simulated submarine
targets you still can’t
beat training against the real thing.
With LTCDR Pete Buell, I arrived at Darwin airport to be
greeted with the news that our luggage was still in Brisbane
and “don’t forget you have to make a speech at the Opening
Ceremony tomorrow”.
The exercise began with a Harbour phase. CAPT Steve Mc-
Dowall RAN, the Exercise Director, started off proceedings at
the Opening Ceremony and Rear Admiral Davyd Thomas RAN,
Maritime Commander Australia, followed with the keynote
speech. I said my few words - no one complained – and we
were off! The time in harbour gave us time to get organised
and the new visitors to Australia an opportunity to see some of
the many attractions in the area (something the RAN stressed
at every opportunity to each local politician!)
Meanwhile, away to the east, the RAAF had activated RAAF
Schergar. This ‘bare base’ is strategically situated in northern
Queensland near Weipa. Normally occupied by a caretaker it
was made fully operational for the fi rst time for No.1 Squadron
RAAF F-111s. The ships sailed on 1 August, beginning with a
minefi eld transit. Pete Buell started working long nights as a
Duty Warfare Offi cer (one of just two). Our role was in
Exercise Control (EXCON), located
in the “Joint Operations
Room” a short walk
International Observers gathered on HMAS
KANIMBLA (l to r) LT Martin Taririn PNGDF,
CDR Sai Venkatraman Indian Navy, MAJ
Judijanto Indonesian Navy, CDR James Kerry
RNZN, LTCDR Denis Bigonneau French Navy,
New Caledonia, LTCDR Jung du San & LT Hue
Jae Young (both Republic of Korea Navy).
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EX KAKADU VII PARTICIPANTS
BELOW: The team for
‘EXCON’ in the Joint Operations
Room. In the foreground
FLT LT ‘Fergie’ Ferguson
RAAF gets to grips
with the latest Air tasking
Order while CAPT Steve
McDowall RAN stands at
left. Photo RAN
from my cabin in HMAS KANIMBLA on the same deck as the
bridge. The embarked EXCON Staff consisted of 20 people,
the majority of whom were Reservists, supported by KANIM-
BLA ship’s company. The team incorporated a fi ve-man media
team including video and still photographers. You can see
some of their output at www.defence.gov.au/kakadu. Ashore,
the Combined Air Operations Centre (CAOC) ensured that the
many events that involved aircraft were planned effectively
and conducted safely. After 2 weeks at sea, Ex KAKADU culminated
with two days of tactical freeplay in which two teams
of ships and assets (Mauve v Green) faced off and tested their
respective skills and capabilities - a highly successful exercise
that positively contributed to regional defence skills. Who won
the war? Everybody!
What did Ex KAKADU achieve? Well, it improved understanding
between neighbours, both at a political and a personal level.
It proved that ships and aircraft from diverse countries can work
together effectively in a common cause. Over 1700 sailors and air force personnel
from 6 different countries got some great maritime and air training. There were no
safety incidents – a signifi cant accomplishment in a complex environment where English
is not necessarily the fi rst (or even second) language. All the participants came
away with a better understanding of multi-national operations. Most importantly we
all came away having made new friends and renewed and strengthened old friendships.
So what are you planning for August 2007? Holiday Inn, Darwin anyone?
An RAAF AP-3C Orion
flies over the Singaporean
missile corvette RSS
VALOUR during exercise
Kakadu VII. Photo RAN
SHIPS
HMAS BALLARAT (FFH)
HMAS ADELAIDE (FFG)
HMAS KANIMBLA (LPA)
HMAS WESTRALIA (AOR)
HMAS FARNCOMB (SSK)
HMAS WARRNAMBOOL (FPB)
MALAYSIA
KD JEBAT
KD LEKIR
SINGAPORE
RSS VALIANT
RSS VALOUR
INDONESIA
KRI FATAHILLA
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
HMPNGS TARANGAU
HMPNGS DREGER
AIRCRAFT
AUSTRALIA
6 F-111
8 FA-18
10 Hawk 127
3 AP-3C Orion
3 S70B Seahawk (RAN)
1 Learjet EW aircraft (Civil contractor)
2 Learjet target towing (Civil contractor)
NEW ZEALAND
1 P-3K MPA
MALAYSIA
1 Super Lynx
SINGAPORE
1 F50 MPA
INTERNATIONAL
OBSERVERS
India, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Thailand,
South Korea & France (New Caledonia)
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TE
MANA
PACIFIC PASSAGE
By SLT Duncan MacKenzie RNZN
Prior to our return home on 21 July, TE MANA had undertaken
3 weeks of operational training off Eastern
Australia, both for our own benefi t and, in particular, to
support HMAS PARRAMATTA’s work up. It was only after
taking a full part in the Work-Up Progress Evaluation (WUPE),
along with TE KAHA, ENDEAVOUR and several RAN ships, followed
by an enjoyable ‘three Kiwi ship visit’ to Sydney, that we
embarked some sea riders [see p42] and sprinted across the
Tasman to arrive in Auckland for our well-earned leave period.
Of course, during our long ocean passage from Shanghai [see
NT 101 July 05] with ENDEAVOUR various events and exercises
kept our company on their toes…
• ENDEAVOUR simulated an engine failure, requiring TE MANA
to tow more than 8000 tonnes - a diffi cult exercise at the best
of times. Once the tow was rigged, we towed ENDEAVOUR for
an hour– achieving almost 4 knots.
• June 27 saw the arrival of King Neptune, requiring a number
of our ship’s company not having “crossed the line” before, to
pay homage to the King of the Sea. Once King Neptune’s Cronies
had inspected the guard, each of the Tadpoles, along with various
defaulters, were brought before Neptune and given various
punishments. It was a fun-fi lled afternoon that was enjoyed by
Tadpoles and Shellbacks alike, sharing a tradition that is as
old as seafaring itself.
• We conducted a light jackstay transfer to embark food from
the containers on ENDEAVOUR - and a certain super hero, Mr
Incredible, went across to ENDEAVOUR to say his goodbyes
too. Since he fi rst appeared to the Task Force in Kuala Lumpur
around Anzac Day, “Mr I” has proved his penchant for turning
up at any (and all) social occasions.
• TE MANA detached from ENDEAVOUR on 30 June; after passing
through Torres Strait, we made our way down through the
Great Barrier Reef, and some lucky members of our company
enjoyed scenic fl ights over the Reef in our helicopter. The fantastic
aerial views put into perspective how important it is for
Australia to protect this wonderful feature.
In Cairns everybody could unwind from our 12 day passage
and prepare for the Aviation Inspection, before reaching the
EAXA for our fi rst taste of ‘warfare’ in 3 months. The main aim
of our passage down to the EAXA was the Aviation Inspection,
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ENDEAVOUR and TE MANA engage in a simultaneous
RAS and Vertrep on 29 June, near the end of their
passage to Australia from Shanghai.
with members of the Maritime Operational Evaluation Team
embarked to assess all areas of fl ying operations onboard:
• Tactical and Procedural Flyex’s
• Crash on Deck Exercises
• and the odd ‘ship’s compartment fire’ to keep us on
our toes.
The result: a well-earned “Standard Achieved” with the
notable result of “Standard Achieved Plus” for the Medical
Staff/SMET and Flight Deck Party. The Aviation Inspection
also offered the opportunity for upgrades and Team TE MANA
congratulates LCSS(A) Knapp for achieving HAC(A) and CPOSA
Fraser for achieving Full FDO status.
After Cairns we soon met the harsh reality of the mid-winter
Tasman Sea: sea state 8 and 60knot winds. For a 48-hour
period we rarely exceeded 8 knots, and at one stage (0400
– what sort of time is that for an impromptu ‘team-building’
exercise?) it required the efforts of nearly half the ship’s
company to remove a fairly large amount of water that had
entered the 2B Store via anchor cable lockers. With that
practical DC exercise completed, we knew we were ready to
support PARRAMATTA’s Work-Up! (Our subsequent arrival home
is reported in NT 102.)
Crossing the Line ceremony: Tadpoles bow down to King Neptune and his Queen. The
‘Russian’ in fur hat and greatcoat at right seems a bit overdressed for the equator!
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PATROLLING
Co-operation between
government agencies
and the commercial
fishing industry is a key
to long term sustainable
management of our
fisheries. Ken Muir of
the Marlborough Express
spent time with MFish
officers and on the Inshore
Patrol Craft HMNZS
WAKAKURA as they
worked together checking
on the fleet in the Cook
Strait Hoki fishery.
© Marlborough Express 2005
The day begins with the hailing
down of a small runabout with a
single person who has been diving
for scallops. Fisheries patrol
THE FISHERIES
officer Liz Murray checks the size of the
catch while David Reay manoeuvres the
newly acquired MFish boat alongside.
Once the catch has been checked it’s
time for a bit of chat, talking about the
quality of the take as well as the best
spots around the Sounds at this time
of year. There’s even time for a bit of
advice on where to go for a couple of
visitors from Christchurch who enviously
eye the cabin on the fisheries patrol
pontoon boat from their much smaller
(and cabinless) boat.
Throughout the day, there’s plenty
of advice and copies of the regulations
passed across as part of the patter. In
what turns out to be the tone for the
day, there are no serious compliance issues
among the recreational fishermen
checked as we move up Queen Charlotte
Sound to rendezvous with the Inshore
Patrol Craft, HMNZS WAKAKURA.
WAKAKURA has spent the day on the
hoki grounds out in Cook Strait. It’s peak
time for hoki in the strait, with the fish
congregating in the deep canyons prior
to spawning, making a tempting target
for the 15 or so vessels operating mostly
out of Nelson and Picton. Fisheries officer
Sean Ryan tells me that the fleet is
smaller this year and the total allowable
commercial catch (TACC) for the fishery
has been reduced.
Management of the NZ 200 nautical
mile Exclusive Economic Zone relies
heavily on scientific information about
the status of the resource and accurate
record keeping by the fishing vessels is
a critical component of this. Each boat
must have a permit entitling it to fish for
specific species, a current certificate
of registration and reporting books on
board. These are the records the fisheries
officers check on boarding a vessel,
as well as inspecting the equipment
used to secure the catch. The fisheries
officers also check for damaged fish
and bycatch.
There are two types of boat working
the hoki grounds — factory-owned vessels
and smaller, individually-owned
boats which lease annual catch entitlement
(ACE) — and this is the best time
of year for hoki. Most vessels are able
to fill their nets each time they put them
out, and one ship inspected today had
21 tonnes of fish in a single catch.
It can be a trade off between the
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size of the catch and the quality of fish
landed, with larger catches causing
more damage to fish.
“We’ve been really pleased with the
attitude of the fishermen in the hoki
grounds,” Sean says. “There’s plenty of
evidence of the use of smaller catches
and the quality of the record keeping
has been excellent.” He says the boats
have a good chance to catch their ACE
in the hoki grounds in a short period
of time during this part of the year and
the skippers are generally careful not to
jeopardise the hoki bonanza.
The livelihood of the owners of the
smaller vessels is very much tied
to a successful hoki season, he
says. It’s not quite open slather
though, with restrictions on the
size of vessels fishing in the
Strait. Policing the fishery in Cook
Strait is very much at the mercy
of the weather.
“Cook Strait being what it is
means you always have to be
careful,” Sean says. “We are in
constant radio contact with the
fleet and try to cause the least
amount of disruption.”
Today the WAKAKURA has had
a good run, boarding four ships
without incident.
Early in the week things had
not been so good, with only one
boarding before the WAKAKURA
headed for shelter.
It’s a long day for those on
board, given the (slow) speed of
the WAKAKURA and it takes more
than two hours steaming to get
out to the fishery. Sean Ryan, like
a significant number of his workmates,
a former policeman, says
he and Tony Little enjoy their time
on the naval vessel, especially as
they get to go home at the end of
the patrol, unlike the sailors.
“The fishermen mostly have
a good attitude to our work and
we enjoy an excellent working
relationship with the Navy,” he
says. The activities of the patrol
are carried out in co-ordination
with the National Maritime Coordination
Centre (NMCC).
The NMCC was established
in 2002, and is jointly funded
by Customs, Ministry of Fisheries,
Maritime Safety Authority,
NZ Defence Forces and Police.
While individual agencies retain
responsibility for the conduct of
their operational activities, the
NMCC develops a plan to use
the available patrol assets to the
best possible effect, and provides participating
agencies with a co-ordinated
maritime intelligence picture.
“Multi-agency duties”, involving MFish,
Police and Customs are an important
part of their inshore patrol activities.
On this trip south there has been a
call out by NMCC to check the customs
status of an LPG tanker anchored in
the Sounds.
The day finishes as the sun goes down
with a boarding of Sanford’s IKAWAI in
Tory Channel. The inflatable heads off
and two of the four occupants board
the IKAWAI. The whole exercise takes
place at 12 knots as the small craft pulls
alongside to unload two of its crew and
retrieve them 10 minutes later.
Back on board, the crew are preparing
to anchor for the night, with some keen
to do a bit of fishing and diving. Their
final job is to transfer me back to the
fisheries patrol vessel for my trip back
to Waikawa marina.
P10. With MFish officers on board, the RHIB
from WAKAKURA approaches the fishing vessel
IKAWAI. Photo Marlborough Express
Below: Launching the seaboat – this scene was
photographed aboard the sister IPC, MOA.
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M U L T I - A G E N C Y O P E R A T I O N S
TE MANA & MFISH
join forces
With six officers from the
Ministry of Fisheries embarked,
the frigate TE
MANA spent a week in
August patrolling amongst the fi shing
fl eet on the Hoki grounds off the West
Coast of the South Island. Maritime
Component Commander, CDRE Jack
Steer said “This has been a very
successful multi-agency operation;
TE MANA facilitated the boarding of
commercial fi shing vessels by MFish
officers, to ensure compliance with
Fisheries legislation. The operation
effectively demonstrated the success
of a multi-agency approach to the management
of resources and the maintenance
of security within our EEZ.”
TE MANA berthed at Victoria Wharf,
Dunedin on Saturday 27 August, where
she joined HMAS MELBOURNE, already
visiting that city. The ships were open to
the public in Dunedin; both ships sailed
in company 31 August, to carry out
A boarding party from TE MANA, with MFish
boarding officers, visits the SURESTE 707,
during a routine fisheries inspection of vessels
fishing for Hoki
off the west coast of
the South Island on
Sunday 21 Aug. This
combined training
and to conduct a
visit to Wellington
HMNZS
KIWI sailed on 8 August from
Lyttelton for Pegasus Bay to look for the wreckage
of an aircraft reported to have ditched into
the sea near Amberley Beach, north of Christchurch.
At the request of the Civil Aviation Authority, KIWI,
under the command of LTCDR Drew RNZNVR,
used her Side Scan Sonar to look for contacts on
the sea floor in an attempt to locate any wreckage
from the missing aircraft. In the event the search
proved unsuccessful after divers confirmed various
contacts as rocks, and the aircraft wreckage
was not found.
The operation was conducted at very short
notice, but illustrated the responsiveness of the
RNZNVR personnel and the capability of KIWI with
her MCM equipment.
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A: WOYS D Carroll (who
received a Clasp to his
LS&GCM) with his wife
Bernie Carroll.
B: LT CDR Fincham (NZAFA)
and his wife Joan Burgess.
C: GSH Valerie Alder
(LS&GCM) (front right),
Queeny Armstrong
(LS&GCM) centre, and their
friends.
D: GSH Lynda Edwards
(LS&GCM) with her sisters.
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E: SLT Kerry Cameron recieves her NZOSM .
F: CPOCA Stephen Lock recieves his NZGSM.
G: CPOSCS Manuel Seymour recieves his
LS&GC medal.
Photos SGT Chris Hillock, NPU
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SPIRIT OF NEW ZEALAND motors out of
Auckland Harbour with Midshipmen of
JOCT 02/05 manning the yards. Photo ©
Oceanphotography
Because of the
demands on the Navy’s
own ships, this year
the Officer Training
School is utilising the
sail training ship SPIRIT
OF NEW ZEALAND to
give each intake of
Midshipmen their first
sea experience. LTCDR
Andrew Saunderson
RNZN reports…
SEA EXPERIENCE
he Old Way’
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In February this year, JOCT 05/1 went
to sea in the SPIRIT OF NEW ZEALAND
as a trial to determine if a few days
spent aboard could provide a realistic
introduction to ‘life at sea’ for the recentlyjoined
Midshipmen. In addition, with the
requirements of Project Protector and
the need to be ‘Ready from Day One’ this
trial was an important opportunity to assist
Project Gap with another alternative
for providing initial sea training, when
available training capacity in our ships
is limited.
The primary aim of the fi ve day voyage
is to introduce our Midshipmen to
leadership, acting both as the leader and
as a team member, utilising real-time
maritime-based evolutions.
MID Matthew Stephens commented
that “the time spent in the SPIRIT was
extremely valuable in the development of
my leadership skills - before my adventure
in the SPIRIT, the situations in which I had
to act as a leader were neither intense
nor stressful.”
The other aim was to acquaint the
trainees with the seagoing environment
and naval daily sea routines. Surprisingly,
many young officers joining the Navy have
little experience of the sea and have to
develop from scratch the maritime skills
and ‘sea sense’ that epitomises our difference
from Army and Air. On the flipside,
some nine Midshipmen and four of the
staff of the OTS had previously undertaken
a SPIRIT OF NEW ZEALAND voyage
before they had joined the Navy.
Royalist and Bellona Divisions with
their respective Divisional Offi cers were
accommodated in the two forward mess
decks which each have 21 basic pipebunks
stacked three high – not unlike
S P I R I T O F N E W Z E A L A N D
The Sail Training Ship SPIRIT OF NEW ZEALAND is
operated by the Spirit of Adventure Trust. The trust
was established in 1972 to offer equal opportunity
to young New Zealanders to gain qualities of independence,
leadership and community spirit through
the medium of the sea.
SPIRIT OF NEW ZEALAND is a 45.2 metre barquentine
and was built specifically for sail training in
1986 by Thackwray Yachts Limited and The Spirit
of Adventure Trust. She displaces 224 tonnes and
has a draft of 4 metres.
‘SPIRIT’ carries 14 sails totalling 724.2 square
metres over three masts, of which the tallest is the
main mast and is 31.3 metres to the deck. When not
under sail, the ship is powered by a 250 hp Gardner
diesel and has a bow-thruster for manoeuvring. The
ship has a top speed of 9 knots under power and 14
knots under sail.
a mess deck onboard a
ship. MID Sarah Jardine
noted that “as a leader
you need to know what
makes your team tick…
People respond in different
ways. Some work
through encouragement,
some through getting
yelled at, others only
need self-motivation to
get something done.”
During the voyage the
two divisions were split
into watches and parts of
ship to provide a realistic
simulation of naval shipboard
life. Trainees wore
general-purpose seagoing
coveralls and sea
boots for the voyage and
conducted colours and
sunset each day. A typical
naval daily sea routine
was conducted each day,
to provide all Midshipmen
with lots of opportunities
to experience the naval
approach to shipboard
life at sea:
• motoring, sailing and
anchor watches
• coming to and weighing
anchor
• man-overboard drills.
Evolutions onboard:
• evening rounds,
• boat drills,
• emergency stations
• and even ‘hands to bathe’ (every morning
after PT at 0600)
In addition, there was the frequent
evolution of raising and lowering
canvas –this is of course
unknown in today’s Navy, but
was undertaken with fervour
and in the spirit of Cook, Nelson
and mariners past.
MID Lorna Gray commented
“I found it really interesting
observing other OIC’s ways
of coping (or not coping) with
team members. For those
whom I thought performed well
constant communication was
a key factor. So even observing
others made me aware
of what can make or break
leadership”
Daily cleaning stations
were undertaken, and many
comments were made by our
Midshipmen about the quantity
of bright-work onboard
the SPIRIT! But they did well
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In mid-August, after completing a tramp in the Kaimai
Ranges and their Basic Seamanship course, 26 Midshipmen
of JOCT 05/02 joined the sail training ship SPIRIT OF NEW
ZEALAND for a few days at sea ‘the old way’. Their course,
the second Junior Officer Common Training course this year,
follows the new programme [see NT 99 May 05] including
undertaking their first sea experience under sail .
After their voyage last month, JOCT 05/02 headed back up
to Whangaparaoa Training Centre for weapons and military
skills training as well as enduring kit musters, Rounds and the
training mess dinner to complete Phase 1 of their training.
Next month they will be joined by two CFR Midshipmen; their
Passing Out Parade is due to take place on 9 December - it
will be a combined graduation parade with BCT 05/03.
- the SPIRIT’s permanent crew were very
complimentary of the quality of cleaning
stations achieved and suggested that
JOCT would be ‘welcome back anytime
if for nothing more than their ability to
clean the ship’!
MID Chris Longman said “a key point
I picked up from my time onboard the
SPIRIT – awareness. A good leader
needs to be aware of the strengths,
weaknesses and limitations within their
team... a good level of awareness enables
the leader to stay on top of unexpected
developments.”
The five days onboard the SPIRIT
OF NEW ZEALAND provided many opportunities
and challenges to our new
Midshipmen. They were able to gain an
appreciation of life at sea and they were
physically and mentally challenged by
the evolutions conducted onboard both
as team leaders and team members.
The voyage was a success and as well
as JOCT05/02, voyages in the SPIRIT are
planned for JOCT during 2006.
Meanwhile since their graduation in
June, JOCT 05/01 have ‘bomb burst’
throughout the Navy, some are undertaking
their Grade 3 OOW course, others
have gone to sea postings and a few on
to university.
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KOSOVO
A KIWI NAVAL OFFICER’S EXPERIENCE
CDR Andrew Brown recently returned from Kosovo, where
he was a UN Military Liaison Officer, working alongside
NATO forces which are responsible for security in that
region. He spoke to the Editor after his return to NZ.
I
served in the United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK)
from 27 Dec 2004 until early July this year; I replaced an
Army offi cer in the post and LTCOL Jim Blackewell relieved
me. I had previously had some experience in land force
operations, serving in CANTERBURY when the Truce Monitoring
Team was established in Bougainville, but this was my
fi rst exposure to a land force mission of this size.
Kosovo is a province of Serbia but has a high proportion of
Kosovo-Albanians in its population. In the 1990s, after the
other various Balkan wars, Serbia shifted its focus to ‘reclaim’
Kosovo fi rst by legislation (changing leadership in public/local
government etc) and fi nally by sending in the Serbian Army and
Special Forces in the late 1990s. As a result many Kosovo-
Albanian refugees fl ed to Albania or into Macedonia, while the
Kosovo Liberation Army began a guerrilla-style resistance, which
quickly became a civil war. By late 1998 various massacres
and atrocities were reported on both sides - NATO intervened
(which paradoxically lead to an increase in Serb atrocities) and
undertook a bombing campaign which, after much controversy,
led to the withdrawal of the Serb Forces and NATO ground
forces moved in.
A Security Council mandate in 1999 authorised the UN Secretary
General to administer and ‘regenerate’ Kosovo, while
NATO forces were authorized to remain in place for security and
stability. The NATO force is known as Kosovo Force (KFOR), it
includes about 16,500 troops including helicopter units.
Thus two command structures (UN and NATO) work alongside
each other, one answering to New York and the other to
Brussels. A considerable level of liaison is required between
the two.
The UN structure in Kosovo has four ‘pillars’ or departments:
• Law and Order (NATO forces and Police training & supervision)
• Civilian Administration (to actually run the province)
• Institution Building (led by the Organisation for Security and
Cooperation in Europe (OSCE))
• Reconstruction and Regeneration (led by the European
Union)
The senior UN offi cial in Kosovo is the Senior Representative
of the Secretary General (SRSG). He is located in the UN HQ
in Pristina, the largest city in Kosovo. Working directly for him
within the Offi ce of the SRSG was the Chief Military Liaison Offi
cer (CMLO) with 36 Military Liaison Offi cers (MLOs) throughout
Kosovo. As MLOs wearing Blue Berets (ie working for the UN) we
were a source of independent military advice to the SRSG.
My role was on the staff of the CMLO – who had a Chief of
Staff, an Ops Offi cer, an Info Offi cer (me), and his immediate
personal/administration staff – driver, etc. As the Information
Offi cer I gave the CMLO and his staff regular briefi ngs and kept
the CMLO aware on a 24/7 basis of the security-related issues
in the mission.
There were 30 MLOs spread over Kosovo in fi ve teams, each
team operating independently, liaising with the NATO brigades
and local UN staff. They gathered the situational picture on a
daily basis – sometimes hourly if events were changing rapidly
- and fed it into the HQ. Weekly and monthly we reported
to New York. There was a need to give feedback to the MLO
teams and I used to go out to the various regions as much as
possible to do this.
Kosovo is only about the size of the Waikato. It has been a
cross-roads of race and religion through the centuries – Ottomans,
Austrians, Slavs…and more. The population is assessed
as about 2 ½ million; 85% are Kosovo-Albanian, with the majority
of the remainder being Kosovo-Serbs. Kosovo is still part of
Serbia and it has little in the way of modern infrastructure and
much was damaged during the war.
After the confl ict Kosovo-Albanians returned in their thousands
and took up residence throughout Kosovo, in some cases
illegally occupying land or property throughout the province. To
the north of the Ibar River there are three large municipalities
which are almost 100% Serbian, while pockets of Serbs are
elsewhere in the province. There are still inter-ethnic incidents
throughout Kosovo although it is very easy to confuse common
criminality with inter-ethnic political violence.
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R N Z N P E A C E K E E P E R S
The Kosovo-Albanians
very much appreciate
what NATO
(which they immediately
identify as ‘the USA’)
has achieved for them.
Streets have been renamed
after President
Clinton and (former)
Secretary of State
Madeline Albright. The
Kosovo-Albanians have
aspirations for independence
from Serbia
and in March 2004
when they thought their
aspirations for statehood
were being stymied
there was a large
escalation in violence
and 19 Kosovans were
killed. This gave fresh
momentum to the UN
and the Provisional Institutions
of Self Government
(PISG), which
work in parallel to the UN civil administration.
The UN goal and the focus of the mission during 2005 is to
have the PISG prove they can run a stable administration and be
ready to negotiate with Belgrade for the future status of Kosovo.
This is the key point, as it seemed to me that the majority of
the Kosovo-Albanians believe this means ‘independence,’ but
this is far from the fact and there is much negotiation required
before ‘status’ is settled
During my tour I had a great opportunity to observe the effectiveness
of the military presence. In my opinion Kosovo is
a good example of NATO’s new post-Cold War role and focus.
The NATO forces in the province are in a peacekeeping role,
but when they fi rst rumbled into Kosovo they were ‘peacemaking’.
I found that a lot of the countries contributing to the NATO
presence struggled to differentiate between the two roles and
I witnessed a number of occasions where equipment, training,
ROE, and tactics were more geared up for ‘peacemaking’ rather
than ‘peacekeeping’.
The UNMIK Police focus is on crime and ethnic strife, and is
responsible for training and establishing a Kosovo Police Service.
As the mission has progressed the role of the police has
increased and the role of the military presence reduced requiring
very close coordination between the two authorities.
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
(ICTY) continues to investigate incidents from the Balkan
wars, some Kosovo-Albanians have been indicted for alleged
crimes in the 98-99 confl ict. During my tour the head of the
PISG, ie ‘Prime Minister’ of Kosovo, was indicted by the ICTY,
which created quite a reaction from the Kosovans. The UN
and KFOR were well prepared for civil disturbances related to
this arrest and had learnt some lessons from the March 2004
experiences.
Unemployment is a major problem - in some areas there is
up to 85% unemployment, which results in crime and neighborhood
confl ict. Many internal issues had security implications
– just one example: the electricity system is run by a private
company brought in by the EU. When they sought to solve bad
debts among consumers, they eventually cut some non-payers
off. As it happened those customers were mostly Serbs
CDR Andrew Br own
RNZN appreciating good
boots and warm socks in
Kosovo early in 2005.
– hence this commercial action led directly to interethnic/political
violence.
For me, the 6 months fl ew by; we worked 24/7, everyone in
the staff was there and everyone was focused. Things seem
to happen very fast and you seemed to be able to get an awful
lot done in a very short period of time.
Professionally I was very pleased and impressed that my
overall naval training enabled me to adapt so quickly to a landforce,
multi-national environment. I had to acquaint myself with
land force terms and concepts, but I was able to understand
and adjust very quickly. I worked directly for the CMLO and we
were working at the operational, tactical and strategic levels.
Working with people from 25 countries was very enjoyable - the
multi-national aspects were a great experience.
I lived locally, not in a military camp. There were a few security
issues, but it meant I was also more engaged with the local
people. I had to go shopping; I would go along and point… say
‘please’ and ‘thank you’ plus a big Kiwi smile! I did learn a
little Albanian, while many of the younger people spoke some
English. I did much of my own cooking (buying cooked food in
restaurants or roadside stalls we had to be wary about hygiene
and health). Also we could eat in the NATO or UN camps where
food was brought in from Greece and was reliable. I had never
experienced such a deep intense winter – living in heavy and
persistent snow I found the NZDF ‘extreme cold weather’ equipment
very effective.
I took some leave ‘out of mission’ and chose to go to Serbia
and Bulgaria to experience the Balkans from ‘the other side’.
In the Balkans they have a pretty tough society with a distinctive
culture of their own - they really do have a different way of
thinking. Countries such as Serbia and Bulgaria have seen the
benefi ts of the ‘new’ EU; they look to the examples of Hungary
and Poland and now they are trying to earn their future place
in the EU.
This posting was a highlight in my 26-year career as a naval
engineer. In the Navy we have very good generic skills, I proved
I could go from being a naval engineer to work and achieve
equally alongside international counterparts in a military staff
in Kosovo.
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The NZDF students outside the First Infantry Regiment
HQ in Ho Chi Minh City.
DEFENCE STAFF COLLEGE
TOURING
THAILAND & VIETNAM
Three naval officers were
students on the NZDF
Command and Staff
College Overseas Study
Tour during August.
SQNLDR Sue Connolly
RNZAF reports…
NZDF Staff Course is one
of the most rewarding courses
that I have been on’ says
‘The
LTCDR Dave Fairweather.
‘While it is hard work, it does take you
a step further from the operational level
to a wider strategic view point. It allows
you to understand the wider diplomatic
purpose of the NZDF for New Zealand.’
This was highlighted for all three Navy
course members, LTCDR Fairweather
and LTCDRs Tim Oliver and Leon Bennett,
during their recent Overseas Study
Tour (OST) to Thailand and Vietnam. The
OST is part of the Strategic Studies and
International Relations syllabus at the
Command and Staff College. The annual
tour itself also makes a direct contribution
to the NZDF output of Defence
Diplomacy in the Asia Pacifi c Region.
The students gain a fi rst hand impression
of the countries visited and an
appreciation of the economic, political,
security and cultural environments in
each country. One highlight was the
opportunity to be briefed on board the
Royal Thai Navy’s aircraft carrier during
their visit to the Satthahip Naval Base
in Thailand. The aircraft carrier is the
fl agship of the RTN and is in pristine
condition, their great pride in it was
obvious. After the briefi ng the OST rode
the aircraft lift to get to the upper deck
- a good opportunity for a walk around
and a few photos.
The visit to Hellfi re Pass in Southern
Thailand was a moving experience
for many of the OST. During WWII the
Japanese constructed a railway through
jungle and mountain from Bampong in
Thailand to Thanbyuzaryat in Burma,
using a multi-national workforce of
some 250,000 Asian labourers and
over 60,000 prisoners of war. Hellfi re
Pass gained it name from the fl ickering
bonfi re light on the emaciated workers.
Twenty percent of the 60,000 POWs who
worked on the railway died due to lack of
food, inadequate medical facilities and
brutal treatment from their guards.
Another war was recalled by the OST’s
visit to the Reunifi cation Hall in Ho Chi
Minh City, Vietnam. On 30 April 1975 a
North Vietnamese tank crashed through
the front gate, marking the end of the
Vietnam War. For the NZDF students this
visit was an opportunity to look at history
from the Vietnamese perspective.
Overall the OST was highly successful
with a number of interesting, open and
informative briefs and visits, while offi
cials from both countries said they are
looking forward to the upcoming visits
by TE MANA next year.
LEFT: LTCDR Bill Spence (Directing
Staff) and Dave Fairweather
with Michael Bartleet and Haidi
Willmot on the deck of the Thai
aircraft carrier.
BELOW: LTCDRs Leon Bennett,
Dave Fairweather, Bill Spence
and Tim Oliver with CDRE Bruce
Pepperell in front of a Vietnamese
tank at the reunification Hall
in Ho Chi Minh City.
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J O I N T F O R C E S
WAIOURU!
NAVY INVADES
Staff and students of the Army Intermediate Logistics
Course; LTCDR Mace is back row 4th from
r, SLT Gore is back row 2nd from r, LT McKenzie is
front row far right.
By LTCDR Justin Mace RNZN
It shouldn’t be hard to get lost in
Waiouru, but it did prove so for three
naval offi cers to fi nd the main gate
into the Camp! We attended the NZ
Army Intermediate Logistic Operations
course over the period 16 May to 1
July. The course is designed to develop
competency in operating within a multifunctional
logistics environment at both
the tactical and operational levels in
peace and war.
I was on the course as the Supply
Offi cer-designate in preparation for the
Multi-Role Vessel; LT Paula McKenzie
and SLT Tim Gore RNZN are both posted
to HQJFNZ and attended the course as
part of their professional education.
For my part, the course was a great
way to get an overview of how the NZ
Army provides logistic support for land
units up to Brigade size. The MRV is
designed to transport a motorised
Company, which is a lot smaller than a
Brigade, but the principles are the same,
and the knowledge that I gained on the
course will allow me to understand the
Army’s methods of logistic support for a
land force from the sea.
The course is for Army LT to CAPT
(equals SLT to LT) so as a LTCDR things
such as leading a group and giving presentations
were easy, but on the other
hand it wasn’t as easy as I thought when
my practical knowledge was lacking.
What I liked were the practical exercises
and exams that backed up the
theoretical knowledge. ‘TEWTs’ are
Tactical Exercises Without Troops; they
involve being given a problem and four
hours to resolve it. At the end you have
to give a 15 minute presentation complete
with maps marked up with NATO
map symbols, and the Combat Service
Support Matrix completed. A member of
the Directing Staff then spends 15-20
minutes questioning you on your plan.
My thanks to the Land Operations
Training Centre for accepting three Navy
students on the course and the Directing
Staff and students who worked around
the rank and experience levels of the
Navy students and offered extra help
when needed.
SLT TIMOTHY GORE RNZN:
Having come into this course only really
knowing the Army wear green, there
was a steep learning curve and cold
weather waiting for me in the tundra
that is Waiouru! However, after learning
all the symbology and abbreviations that
the Army use, coupled with the friendly
help of our course mates the task of
getting through the 7 weeks become
less daunting. My two goals were to
learn as much about the Army logistic
supply process as possible (to aid in my
future posting to JFHQ) and to network
with Army Offi cers who will parallel my
service during their careers.
I can confi dently say I was able to accomplish
both goals and I look forward
to developing my new contacts to benefi t
the Navy and Joint Forces. The ability
for Navy to participate in courses such
as this and represent ourselves well
will stand our service in good stead for
future joint operations. Those from the
Army I worked with have become good
friends and I greatly look forward to the
opportunity to serve with them again on
land or sea.
LT PAULA MCKENZIE RNZN:
Having been posted to HQ JFNZ since
November 04 it was time I went to see
how and why the Army does its business
the way they do. The Intermediate Log
Ops Course was the perfect opportunity
to do this. After a few days, it became
apparent that the ‘Pusser’s Credit Card’
method of logistics doesn’t work so well
for an army - unlike a ship with 28 days of
supplies onboard and a provedore waiting
at each port. When the Army deploys
they rely on their logisticians to resupply
them every day in theatre.
One of the biggest hurdles to get over
was the language barrier; Army-speak is
a new language! We were soon indoctrinated,
however, and at one point I even
managed to impress the Directing Staff
with my use of Army acronyms during a
TEWT. But the highlight of the course for
me was the looks of awe on the other
course members’ faces during LTCDR
Mace’s brief on RNZN Logistics. I think
some of the young Army Offi cers are seriously
considering a change of service
after seeing the Project Protector fl eet!
Although the course was hard work,
we managed to fi nd the time to network
with our course mates (future contacts
for ‘BRODEMS’!)
I’d also like to thank the DS and the
course members. I highly recommend
this course to any Junior Supply Offi cer,
particularly if you are to work in a Joint
environment.
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WINGS
NAVAL AVIATOR
A/LT Ben Till RNZN was awarded his wings on 26 May.
Now, he is undertaking the helicopter conversion
course on the Sioux helicopter. Next month he will
start the Iroquois conversion phase, fl ying the UH-1H
helicopters at Ohakea; this phase will continue until July 06.
“Once operational on the Iroquois I will remain based at
Ohakea operating with the Air Force until the end of 2007,
gaining experience on type operating with the Army, on SAR
duties and undertaking Night Vision Goggle ops, carrying loads
and winching. Then I will shift to Whenuapai to commence
Seasprite conversion; on completion of ‘Sprite conversion I
can expect to get to sea.”
For Ben, the high points of his fl ight training include low-level
tactical fl ying in the Beech Kingair, formation and ‘tail chases’
in the CT4E. He says the low points were the constant pressure
and workload, “especially when your friends are getting
chopped off course around you.”
“Currently my fellow naval aviators are SLT Trotter - on the junior
Airtrainer Basic Course (ABC) - and MID Roderick - halfway
through on the senior ABC. They will spend 12 months on the
ABC then, surviving that, another six months on the Advanced
Phase of the Wings course fl ying the Multi Engine Kingair.”
The Kingair means a leap from single engine, hands and feet
type fl ying at a max speed of 209kts to the massive increase in
system operating on the Kingair at about twice the speed (up
to around 300 knots true airspeed or .52mach).
“The Wings course requires us to fl y about 150 sorties, of
which all are assessed - we are allowed to fail only 2, before
being chopped if there is a third failure. We also had 12 ‘Phase
Test’ fl ights and we are allowed a re-sit only once. The course
also includes about 18 ground exams with a required 80%
pass mark, which are sat concurrently with fl ying. It was not
uncommon to have more than two Phase Test fl ights and a
ground exam in the same week.”
“During my Wings course my family saw me probably only half
a dozen times, although they were my major support network,
as I was the only Navy person on course.”
Prime Minister Helen Clark pins on Ben’s Wings. OH 05-0257-02 TOP: A/LT Ben Till
RNZN leads his flight on parade at the Wings Parade last May. OH 05-0257-09
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J O I N T F O R C E S
PROGRESS WITH
PERSONNEL TEAM PHONE EMAIL
LT Stephen Goble Organisational Change Managemen 393 8015 Stephen.Goble@nzdf.mil.nz
WOWM Rock Hudson Product Data Management 393 8016 Don.Hudson@nzdf.mil.nz
CPOET Patrick Ahipene Product Data Management 393 8023 Patrick.Ahipene@nzdf.mil.nz
CPOMT(P) Stuart Junge Product Data Management 393 8024 Stuart.Junge@nzdf.mil.nz
By LT Stephen Goble RNZN
Programme JEMS (Joint Engineering Management
System) is a programme of project initiatives to produce
a Joint Engineering Management System which
will provide the NZDF with an integrated engineering
solution using SAP software. Given that the NZDF is using SAP
software for Finance and Inventory management, why not use
SAP for Engineering, and in doing so providing the NZDF with
a one stop integrated engineering solution?
Programme JEMS kicked off with Project JEMS¹, which
investigated and scoped the feasibility of the one stop integrated
engineering solution concept. Project JEMS² developed
detailed Service requirements. Project JEMS³ will provide the
NZDF with an integrated engineering solution.
The JEMS³ team currently consists of 28 personnel based
in Hobsonville (more may join as JEMS³ gets closer to the
implementation date. Our team consists of uniformed staff
and civilians from all three Services, and external contractors
who bring specialist knowledge into the project mix.
What does JEMS³ mean for Navy?
Current Project Tracker users will have a new and improved
tool for managing confi guration management with the RNZN.
All 265 personnel that either use or provide input into Project
Tracker will be trained with the JEMS³ solution before Project
Tracker is turned off.
The JEMS³ solution will require users to become profi cient
with SAP via a SAP introductory module and once SAP profi
ciency is achieved specifi c application training will provide
the required skills and knowledge to drive the JEMS³ solution
with confi dence.
What is Navy’s involvement in Project JEMS 3 ?
Mr Nick Cook (an ex-Stoker) has been progressing the RNZN’s
needs from day one. Nick designed and created the current
Project Tracker confi guration management tool. Nick is effectively
orchestrating the ‘pouring’ of Project Tracker into SAP.
During Project JEMS³ a few extra hands have come onboard
namely;
WOWM Rock Hudson
Rock is crafting the repository to hold all of the engineering
confi gurable items (functional locations and equipments) available
within the RNZN.
CPOET Patrick Ahipene
Patrick is shaping the migration of information from Project
Tracker and AMPS into the JEMS3 solution.
CPOMT(P) Stuart Junge
Stuart will design and provide instruction for current Project
Tracker users on the JEMS³ solution prior to it going live.
LT Stephen Goble
I am involved with Organisational Change Management (OCM)
which will prepare Navy for the JEMS solution. OCM includes
completing a Service Impact assessment, implementation
strategy, identifying the personnel that will be affected by the
change, communicating the change that will be occurring to
all personnel affected, and to formally introduce the JEMS
solution into service.
CAPT John Tucker, CDR Peter Sullivan and Mr Tom
Rae have and continue to support the naval effort at Project
JEMS³.
What Happens Next?
A series of briefs and communiqués will follow from Project
JEMS³ to those personnel affected by the change arising from
the introduction of the JEMS³ solution into the RNZN. If you
would like more information, please feel free to contact any
of the team and\or visit the Project JEMS³ intranet site at
http://projectjems/.
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NAVY’S
SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP
WITH NORTH SHORE CITY
On 4 August the Chief of Navy
RA David Ledson and the
Mayor of North Shore City
George Wood signed a Memorandum
of Understanding between the
North Shore City Council and the RNZN.
The MOU demonstrates the developing
partnerships between the two organisations
and builds on existing joint projects
to provide greater focus on issues of
mutual interest.
“The home of the Navy is at Devonport
in North Shore City. This is why
we have on the main gate to the Naval
Base ‘Te Kainga o Te Taua Moana’. So
it is not surprising that one of our most
important community relationships is
with the people of the North Shore and
with the North Shore City Council,” said
RA Ledson. “The special relationship
the Navy has with the Shore community
stretches back over many years. While
our relationship has had its ups and
downs, this document reflects the reality
that the future of the North Shore and
of the Navy are inextricably linked. From
the Navy’s perspective the MOU gives
effect to the ‘we want to move together
into the future together’ element of our
relationship and is a clear and public
signal about our commitment to work
together with the Council, not only to the
benefit of each of us, but to the benefit
of the North Shore community in which
the Navy works and in which so many of
our Sailors live.”
The Mayor, George Wood, explained
that “North Shore City is growing and
thriving and one of our great assets is
the Naval Base at Devonport. The RNZN
has been part of the North Shore community
for well over 100 years and has
contributed an immeasurable amount to
the social, cultural and economic fabric
of the City. We have always had a good
CAPT Homes, CN, Mayor George Wood, John
Brockies and Deputy Mayor Dianne Hale after
the signing of the MoU between the Navy and
the City. MC 05-0361-06
and respectful working relationship with
the Navy and this cements our commitment
to an even closer relationship in the
future for the benefit of our communities
and the progress of our City. As two of the
biggest employers here this is a significant
and extremely positive development.”
KAURI POINT
By Colin Selfe Facilities Supervisor,
RNZAD Kauri Point
The Kauri Point Naval Armament Depot’s relationship with its
neighbours has been strengthened in recent years by the Navy’s
membership of two groups:
the Uruamo Joint Environmental Advisory Committee (UJEAC)
the Uruamo Ecological Society (UES).
Six years ago a local councillor suggested the creation of a group of
land owners and managers who all share boundaries on the Uruamo
headland west of the harbour bridge – this became UJEAC.
RNZAD Kauri Point is bordered to the south by Kauri Point Centennial
Park and to the north by Kauri Point Domain, so the original
group included representatives from North Shore City Council, the
Navy and the Chelsea Sugar Refinery (which is on the south side of
KP Centennial Park and closest to the bridge). This group shares
information on plant and animal pest control, re-aforestation and,
importantly, shares arrangements for public access to this unique
environment.
The early initiatives continue and have been developed with the
establishment of UES whose main focus for environmental restoration
is the Domain, while an existing trust looks after the interests
of KP Centennial Park. Reports on archaeological sites and the
flora and fauna have been funded by DoC, the NSCC and other
interested parties.
Currently a proposal to augment the RNZNAD fence with predatorcontrol
fencing is being investigated – if completed this would allow
the Depot to become a ‘mainland island’. From this concept comes
the present working title for the headlands ecological restoration,
the Waitemata Coastal Sanctuary Project.
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THE NAVY’S NEW
MOTELS
F R I E N D S & F A M I L Y
By CPOWT Wayne Matheson
For the last three years I have
been the Navy Motel Manager
working in PHILOMEL. The
Trustees of the Navy’s Central
Fund had made the decision to sell our
Paihia motel in February 2004. Paihia
had a poor occupancy rate, particularly
in the winter months, and proved costly
to run.
The Trustees’ plan was to sell Paihia,
then buy 4-5 units in Taupo in line with
the desires identifi ed by the Navy Motels
survey, conducted in 2000. (The
outcome of the motel survey was that
more motel units were needed, and
in desirable locations - Taupo and Mt
Maunganui). In June 2004 the sale went
through for the Paihia motels.
The plan was to purchase fi ve units
in Taupo and five units at Mt Maunganui.
Even before the Paihia sale was
complete, a Project team was briefed to
grade all the potential options in Taupo
- dozens were considered and narrowed
down to three. However, one had a body
corporate that was costly and restrictive,
another turned out to be an undesirable
location and the third option, though
brand new, when checked out by NLFG
fell into a high-risk ‘leaky building syndrome’
category due to the materials
and design.
Then we learned of a new development
called ‘The Circle’. It had the ‘wow
factor’ and fi tted the vision, however the
price was higher. The sale of Paihia did
not cover what was required, so with a
suitable option now identifi ed in Taupo
the Trustees decided to sell our existing
motel at the Mount.
This did not go down well with the
majority of the Navy Motel customers
(including myself). Critical letters were
sent to CN. Two ex-matelots (who had
worked on the docks during the Watersiders’
strike back in the 50s; the
money from that work helped start the
Navy’s Central Fund that purchased the
Mount motel in the fi rst place) came
in specially to ask “why did you sell
those motels?”
So here are some key facts about the
Central Fund and the Mount:
• Through no fault of any one person,
the Mount motels (Harbour Lights)
holiday accommodation started to slip
from a top-notch place to run-down batch
accommodation. New regulations and
maintenance costs were starting to eat
heavily into keeping the place running,
even after a tariff rise.
• Could we have bowled the Harbour
Lights and rebuilt? No – no funds were
available.
• Could we have built on an extra unit at
the back? Yes, but no funds would have
been available for Taupo.
To achieve our goal the money had to
come from somewhere. So selling the
Name the New Motels!
A competition to name the new Taupo
motels. The name is to be for the whole
complex, i.e. all four units. Any suggestions
considered, however, a name
that identifies the location of the place
would be helpful.
* Emailed your entr y to johnny.
townsend@nzdf.mil.nz.
* Competition closes 14 October
2005.
You may enter as many times as you
like, one prize only: a free weekend at
the new Navy Taupo motel, a meal for
two with a bottle of wine and a $50
petrol voucher.
Harbour Lights, which is on a highly-valued
section, gave the Central Fund the
extra fi nances. The Central Fund is not
‘taxpayers’ money’. Its main sources of
income are the AFCC at PHILOMEL, interest
from investments, and contributions
from some of the ships’ own canteens.
The CF cannot take a loan out with any
fi nancial institution.
With Harbour Lights on the market
the Project team was sent to Mount
Maunganui to find another complex.
At this stage we are looking at several
options in the Mount, all of which are
a few streets back from the beach but
still within easy walking distance to the
hot pools, shops and beaches. Although
these plans are still only on paper, the
Motels Committee and the Project team
have learnt plenty from their experiences
in Taupo. We are determined that the
future Mt Maunganui motels will be even
better - it may take a bit longer, but every
effort is being made to get Navy motels
back at the Mount.
Meantime I am confi dent that our new
Taupo motels will become very soughtafter.
The new units are a block of four 3
bedroom units with views of Lake Taupo.
They will have all ‘mod cons’, including
a dishwasher, three toilets, two bathrooms,
underfl oor tile heating, doubleglazed
windows, gas heating upstairs
and electric wall panels downstairs in
the bedrooms. Each unit has its own
backyard and all four overlook a large
grassed area with a playground complex
at one end. My job is to furnish the units
- the furniture will be brand new and of
a good practical standard.
Just over an hour drive to the ski fi elds
and only minutes to all the other attractions,
the Taupo motels will be a real winner.
NOTE: CPOMT(P) Johnny Townsend is the new Motel
and Amenities Manager, Ph 09 445 5131.
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Afghanistan. Last month CAPT John Martin RNZN (far l) and LTCDR Tony McCall RNZN (r rear) accompanied
CDF (front r) and MGEN Lou Gardiner (in sun glasses at back centre) during a policymakers’ visit to the
NZPRT in Bamiyan. Also in the group standing by a wrecked Soviet ZU-23mm AA gun, are: (l to r) Police
Superintendent Graeme Cairns, COL Quentin Flowers (ADF), Helen Presland NZ MoD (front) and Police
Deputy Commissioner Steve Long (front r). WN 05-0200-04
LTCDR Matt Williams with his wife Claire and his mother, Joyce Williams, after his graduation this winter
with a Bachelor of Business Studies, majoring in Valuation and Property Management. Matt reports his
studies have given him a much better understanding of wider business processes, particularly finance and
cost/benefit analysis. He used the VESA system to facilitate his studies.
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O U R P E O P L E
LTCDR Mark Morgan stepped ashore earlier this year after
serving as EO of ENDEAVOUR. During his time the main engine
exhaust valves had been temperamental, so he was given one
in case he needs a paperweight in his present job as Deputy
Fleet Marine Engineer Officer.
LT Evan Nind was presented with his commissioning parchment at PHILOMEL in July and his partner
Jenni Rocard & son Connor were with him.
LT Iain Phillips of TE MANA was embraced by his parents Ken
and Liz when TE MANA returned on 21 July. NT apologises for
sending the wrong son home in Issue 102.
Naval Wedding. LTCDR Zoe Rose and LTCDR Mark Chadwick were married in Queenstown recently,
their wedding party was (l to r): Hannah Pudney, Ella Pudney, LTCDR Zoë Rose, LTCDR Mark Chadwick,
LEUT Shona Muir RAN, LTCDR Martin Walker, Lucy Rose, LTCDR Dave Casey and Ant Carter. Zoe and
Mark are now back at work as part of the RNZN team in Western Australia.
CAPT Clive Holmes, CO of PHILOMEL, shakes hands with Mr
John Brockies (Chief Executive North Shore City) after they have
signed the Memorandum of Understanding between North Shore
City Council and the Navy (see page 22). MC 05-0361-05
TV Star - LT Fiona Jamieson was interviewed on camera after TE MANA returned from Op Cutlass I.
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THE
NAVAL
PATROL
FORCE
The Inshore Patrol Craft MOA at
anchor in the Hauraki Gulf.
THE MIGHTY MOA
By LT Mike Peebles RNZN
MOA started the month of August
with the completion of
her fi nal SRA. This included
a splash of new paint and a
complete overhaul of her main engines
with many small alterations to keep her
going and keep the crew happy for her
fi nal years.
After a successful full power trial, MOA
headed out into the Hauraki Gulf with
five new IPC familiarisation trainees from
various trades onboard for sea training.
Over a period of 4-6 weeks the trainees
have task books to complete with tasks
ranging from tracing the ventilation
through the ship, to becoming swimmer
of the watch for Man Overboard
exercises. This gives Career Managers
an experienced pool of personnel for the
new Protector fl eet and also gives the
trainees a chance to experience life at
sea on a less stable platform in a diverse
range of sea conditions.
The weather was not kind for our fi rst
few days at sea. In an IPC, sea state 3
and 20 knots of wind can be challenging!
After pushing our way through the
so-called ‘roughers’, we arrived in Port
Fitzroy at Great Barrier Island, to the
relief of a number of the crew. Being at
anchor provided us with a more stable
platform for the trainees to conduct
“dry runs” of the day-to-day evolutions
we carry out.
MOA departed Great Barrier Island
the following morning for passage
across to Kawau Island. This time the
day was spent conducting the evolutions
underway, which led to some very wet
people after the boat drills. The next few
days saw us continue to prepare for the
upcoming weekend with the RNZNVR.
That weekend (13-14 August) six VR
personnel from NGAPONA joined for
sea training in the Hauraki Gulf. This
was the fi rst time this had happened
since the RF ‘takeover’ earlier in the
year. The weekend was very successful
[see next page] with MOA’s core
crew providing an excellent learning
platform and enabling the VR personnel
to gain valuable experience and knowledge.
It also provided an opportunity to
get to know the locals better on Kawau
Island, as the majority of the crew ventured
to the Yacht Club to watch the All
Blacks’ match that Saturday.
MOA continued with sea training the
following Monday after re-embarking
our Trainees. We sailed late on 15
August, and with the weather looking
very promising headed for the Mercury
Islands. MOA arrived at Great Mercury
Island in the early evening after a calm,
smooth passage down, which was a
huge change from the week before.
The week was spent basking in the sun
whilst conducting sea training in and
around the Mercury Islands. We fi nally
motored back to DNB on Friday morning,
with a leave and maintenance period
planned before conducting the Grade
3 OOW Course with KAHU and HINAU
in September.
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F L E E T P R O G R E S S
RNZNVR
HMNZS
MOA
ACSS Westbrook and
ASEA Herewini in MOA’s
RIB during the RNZNVR
sea training period.
A ROCKY’S PERSPECTIVE
OSEA Cherie Carbines at the helm.
By OSEA Cherie Carbines
The fi rst mixed weekend trip since
the IPCs were handed over to
the Regular Force Navy. Rockies
ASEA Lance Taylor, ASEA Eddie
Sampson, ASEA Robert Masaberg,
OSEA Dave Agnew and me; OSEA Cherie
Carbines (with CPOSEA Davies as our
trainer) joining the regulars who are now
permanently in MOA. It was odd, the idea
that we would be ‘passengers’ on one of
‘our’ IPCs, but the reality was quite different.
Our time at sea is limited, so it’s
handy to have people on board who are
there to run the ship so that we can get
on with our training.
We headed up to Kawau
Island, and got started as
soon as we were out of
sight of Devonport. A full
day of it, really, and a
major focus was leadership
training for our ABs.
Plenty of exercises, lots
of sea boat training, DC,
anchoring, towing and
time on the helm. The
regular crew managed
to keep themselves occupied
while we ran all
over the place, although
I’m sure they must have
thought we were nuts!
That evening, in the
spirit of ‘One Navy’, we
found a bar to relax and
watch the rugby together.
Sunday was more sea
boat training, shark rifl e
training (many thanks to
POSCS Travers) more time
on the helm, more DC. By
the time we headed back
into Devonport, we really
could say that we had a
full weekend, and that
our task books are fi lling
up quickly!
As to the new company
in MOA – I don’t think
we could have found a
better team for our fi rst
voyage. We were welcome
on board from the start,
and they were most willing
to teach and advise
us. In fact, they all made
very good teachers. As an
exercise in finding how
different the training has
been between the Regulars
and the Rockies, it
was very good – there are
only minor differences. As far as I can
tell the Regulars have had the time to
go through their drills more often than
we do; and repetition teaches the most
effi cient way to get a job done. We were
more than happy to learn from them.
As the fi rst mixed trip on an IPC it
would be fair to say that it was a resounding
success! There was no ‘us
and them’ – everyone mixed in and got
along very well.
New friends made and, most importantly,
the promise that these voyages
- which are now so vital to our training
- can be productive, educational, successful
and fun.
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RESOLUTION’s company mustered on the
fo’c’lse while their ship was off the Kaikoura
coast on a clear and calm winter’s day.
HMNZSRESOLUTION
By LT R K Groube RNZN
RESOLUTION’s company returned
to work on 5 July, following
our Annual Leave period
alongside DNB. We had
a week and a half to prepare for our
deployment to Cook Strait and the Kaikoura
Coast area to continue the Shipping
Lane Two survey.
RESOLUTION departed DNB on 15
July and proceeded sedately to the
Inner Hauraki Gulf. A set of trials
were conducted on the survey system
prior to landing the visiting technicians
ashore and commencing our passage
to the Marlborough Sounds where we
would spent the fi rst week assisting the
Defence Technology Agency (DTA) to
trial some of their equipment. After an
uneventful passage across the Bay of
Plenty and down the Wairarapa Coast,
we proceeded into Pelorous Sound and
to anchor in the vicinity of Tawhitinui
Reach for our DTA task.
Whilst at anchor the opportunity was
taken to send a detachment of personnel
ashore to refurbish a Naval grave
located on a private property at Elmslie
Bay. The grave is for Petty Offi cer Stoker
Robert Brissenden Royal Navy, who was
a member of the 1910 expedition to
Antarctica. He drowned assisting with
a survey of Admiralty Bay in 1912. The
grave has in the past been periodically
maintained by the RNZN and a local family
had contacted the Navy suggesting
some fresh maintenance. SLT I Bradley
led an expedition ashore, they landed
at Elaine Bay and made their way to the
grave site, spending a day refurbishing
the grave.
The embarked DTA scientists carried
on with their tests before we headed
back across the Strait, arriving in Windy
Wellington on 21 July for a weekend
alongside. The wind had whipped up a
fairly unfriendly sea during our crossing
from the Marlborough Sounds, making
the passage a little less comfortable
than wanted.
The DTA container and remainder of
DTA equipment was disembarked following
our arrival alongside, and the most
made of the weekend to prepare for the
commencement of surveying proper the
following week.
RESOLUTION sailed on Monday 26
July and proceeded to conduct calibrations
on the Survey System and Multi-
Beam Echo Sounders in the vicinity of
the wreck of HMS SOUTH SEAS (sunk
in 1941 after a collision with the interisland
steamer – the wreck lies just
to the north east of Point Halswell)
before heading out into the Strait to
continue calibrations. Calibrations were
completed during the evening and we
made our way around Cape Campbell
and started running survey lines on
the survey ground. This was to be the
first substantial survey work we had
conducted in quite some time and the
Hydrographic Branch onboard were
keen to get on with it.
The weather remained fi ne and we
made steady progress throughout the
survey period. Some problems were
experienced with the shallow water
survey system however, requiring us to
run further tests on the survey system,
so we headed back into Wellington
Harbour early on 3 August to conduct
further calibrations over the wreck of
the SOUTH SEAS. Unfortunately diffi culties
persisted and a decision was made
to proceed alongside that afternoon
and try to rectify the problems. We
berthed at Queens Wharf and spent
a quiet weekend alongside. Over the
subsequent weeks we continued the
survey, but we have varied our routine
with visits to Lyttelton and Picton, before
returning to Wellington in the middle of
September.
PO Richard Barron, of Blenheim,
particulary appreciated the visit to his
‘home port’ of Picton – his fi rst ship visit
there since joining the Navy. “Our visit
to Picton was a low key one, primarily
aimed at providing a stand-down for
our ship’s company before heading
back out to the survey ground. Picton
is always a popular visit for RNZN ships
– we enjoyed the warmest welcome,”
commented the CO, CDR Mundy.
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H Y D R O G R A P H I C S U R V E Y F O R C E
APIA
SURVEY OPERATIONS
By SLT T Garvan RNZN
SLT Tim Gar van taking
a bearing from RESOLU-
TION.
The Sounding skiff DIRK
underway, this photo was
taken off Napier, not Apia,
as you can see by their warm
clothing.
A party from RESOLUTION
refurbished the grave of
PO Robert Brissenden, RN,
who died during survey operations
in the Marlborough
Sounds in 1912.
Members of RESOLUTION’s
company were disembarked
to undertake a
survey of Apia Harbour,
Samoa, while the ship was deployed
around the tropical South Pacifi c [see
NT 100 June 05]. The Survey team
consisted of nine personnel, including
RNZN Hydrographic Surveyors, Navy
engineers and technicians and one NZ
Army fi eld engineer. We were based in
Apia from 20 April until 14 May, when
RESOLUTION returned to Apia to recover
the equipment and personnel.
The survey was undertaken using the
Survey Motor Boat ADVENTURE and the
Sounding Skiff DIRK, and the bulk of
the survey time was spent on the water
in Apia harbour. However some periods
of poor weather were spent on related
tasks: collecting and compiling accurate
coastline data using differential GPS,
and collecting seabed samples. Our
team also confirmed the position of
many of the prominent coastal features
in Apia so that they could be represented
accurately on future charts.
Despite the significant amount of
survey work, we were able to fi nd time to
immerse ourselves in the local Samoan
culture. Local Fiafi a nights (Samoan cultural
evenings) provided a great chance
for exposure to Polynesian culture with
some team members taking part on
stage. Although we were based on the
island of Upolu during the period, we
did manage to fi nd time to explore some
of the smaller, less commercialised islands,
and so experience a wider range
of the local culture.
In addition to conducting the survey of
Apia Harbour we were able to assist the
Samoan Police with installing computers
provided by the NZDF. The Samoan
Police are in the process of introducing
a system similar to our administration
system ‘ATLAS’ that will be used to record
crime and arrest data.
RESOLUTION returned to Apia and we
rejoined the ship with our tasks complete
and a number of fond memories
of our stay in Samoa.
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G A L L E Y S L I D E
HMNZS ENDEAVOUR
HOMECOMING 5 AUGUST
LEFT: As ENDEAVOUR approaches her berth
on 5 August, Annaliese, Mikayla and Matthew
Duffy waited for their Dad, the Engineer
Officer, LTCDR Wayne Duffy.
ABOVE: Once alongside, CPOSCS Kevin Stinson
was quick to greet his two children.
BOTTOM LEFT: And the whole family were
there to greet CPOET Damian Baucke, who
stands with his wife Maree.
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F LT E EL T E VP IRS OI OG NR E S S
LOOKING BACK
Now that ENDEAVOUR is alongside
at DNB undergoing an
IMAV, it’s a moment to look
back at some (previously
unreported) highlights:
• Tasmanex and Ocean Protector – we
pumped well over 3000 cubic metres
of fuel to our customer ships, both RAN
and RNZN.
• In April our 17-day passage to Kemaman,
Malaysia - the focus was on training:
damage control, small arms (pistols
and Styer rifl e) fi rst aid, seaboat drills
and many briefi ngs.
• That same month our engineers had
tried to set a record for ‘most work in a
month’ - they repaired our fresh watermaking
Reverse Osmosis plant (nothing
worse than a 17 day passage in the tropics
on water rationing) then we had to
send CPOMT Hathaway over to TE MANA
to assist with a similar problem in their
RO plant. He returned to ENDEAVOUR
with the key parts and the team in our
workshop promptly fi xed the problem
for TE MANA.
• Our first Quick Release Coupling (QRC)
Replenishment at Sea of the deployment
with TE MANA; we discovered that one
of the winch motors had been incorrectly
wired up during the maintenance
period, causing the winch to operate in
reverse! That precluded the QRC RAS,
however the Probe rig was readied within
minutes and fuel successfully passed.
(The problem winch was rewired by the
following day)
• Easter Sunday was a highlight - Divine
service on the fl ight deck, Easter eggs
for all (thanks to the Padres and for a
second helping donated by our friendly
sea-riding MAF offi cer from the last trip,
Mr Whimp). The church pennant fl ying
along with the tactical fl ags for OOW-
MANs made for a colourful fl ag deck!
Overall, during Op Cutlass I ENDEAV-
OUR achieved:
• Nautical miles motored: 27,040
• Total RAS: 45 (includes light jack-stays
and dry hook-ups)
• RAS with fuel passed: 31
• Fuel pumped to customers: 2767
cubic metres
• Fuel received: 100cz (from HMAS
SUCCESS)
(With thanks to LT Jonathon Clarkson
and MID Kiel Wakeham)
Picton firefighters carry out a hose drill.
DAMAGE CONTROL
SCHOOL
The Picton Fire Service attended a familiarisation training week at
the Navy’s Damage Control School during 22 - 26 August. Station
Officer Wayne Wytenburg and his team carried out firefighting and
Damage Control training within the fire training unit and, as well,
undertook leak-stopping within the ship flooding simulators.
As part of the visit the team went onboard ENDEAVOUR for a ship familiarisation
visit and a brief on the tanker, its firefighting installations
and safety arrangements.
The visit enabled both the Navy and the NZ Fire Service to exchange
information and techniques used when dealing with shipborne fires or
floods. The training week was very valuable for the Picton firefightrers
and they considered it to be a success.
The group of Picton firefighters; Station Officer Wayne Wytenberg stands at right.
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A SEARIDER’S TALE
TE MANA’s XO, LTCDR Dave McEwan, observed by LTCDR
Nick Davey (who was sea riding) and CPOSCS Shane Dixon
as the frigate manouvered in Sydney. MC 05-0342-29
HMNZSTEMANA
By Jane Reilly, DNB Photographer
On 17 July I joined 20 tri-Service
personnel in HMNZS TE MANA
for the passage from Sydney
to Auckland. While my fellow
sea-riders were there to experience
‘Sea-familiarisation’ I was aboard to
document life in a frigate (in particular,
to provide photographic evidence of the
apparently elusive creature ‘an offi cer
at work’!)
Our RNZAF flight to Australia was
punctuated by the crew’s gleeful updates
on “the terrible sea state down
there”. One Air Force sea-rider gazing
down at the surging Tasman threw up,
while another laughed at the suggestion
they would require seasick medication
“as it was just like fl ying”.
Upon arrival, after a brief on the
rules, I was shown my berth and then
the heads by the two girls below my top
bunk - who asked if I got seasick. Settled
by noon, there was time for a walk up to
Kings Cross. The boys had been busy in
my absence taking note of every sink
and toilet they passed in case it needed
to be returned to urgently…. it would be
several days before any of us managed
to locate the bridge. Over dinner we
compared messes, the Army exclaiming
“Luxury, Bloody Luxury!” - they had
expected to be sleeping in hammocks
on the Quarterdeck. Those of us who
ended up in the 3rd level messes were
very cramped! We tended to spend most
of our spare time in the Dining and Rec
rooms. My cabin mates, besides calling
me a spaceman, were very friendly and
happily explained their roles and day-today
working of the ship. I also got to hear
some great stories!
It was noted there appeared to be
only one small boat to clamber into. The
safety demo the following morning assured
us that liferafts did exist, the bum
bags did not carry Donald Duck water
wings and you are able to put a plastic
bag over your head safely. The sea riders
then quickly assimilated into the crew
learning about the ship and making
themselves useful where possible.
Time to sail; twice there were “technical
diffi culties” leaving the wharf and the
engineers’ best efforts were thwarted by
the guy who forgot to put the part on the
plane. (Later, under cover of darkness, a
party of engineers was observed allegedly
heading stealthily in the direction
of the Australian dry dock.)
Our hosts entertained themselves
by scaring the sea riders witless with
tales of the voyage from Cairns to
Sydney. “The picnic tables on the
quarterdeck were smashed, a 120kg
pump toppled, various safety equipment
was now missing and the store
compartment full of water.” Gleefully
they informed us it would be much worse
on the way home…by now we were
getting nervous.
Tuesday, and all nervousness was
quickly forgotten as we sailed out of
Sydney Harbour, a wonderful sight
– and a highlight of the trip. Once past
the Heads however, the Tasman took a
toll on our jolly swashbuckling band so
that by Day Two only four of us remained
standing.
With the Tasman well on its way to the
predicted 7 metre waves, the scheduled
Seasprite fl ying and live night-fi ring exercises
were cancelled, but we did observe
the FB10x operating, man overboard,
toxic gas drills and several sea-sick
sailors. An RNZAF Orion joined us for an
exercise and fl ew past providing a photo
opportunity at sunset with Cape Reinga
in the background.
The Ops Room and Machinery Control
Room were pretty high-tech, but I
thought the Bridge would have had more
‘bells and whistles’. But when the ‘high
tech’ dishwasher broke down, the team
on dishwashing duty had to do the lot by
hand! Once in calmer waters the sea-riders
began to emerge. Assisted by the sea
riding MAF offi cer, the crew emptied the
freezers throwing the remaining foreign
produce (veges and fruit from Australia)
overboard. Bob, the MAF officer, said the
NZ products in the freezer did not have
to go overboard as they were returning
to their country of origin. The crew also
offered to empty the beer fridge, which
was stocked with foreign product.
At dawn on the home stretch into
Devonport we said goodbye to the Seasprite
crew and then enjoyed the scenery,
having joined the crew in Procedure
Alpha on deck.
Those of us who weren’t violently ill
enjoyed the experience immensely and
have no reservations about going to sea
again. I didn’t even feel queasy – and
now I am currently doing my Day Skipper
course - so if someone tells me to
go to port or starboard I can head in the
right direction!
Thank you to the crew of TE MANA for
their hospitality and for sharing the many
tales of their adventure up to Russia. All
who disembarked, both crew and sea riders,
had no doubt they had experienced
the trip of a lifetime.
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SEPTEMBER
W W W . N A V Y . M I L . N Z
B O O
M A K
R LA R E T V IPE RW O S
O FF LI CE E R T PT R OA GI NR G IER N SE GS
S
AROUND
THE FLEET
SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 2005
SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 2005
N A V A L C O M B A T F O R C E
OCTOBER
HMNZS TE TE MANA (CDR W R J L Trumper, Cook, RNZN) RNZN)
12-16 Auckland - Preps 01-31 Auckland - SRA
11-17 Auckland - 01-08 Passage
15 Change of Command
Deployment preps 08 Kuantan, Malaysia
16-30 Auckland - SRA
17-20 EEZ patrol & passage 08-17 EXERCISE
20-22 Beecroft Range - EAXA BERSAMA SHIELD
HMNZS 22-24 Sydney TE KAHA (CDR K A Robb RNZN) 17-21 Kuantan
24-31 Passage 21-22 Passage
13-15 Kemaman 01-05 Port Klang
22-30 Singapore
15-27 EX BERSAMA LIMA 05-13 Passage
27-29 Kuantan 13-21 Fleet Base West - SMP
29-30 HMNZS Passage TE KAHA (CDR K A Robb 21-25 RNZN) Fleet Base West
25-28 WAXA - Shakedown
11-20 Auckland - refi t preps
28-31 Bunbury
01-30 Auckland - SRA
21-31 Auckland - SRA
N A V A L S U P P O R T F O R C E
HMNZS ENDEAVOUR CANTERBURY (CDR (CDR D N P Hedgley, W Kempster RNZN) RNZN)
12-16 Harbour Training 01-03 Auckland - PAL
11-14 Timaru
16-19 Auckland 03-05 Deployment Preps
14-15 EEZ patrol & passage
19-23 SATS 05-07 Shakedown
15 Akaroa
23-30 Auckland - PAL / EEZ Patrol
16-21 Lyttelton
07-12 New Plymouth
21-24 EEZ patrol & passage
12-17 EEZ Patrol
24-30 Auckland
17-24 Nelson
31 Decommissioning
24-28 Passage
Ceremony
28-31 Melbourne
N A V A L S U P P O R T F O R C E
H Y D R O G R A P H I C S U R V E Y F O R C E
HMNZS ENDEAVOUR (CDR D N Hedgley RNZN)
HMNZS RESOLUTION (CDR D L Mundy MNZM, RNZN)
15-19 14-18 Wellington Auckland - IMAV 01-03 01-08 Wellington Passage
19-29 18-22 OP Deployment ACHERON Preps 03-07 08 OP Kuantan ACHERON Malaysia
22-31 - EEZ Cook patrol Strait & passage 08-17 - EXERCISE Cook Strait
29-30 Wellington 07-10 Wellington BERSAMA SHIELD
10-11 17-21 Passage Kuantan
11-14 21-22 RAN Passage MCMV
22-30 - Singapore Training
14-17 Passage
17- 23 Nelson
H Y D R O G R A P H I C S U R V23-26 E Y EEZ F OPatrol
R C E
HMNZS RESOLUTION (CDR D L
26-31
Mundy
Auckland
MNZM, RNZN)
D I V I N G A N D M C M F O R C E
14-17 LINZ Survey 01-03 Auckland - SMP
HMNZS - MANAWANUI Cook Strait (LTCDR J M 04-10 Crighton, Deployment RNZN) preps
17-21 Wellington 11-19 EEZ patrol &
15-30 21-28 Auckland LINZ Survey - DSRA 01-03 Auckland passage
Cook Strait
03-0719-23 HATS TBA
28-29 EEZ patrol & passage 07-1023-26 Auckland Passage
29-31 Auckland - SMP 10-1426-30 SATS Apia
14-17 Auckland
17-21 SSBA- NZA
21-24 Auckland
24-28 Diving Standard Checks
28-31 Auckland - PAL
OPERATIONAL DIVING TEAM (LTCDR G A Camburn RNZN)
15-30 Ex BERSAMA LIMA 05 03-07 BL 05
- Kit Maintenance
10-21 Ex Digpmg - Preps
24-28 Diving Standard Checks
Compiled by LCSS(A) H Hartung, HQJFNZ
Compiled by LCSS(A) H Hartung, HQJFNZ
NOTE: THIS FORECAST IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE
NOTE: THIS FORECAST IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
N DA I V A I NL G P A NT R D O ML CF M O FR OC RE
C E
HMNZS HMNZS KAHU MANAWANUI (LT R D Thompson, (LTCDR RNZN)
J M Crighton, RNZN)
16-29 07-18
Auckland
Auckland -
- PAL
SMP 01-11
01-17
Auckland
Auckland
29-30 18-31
Sea Auckland
Survival 11-14
18-25 EEZ Deployment
Patrol
preps
14-17 26-30
Timaru
OP NIAGARA
17-20 Concentration
- HeO2 WUP
Period
20-25 Nelson
OPERATIONAL DIVING TEAM (LTCDR
25-30
G
EEZ
A Camburn
Patrol
RNZN)
30-31 Auckland
14-31 Auckland 01-17 Auckland
HMNZS HINAU (LT J Steel, RNZN)
18-25 Deployment preps
16-26 Auckland 01-07
26-30
Auckland
OP NIAGARA -
26-30 Harbour Training 07-09 Birthday
HeO2 WUP
Activities
09-10 Auckland
10-14 EEZ Patrol
N A V A L P A T R O L F O14-17 R C ETimaru
HMNZS KAHU (LT R D Thompson
17-20
RNZN)
Concentration Period
20-25 Nelson
11-14 Auckland 25-28 01-07 Concentration Auckland Period
14-18 ROV Training 28-31 07-08 Wellington Sea Survival support
18-31 Auckland 08-25 Auckland
HMNZS WAKAKURA (LT B P King, 26-29 RNZN) Multi Agency Ops
16-19 Wellington 01-03 29-30 Auckland
19-25 OP HUDSON 03 Motutapu Is - Kids Camp
25-26 HMNZS Nelson HINAU (LT V J Orr RNZN) 04-07 Auckland
26-28 EEZ Patrol 07 Motutapu Is - Kids Camp
28-30 14-18 Auckland 17-11 01-30 Auckland Wellington
18-20 EEZ Patrol
20-22 Auckland
22-23 Sea Survival support
23-24 Auckland
24-28 V/R Training Weekend
28-31 Auckland
11-14
14-17
17-20
20-25
25-28
28-31
EEZ Patrol
Lyttelton
Concentration Period
Nelson
Concentration Period
Wellington
HMNZS MOA WAKAKURA (LT M J Peebles, (LT B P King RNZN) RNZN)
16-20 Auckland 01-03 Auckland
20-21 14-18 Sea Wellington Survival 03 01-30 Motutapu Wellington Is - Kids Camp
21-26 19-20 Auckland Ship’s 20th birthday
26-30 21-24 Harbour Wellington Training
24-28 EEZ Patrol
28-31 Wellington
04-07
07
07-11
11-14
14-17
Auckland
Motutapu Is - Kids Camp
Auckland
EEZ Patrol
Lyttelton
HMNZS KIWI (Reserve Training Vessel) 17-20 Concentration Period
20-25 Nelson
13-16 Lyttelton
25-28
01
Concentration
SRA preps
Period
16 Consort to
28-31
02-03
Wellington
Lyttelton
CANTERBURY 04-15 Lyttelton - SRA
HMNZS
17-28
KIWI
Lyttelton
(Reserve Training Vessel)
16-17 Lyttelton - PAL
18-30
28-31
Lyttelton
SRA Preps
01-03
18-22
EEZ
HATS/SATS
Patrol
03-13
22-24
Lyttelton
EEZ Patrol
13-14
24-30
Passage
Lyttelton
14-17 Timaru
HMNZS MOA (LT M J Peebles RNZN)
17-20
20-25
Concentration Period
Nelson
13-24 Dunedin
25-28
01-30
Concentration
Dunedin
Period
24-28 EEZ Patrol
28-31 Dunedin
V I S I T I N G S H I P S
28-31 Lyttelton
HMAS
VISITING
MELBOURNE
SHIPS
HMAS STUART
09-12 Auckland 17-24 Nelson
12-16
HMAS
Passage
MELBOURNE
FNS VENDEMIAIRE
16-19
11-13
Lyttelton
Lyttelton 23-28 Wellington
HMAS PARRAMATTA
HMA SHIPS HAWESBURY AND YARRA
29-30
18-22
Auckland
Wellington
01-04 Auckland
24-29 Dunedin
NNT T9 96 6 M AA RRC CH H0 05 5 11-14 Nelson
NNT T9 96 6 M AA RRC CH H0 05
5
HMCS WINNIPEG
25-29 Auckland
06-08 Tauranga
19-25 Nelson
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BCT 05/2 BASIC COMMON TRAINEES’
PRIZE LIST
The BCT 05/2 Passing Out Parade was held on Friday 12
August, with RDAM David Ledson as the reviewing officer.
SPENCER TEWSLEY CUP AND TANKARD - to the best all round
New Entry Trainee:
ODR Scott Treleaven from Palmerston North
NEW ENTRY SCHOOL BOOK PRIZE - to the New Entry Trainee
gaining the highest aggregate in all BCT examinations:
OCO Charlotte Gallagher from Taupo
COMMANDER LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT’S BOOK PRIZE - to
the most improved New Entry Trainee:
OSCS Ongelique Kaipara from Kawarau
OCH Samantha Reeves, one of the co-winners of the Spedding Cup, with
her friend Sapper Christopher Hennessy.
THE DUCHESS CUP AND TANKARD - to the Female Trainee with
the best kit.
OCH Laura Gormly from Napier
TAMAKI EX-NAVALMAN’S CUP AND TANKARD - to the Male
Trainee with the best kit.
OMT Jay Downs from Mount Maunganui
THE “TOP GUN” TROPHY - to the BCT who achieves the highest
score in the IW Steyr shoot (unusually there were four equal
winners this course):
ODR Scott Treleaven from Palmerston North
OMT Oliver McChesney from Napier
ODR Scott Schubert from West Auckland
OMT Ross Anderson from Mount Maunganui
OCH Laura Gormly, who won the Duchess Cup, with her parents.
TAMAKI NAVAL AND EX-NAVAL CLUB SPORTS TROPHY - to the
Trainee who shows the highest level of individual sports skills:
OCO Te Ana Pukeroa from Awanui
GEORGE GAIR CUP - to the best cross-country runners, male and
female.
Male: OCH Greg Smith from Te Aroha
Female: OSA Dominique Ngawaka from Panguru
THE SPEDDING CUP - to the Trainee gaining the highest mark in
Parade Training (unusually there were three equal winners this
course):
OCO Charlotte Gallagher from Taupo
OCH Samantha Reeves from Hamilton
OCO Michelle Hawke from Wellington
CAPTAIN PALMER TANKARD – awarded to the Parade
Commander:
ODR Antony White from Whangarei
GUARD COMMANDER’S TANKARD - awarded to the Guard
Commander:
OSCS Kurtis Jones from Rotorua
HOOKE CUP - to the Division attaining the highest aggregate
score from Steyr firing during Range Week: Achilles Division
OSCS Cameron Smith and with his friend Holly.
TRAFALGAR CUP Contested by the New Entry Divisions in various
sporting codes; awarded to Leander Division
EFFICIENCY CUP Contested by New Entry School Divisions in
various evolutions and teamwork drills; awarded to Leander
Division.
GARDINER CUP - to the Mess Deck attaining the highest marks
after the Gardiner Cup Rounds; awarded to Pukaki Mess Deck.
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G A L L E Y S L I D E
MESSAGE
FROMCNbetter Navy, could be made. It is also necessary for the
WOWT Paul Rennie is to retire from the
Navy and relinquish his position as the
WON. It is with considerable reluctance
that I will watch him go. He has made
an important and significant contribution to the Navy
since his appointment as the WON in April last year.
In deciding on his replacement, it was important to
me that the person selected would be able to continue
the progress made by WO Rennie with his role
as the Senior Warrant Officer in the Navy. They would
need to continue enabling the post to make it clearly
one in which Navy-wide contributions, making us a
WON to be a key fulcrum for leveraging contributions
from all ranks throughout the Navy.
After considerable thought, and after weighing my
requirements with the longer-term interests of the
Navy, I have selected WOSA N A Roberts to be the
next WON. I am confident he has the character and
skills to meet the challenges he will face in the job
and that he will make an important contribution to our
improvement journey. There will be a formal handover
of the role between WO Rennie and WO Roberts in
January 2006.
RNZNVR
PASSING-OUT PARADE
Seventeen newly-trained RNZNVR Ratings
graduated on 26 August after two weeks
of intensive training at the New Entry
Training School. The 17 graduates are
from the four Naval Volunteer Reserve ships NGA-
PONA (Auckland) OLPHERT (Wellington) PEGASUS
(Christchurch) and TOROA (Dunedin) and they come
from a wide range of full-time occupations: Lab
Technician, Builder, Fitter and Turner and students
– to name a few. CAPT P B Arnold VRD, Captain of
Naval Reserves, reviewed the parade.
FOUR PRIZES WERE PRESENTED:
J N Broad Memorial Trophy to the Best Overall
Trainee: OSEA A F Venning-Thomas - NGAPONA
Best Trainee Achilles Division: OSEA G L Gurney -
NGAPONA
Best Trainee Leander Division: OSEA M W Miller
- NGAPONA
Most Improved Rating: OSEA D A Reid - OLPHERT
The roles of the Volunteer Reserve include port
liaison, boarding merchant vessels and briefi ng
Masters in times of tension, and vessel tracking
and maritime operational analysis in HQJFNZ. As
well, the RNZNVR supplies personnel for temporary
service on peacekeeping missions and sea-service
in naval vessels including fi shery patrols, Search
and Rescue, and assisting civil agencies.
CONGRATULATIONS ON
YOUR PROMOTION
LTCDR P C Wheadon
LTCDR S D M Walker
LTCDR J P Miller
LTCDR M A Wos
LT A S Howieson
LT J J Mcqueen
LT J A Stanton
LT J A Daniell
LT C D Miller
ENS C H Olsson
AWOCSS L J Jamieson
CPOMT(P) M D S Newbold
LCO D J Cole
LET J M Muir
LET T M Morgan
LEWS V A Seath
LMT(P) L W Asplet
LWT J W T Swney
ALMT(P) R J Baigent
ALSTD B S Jury
ACO P B Kingi
AMT2 M F Connell
AMT2 D J Harding
AMT2 M A Hudson
ASCS M W Bright
RNZNVR
APOSEA A J Keer-Keer
APOWEF C R Boyd
ASEA I D West
ASEA A W Milkop
ASEA D M Short
FAREWELL - AND THANK
YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE
CDRE G C Collier
A/LT CDR C S Madden
LT B G Davey
WOPTI G P Sannum
CPOMM P A Jensen
CPOSTD S J Carter
POWT M P Simpson
LCH R C Brown
LCSS L J Taurua
LMT(P) C C Young
LSA D T Newton
ACO D J N Marama
AEWS G R J Pedersen
AMT2 S R H Hill
ASA J A Akhtar
ASCS K E Edmonds
ASTD M Aholelei
ASTD P J Te Amo
AWTR K A Smith
OCH J P T Te Kotahi
OCO V E Tokoar
ODR R C Arrow
OSCS N J Murphy
RNZNVR
CAPT F J Gillon
CPOWTR G R Cattermole
POSA B A Gill
LWTR M J Quy
OSC H Lee
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VJ
REMEMBERING
DAY
TEARS &
MEMORIES
By Grant Carr, Editor RNZAF News
Tears mingled with light rain as
an 80-strong band of brothers
- veterans of New Zealand’s
World War II Pacifi c Campaign
- entered New Caledonia’s Cemetery for
New Zealand’s fallen at Bourail on 13
August. The soft sound of the Defence
Force Cultural Group’s waiata and a
dignifi ed military parade of New Zealand
and French forces, reviewed by Chief of
Air Force AVM John Hamilton, fi ttingly
underscored the sombre and emotional
occasion.
For most veterans this was the highlight
of their return trip to the Pacifi c – an
opportunity to say farewell to comrades
who never made the journey home.
Bronze plaques mark the graves of the
246 soldiers, sailors and airmen and a
memorial wall lists 200 other Kiwis with
no known graves. Graham Goss from
Wellington, one of the group’s two RSA
representatives and a former navigator
in the RNZAF, was one of the initiators
of the idea for a return journey.
‘The occasion,’ he said ‘was moving
and appropriate and a tribute to those
who organised the journey. Hearing the
waiata, in particular, started many tears
fl owing. I’m so pleased to have made
the journey back. For us it was a last
opportunity to say goodbye.’
NZDF personnel helped the veterans,
most now in their eighties, as they
sought the graves of fallen mates. The
graves were of young men in their twenties,
quite literally cut down in the prime
of their life – the veterans wept, placed
poppies on the plaques and spent a few
moments in quiet contemplation.
The veteran’s whirlwind odyssey had
begun two days earlier at Trentham
Army Camp where they gathered on 11
August - old friendships were rekindled
and anecdotes recalled. Next morning
the vets were up at 5am, and taken to
the Air Force’s Rongotai terminal for
embarkation into their B757 for the 3
Jack Harold, formerly of HMNZS
MOA, in new Caledonia at the
grave of LS Buchanan, who was
killed during MOA’s engagement
with the submarine I-1 in
1943. AK 05-0388-07
Eighty-three-year old Aucklander Jack Harold was an AB aboard
HMNZS MOA on the night of 29-30 January 1943 during the action,
with KIWI, against the Japanese submarine I-1. In a David versus
Goliath struggle the two NZ minesweepers doggedly attacked, resulting
in the submarine’s eventual grounding and sinking on a reef.
MOA herself was badly damaged on 7 April by Japanese bombers.
Five sailors lost their lives and Harold and 13 others were injured. He
was sent back to New Zealand to recuperate and despite a permanent
injury to his left leg he again volunteered for action and re-joined the
RNZN’s NZ-built Fairmile motor launches based at HMNZS KAHU in the
Russell Islands.
Describing the Bourail service as ‘very moving’ Mr Harold was delighted
to find the memorial plaque to his mate Leading Signalman Buchanan,
who had died of wounds sustained during KIWI’s attack on the Japanese
submarine. ‘Finding the plaque made the whole trip worthwhile’ he said
as he laid a poppy on the plaque. He also identified plaques commemorating
friends in LEANDER who had died when she was torpedoed on
13 July 1943.
After the war Mr Harold went back to the printing trade and later
spent 13 years in charge of a Salvation Army children’s home in the
Phillipines.
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O U R N A V A L H E R I T A G E
LTCDR Andrew Lincoln salutes during
the wreath-laying ceremony in
New Caledonia.AK 05-0380-81
hour flight to Noumea.
There the veterans were whisked into
central Noumea for a French military
salute. The French have a particularly
warm spot in their heart for war veterans
and the Commander French Forces
New Caledonia, GEN Alain Daniel, had
deferred his return to France in order
to salute the Kiwi veterans. The parade
was followed by a reception hosted by
the Mayor of Noumea. Then came the
visit to the war cemetery at Bourail, afterwards
the veterans attended another
reception, this one hosted by the Mayor
of Bourail.
On Sunday 14 August the veterans had
an early start for their flight to Guadalcanal
in the Solomon Islands. Greeted
on arrival by Solomon Island veterans,
the Kiwi party attended a wreath-laying
ceremony at the American war memorial
overlooking Iron Bottom Sound, so
named because of the dozens of ships
sunk there. Tears again flowed as comrades
were remembered.
All too soon the veterans were on the
5-hour flight home. They arrived in Wellington
tired but in good spirits - pleased
to have made the journey back to the
islands. In Wellington on 15 August, the
official VJ Day, the 80 veterans were
joined by others and all were helped
aboard Army trucks. Amid the cheers,
smiles and claps of flag-waving onlookers,
they paraded through the city to
a Cathedral service and a reception
at Parliament.
The Pacific War veterans march onto
Parliament grounds for the final part
of the VJ Day commemorations in
Wellington. AK 05-0389-96
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VJ
REMEMBERING
DAY
The NZDF Contingent Guard
formed for the parade at the
American Memorial in Honiara on
Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands.
AK 05-0388-55
The Naval contingent marching
through the streets of Wellington
to the commemorative service in
the Catherdral. AK 05-0389-59
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OTHER VJ DAY PARADES AND
COMMEMORATIONS INCLUDED:
SUNDAY 7 AUGUST:
• ·Members of the North Shore RSA met to remember the 60th Anniversary
of VJ Day at a special service at the Naval Base chapel.
SATURDAY 13 AUGUST:
• The Governor General Dame Silvia Cartwright attended a parade
and commemorations at Palmerston North Memorial Cenotaph.
The Governor General speaking to the
Auckland VJ Day commemorative parade at
Auckland Town Hall. AK 05-0383-99
SUNDAY 14 AUGUST 2005
• Christchurch marked the 60th anniversary of the end of World War
II in the Pacifi c. A street parade began at the Bridge of Remembrance
and concluded in the Square.
• Auckland hosted a Commemorative Parade to mark the 60th anniversaries
of VE Day, VJ Day and the 65th Anniversary of the Battle
of Britain. Her Excellency the Governor General was the guest of
honour; the Prime Minister also attended. AVM D A Bamfi eld, Vice
Chief of Defence Force represented the CDF. A 100-man Tri-Service
Royal Guard of Honour paraded the Queen’s Colour of the RNZN,
with the Bands of the RNZN and RNZAF and the Royal NZ Artillery.
Also on parade were the NZ Police Force, the Police Pipe Band, the
Fire Service, Cadets and WWII veterans.
MONDAY 15 AUGUST
• The 60th Anniversary of the end of the War in the Pacifi c was
marked by a Wreath Laying and parade at the Auckland War Memorial
Hall of Memories.
The Combined Westlake Girls’ and Boys’ School
Choirs sing during the Wreath laying service in the Hall
of Memories in the Auckland War Memorial Museum.
MC 05-0368-07
The Queen’s Colour of the RNZN paraded at the VJ
Day commemorative parade in Auckland. The Colour
bearer is LT Joel Rumble RNZN, colour escorts
are CPOSA Clint Anderson (l) and CPOCSS Clark
Anderson (r) with WOMT Ken Bancroft behind them.
AK 05-0383-66
Members of the North Shore RSA at the
Naval Chapel at Devonport Naval Base
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THE
AUSTRALIAN FEDERATION
The Band of the RNZN is now well-known
around Auckland, but earlier this year
they went ‘across the ditch’ to perform in
Hobart, Tasmaina. AMUS Tim Christie
reports…
On 6 June the Navy Band departed
for Hobart, Tasmania,
to take part in the annual
Australian Federation Tattoo.
The Tattoo included:
• Military Bands: the Tasmanian Army
Band and ourselves,
• Pipe Bands: the Australian Federation
Tattoo Pipes and Drums, the Tasmanian
Police Pipes and Drums, the
Regimental Pipe Band from Victoria,
the Auckland Police Highland Pipe
Band and from Denmark, the Copenhagen
Police Band
• Dancers and other performers: the
Australian Federation Tattoo Highland
Dancers and the Cosgriff Irish Dancers;
Judy Stone was the guest vocalist.
• and The Windy Kilts - a quartet who
dressed up and spent the night sending
up Highland dancing. (They were really
funny, but we only got to see a tiny bit
of their act because we were always
back stage warming up at that part of
the show.)
The event was the culmination of
intense rehearsals for us, both on the
parade ground in all weathers, and in
the rehearsal room. By the time of our
departure, all music and choreography
for the marching display and concert
had been learned by rote. As departure
grew ever closer the sense of excite-
TATTOO
ment and anticipation grew!
We were asked, at the last minute, to
The first full day in Hobart began with perform with the Regimental Pipe Band
a hearty breakfast (a welcome recurring
theme during our stay at Anglesea performers into the finale and for the
from Victoria and to also parade the
Barracks) followed by rehearsals of march-off at the very end – that meant
our marching routine on the Barrack’s more rehearsal time.
parade square (with the kind permission Saturday morning, prior to matinee
of the local RSM and to the amusement and evening performances, saw most
of the local soldiers). We then set off of the Band take advantage of our only
for rehearsals at the Tattoo venue, sight-seeing opportunity, to explore Hobart’s
charming city centre and to pay a
the Derwent Entertainment Centre, a
20-minute drive from our accommodation.
It was here that we encountered Backstage during the rehearsals and in
visit to the famous Salamanca Market.
our first experience of Tattoo catering the Tattoo we made many connections
- the least said about this the better, but and new friends. The audience was
huge thanks must go to the catering about 2000 people, for each show - we
staff at Anglesea Barracks for looking also enjoyed the performances. (On the
after us so well.
last night 2 minutes before going on
The first day drew to a close with a ‘someone’ thought it would be funny
reception hosted by the Governor of to stick an orange down the bell of my
Tasmania, the Hon. William J E Cox AC, Baritone sax - then we couldn’t get it
RFD, ED, at Government House. The back out again...)
Bandies were all individually presented According to the Tattoo Management
Committee, fellow performers
to the Governor upon arrival, and the
evening provided a great opportunity and many in the audience, our Band’s
to mix with some of the other performers.
The reception was a highlight of the Tattoo. In the words of Inspector
performance was the highlight of
the Hobart experience; Government Scottie Webb of the Auckland Police
House was magnificent, the hospitality Highland Pipe Band, ‘The Navy Band
extended was generous, and interesting performance at the Tattoo made me
company made for a very enjoyable evening.
It soon became obvious that this and testament to the Navy Band’s repu-
proud to be a Kiwi’. This was high praise
was going to be a long but rewarding tation of representing the RNZN and
week to get all of the acts up to speed. New Zealand at the highest level and
‘punching well above our weight’.
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R N Z N B A N D
AMUS Craig Simpson solos
with the saxophone at the
Federation Tattoo in Hobart.
SCHOOL CONCERTS
LMUS Kelly Kahukiwa dressed up as Bob the
Builder during a school concert.
From time to time it is the pleasure
of the Band to entertain Primary
and High School students for an
hour or so, stimulating their young
eager minds with a mixture of music
and performance. The concerts run like clockwork,
POMUS Mike Tan wows the kids with
drum solos that would make Animal from the
Muppets giddy, whilst the remainder come in
from the sides marching like a bunch of first
day recruits.
Ask any primary aged child who their favourite
TV personality is and you will get one
of three answers: Harry Potter, Bob the Builder
or Spongebob Squarepants. With this in mind,
LMUS Riwai Hina arranged a medley of TV
themes, where at points throughout, bandies
head back stage to put on their respective
costumes. When the time comes, they proceed
into the hall to the excitement of hundreds
of screaming kids trying to rip off the capes
or steal the wands. As soon as Spongebob
makes an appearance, the kids go ballistic.
Somebody call noise control!
Once they finally calm down and the teachers
get a hold of them, we send in the Rock
band. This again involves the kids jumping to
their feet and dancing like lunatics to Maroon
5 and The Doobie Brothers.
After the students have drained us of all
energy, a couple of teachers are dragged on
stage to play for a bit of fun. Seeing them
attempt to play the trombone is always a
crowd pleaser. Its not so much the teacher’s
inability to play the instrument that makes the
kids laugh, it’s more that they make it sound
like..well, you know!
To finish off, it is traditional for the band to
perform its signature song, ‘In The Navy’. Five
Bandies dress up and dance around complete
with their personally-autographed flags from
the Village People. After a year and a half in
the band, it still makes me laugh each time
it’s performed. Students get a real kick out
of it too.
So, if the band rings your local school and
says we would like to come and entertain your
kids for an hour, please bear in mind that if
your child can be a handful after a normal day
of school, think about how they will be after an
afternoon with us!
Note: For Schools interested in
a concert by the Navy Band, the
contact is:Lieutenant Commander
Keith Anderson RNZN, Director of
Music, HMNZS PHILOMEL, Devonport,
Auckland
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A RARE
OPPORTUNITY
By CPOHST Lindsay Turvey
After the Auckland-Suva yacht
race and the completion of
fi lming The Ultimate Challenge
[See NT 102 August, p XXX] the
RNZN was offered the opportunity to assist
in crewing the late Sir Peter Blake’s
Whitbread Maxi, LION NEW ZEALAND on
an 1800 nm ocean passage from Fiji to
Mackay, Queensland. A rare opportunity
aboard a powerful 24 metre (78 foot)
ocean racing yacht, with warm tropical
trade winds, was a once-in-a-lifetime
opportunity not to be missed.
The RNZN crew were Rebecca Brierton,
Jason Haggitt, ‘Wizz’ Wishart and
myself. Within four hours of our arrival
in Fiji on 18 June, the crew of ten had
slipped the lines and the skipper eased
LION out of Denarau Marina - with only
centimetres to spare under the 4.57
metre deep keel.
The fi rst fi ve days at sea we worked
the yacht with a variety of sail confi gurations
to try and get the best out of the
light (5-10 knot) trade winds. The power
generated by the big sails that tower 36
metres (117 feet) above the deck, was
inspiring. We were often sailing through
the water at equal to or greater than
the wind speed, but the wind was fi ckle
though, causing us to resort to the motor
at times, to maintain a respectable
average speed.
The crew worked a 1 in 3 watch system:
4hr watches during the day and
3hr watches at night. Our diverse crew
had to come together, working through
the social differences of each others’
cultures, and each cautious not to make
a fool of themselves while keen to show
their worth. The moment when the crew
gelled was when two very large tuna
were landed just before sunset a day
out from Vanuatu. The ice was broken
as all shared the excitement of landing
the two massive fi sh.
As we neared Port Vila the decision
was made to stop to refuel and to take
on water due to our slow progress - what
had been expected to be a 10 day passage
was looking more like 12-14 days.
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S A I L T R A I N I N G
With Customs clearance, and fuel and
water shuttled from shore in 20 litre
containers in our dinghy, we remained
in Port Vila for 24 hours.
A new weather pattern set in after our
stop in Vanuatu. The breeze increased
and our sail area reduced - we achieved
double fi gures on the Log covering a
consistent 230 nm each day. The sea
state increased; the odd wave climbed
over the topsides and across the deck.
Helming became more of a workout,
with the quartering sea trying to push
the stern aside; the nights became
progressively darker with the moon
waning and increased cloud cover. The
last 24 hours out of Mackay were in
torrential rain - picking out the beacons
as we passed through Hydrographer’s
Passage on the outer edge of the Great
Barrier Reef proved diffi cult with less
than two miles of visibility and very
large bulk carriers passing. By 0400 on
29 June we were pleased to be tucked
up in the very modern and sheltered
marina at Mackay.
LION was cleaned out and washed
down the next day; the massive mainsail
required all hands on deck to fold it. The
weather returned to what was expected
of the tropics - warm and sunny.
Time to reflect on a passage that
took us out of our personal comfort
zones, was not always easy and added
spice to our lives. It was a valuable opportunity
to sail a thoroughbred yacht,
to meet like-minded people from different
backgrounds, and learn the skills
required to sail a Maxi. Comradeship,
being a part of a committed team and
sharing a common goal – each of our
Navy team gained from the experience.
[And see page 46 for exciting news about new X3
sailing dinghies]
ABOVE: The bowman attaching
a recovery line to
the spinaker ‘Big Bluey’
ABOVE: LTCDR Rebecca
Brierton on the helm.
FAR LEFT: Power reaching
in 20 knot breeze
LEFT: The crew enjoying
sundowners, where the
three watches socialised.
PAGE 42 The mast reaches
36 metres above deck.
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RNZN AT THE INTER-SERVICES RUGBY
TOURNAMENT 2005
By POCSS Dean Fielding, Navy
Services Rugby Manager
On 29 July the RNZN Inter-Services
Ruby Team was selected:
26 players plus 4 non-travelling
reserves (chosen from a
group of 50) for this year’s Inter-Services
Rugby Tournament at RNZAF Base
Ohakea.
The management team met several
times prior to the tournament to plan
the campaign: changes were needed in
Navy Rugby, if we were to be consistent
and competitive at Inter-Services level.
The coaches targeted three areas: skills,
fitness and attitude. A realistic game
plan was developed to suit our fitness
levels - basic ball handing drills were
used to improve our skill levels and the
old adage of ‘Keep it simple stupid’ was
put to good use.
However player attitudes still needed
to be addressed. To do this the squad,
including management, went into camp
on 3 August at the RNZN Marae. The
players were immersed in a team culture
based on the Navy core values of Courage,
Commitment and Comradeship.
After being told that this team would
not be picked on reputation, the senior
players were asked to lead by example
and our junior players to challenge them
in all areas if they wanted to play. The
response from the players was positive
and the transformation of their attitudes
was incredible to watch - especially after
the coaches brought back some ‘old
school’ conditioning periods to sort out
the men from the boys.
We had scheduled a match against
the formidable Auckland Police Team,
however due to operational commitments
the Police had to cancel, so an
intensive training session was put in
place. Thursday saw two intensive training
sessions, which included a recovery
session at the fleet pool; Friday saw unit
and team training, and refining our game
plan for Services 2005.
Thank you to the NES Galley, PTI staff
and the Navy Marae for their assistance
during our camp.
We departed Auckland for Te Awamutu
early Saturday morning where we enjoyed
watching a junior rugby game at the
local club. At noon we were welcomed
by the Kihi Kihi RFC, then at 1430 it
was kick off for our game against them.
The RNZN Services team controlled the
game throughout, winning 50-0; a good
platform for our upcoming tournament.
Players of the day: OSCS Paese and
AMT Haua.
Sunday morning we left for Ohakea,
with a stop over at Waiouru Army Camp
for a training and recovery session.
Thank you to ACSS (U) Rangi and the
ATG staff, Waiouru, for the use of their
facilities. We arrived in Ohakea on a
wet and windy night. The draw had us
playing Army on Tuesday and Air Force
on Wednesday.
The game against Army was a battle
up front. The two teams were evenly
matched in every department but Army
clinched the win.
Army 24 Navy 16. Our Player of the
day: POPTI Raymond ‘The Dart’ Climo.
Against the Air Force, Navy controlled
the game up front with the loose forwards
dominating and getting good turnover
ball. Our young back line produced
some brilliant back line rugby, both in
attack and defence. Late in the second
half the Air Force came back with Navy
defending their line right up to the last
minute.
Navy 15 Air Force 13. Our Player of the
day: AMT Heath ‘the Thief’ Haua.
Thursday saw Air Force play Army. The
result was in doubt right up to the final
whistle with Army clinching the win 17
– 10. Army took the Inter-Services title,
but we relinquished the wooden spoon
to Air Force!
Even though we came home in second
place, the 2005 Services Rugby tournament
was a success for Navy, because
of our pride and self-belief. The attitude
and commitment of the players was
excellent – well done!
THE MANAGEMENT TEAM:
CPOCSS Dean ‘Honest’ Jones (Head coach),
CPOPTI Roy Statham (Assistant coach),
AMED Duke (Medic) and POCSS Fielding
(Manager)
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S P O R T S
INTER SERVICES SOCCER
1 September
Women
1st Army
2nd Air Force
3rd Navy
Men
1st Air Force
2nd Army
3rd Navy
Congratulations to:
The Navy women’s team won
‘Best and Fairest Team’.
AMA Gwen Barber – Best and
Fairest Female Player, & Player
of the Tournament
Selected for the NZDF team:
ASTD Plato, ASTD Te Pania,
AMA Barber and AMA Rains (Captain)
Navy Men:
ASA Morgan Findlay won Best and Fairest
Male Player, & Player of the Tournament.
Selected for the NZDF team: POEW Gatley
NAVY MEN’S BASKETBALL
One of the top 10 players in the Central North Island is LCSS Treacher, who
earned selected for the Tournament team at the Zone 3 Central North Island
3rd Division basketball tournament, at the end of July.
INTER-SERVICE
HOCKEY
28 July
Women
1st Army
2nd NAVY
3rd Air
Men
1st Air
2nd Army
3rd NAVY
INTER-SERVICES NET-
BALL
1 September
1st Army
2nd Navy
3rd Air Force
Congratulations for earning
selection to the NZDF team:
AWTR Miria Paul, AWTR Tayma
Houltham, MID Sally Dymond,
LT Ange Gormley (Manager).
NZDF RUGBY
Congratulations for making the NZDF Squad:
POWTR Taurua, LSCS Chase, LCSS Pohatu, AMT
Haua, OSCS Paese & OSCS O’Brien
The NZDF Rugby team played a two-match tour
in the upper South Island - the team, comprised
of players from each of the three Services, took
on a Nelson Development and Marlborough XV.
The sides played for the newly introduced Chief
of Defence Force Challenge Trophy, which is
displayed at all NZDF matches. Vice Chief of
Defence Force, AVM David Bamfield led the
Defence supporters.
17 Aug NZDF verses Nelson Development
@ Trafalgar Park, Nelson
Nelson Development 20, NZDF 12
20 Aug NZDF verses Marlborough XV @
Lansdowne Park, Blenheim
NZDF 29, Marlborough 17
NAVY HALF MARATHON
Wednesday 21 September;
Entries - contact the Fitness Centre: LPTI Josh White
Ext 7155
Teams’ Race, 3 runners one lap each.
Key sponsors include Shoe Science, Naked Performance
Bars and 4Sport Nutrition, who are supporting the event
with great prizes and special deals..
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VR EXPED
OSC Bill Taylor, ASEA Ed Sampson, CPOSC
Grant Gaffaney, SLT Jenni Rocard, ASC Jacky
Burgess, AWTR Sauniuni Faatoia, ASEA Charlene
Lush, CPO Ian Richardson & OSEA George
Pasefika at Cape Maria van Dieman lighthouse
during their exped. (NT101)
TheX3’s ‘X3’s
are Coming
The Navy have invested in four
awesome new sailing dinghies
to fi ll the gap after the Bosun
Sailing Dinghies were decommissioned
(in the mid-90s). The new
‘X3’ Sailing Dinghies are a modern
design with a skiff-shaped hull made
from rotational moulded plastic. The
X3 hulls are incredibly durable and
due to new techniques in the moulding
process are relatively stiff, signifi cantly
reducing fl exing that was an issue with
other early designs. When people are
learning to sail, mistakes are made and
accidents happen. These boats are
designed to handle the knocks.
The best thing about the X3 design
is it has two rig options:
• The 4 metre mast is ideally suited to
smaller people or those just starting to
learn. It is also good on blustery days
where many classes of dinghy would
not go out.
• The 5 metre mast is for those that
have mastered the basics and want
to further challenge themselves.
Even experienced sailors have a good
chance of capsizing in a fresh breeze
with this rig!
The two rigs give the X3 the option of
seven different sail combinations. They
can be sailed under mainsail alone,
with main and foresail or with main
foresail and Gennaker. The smaller
Gennaker can be used on the tall rig.
The simplicity of the rig means it is incredibly
easy to set up, which equates
to more time on the water and less
time mucking around trying to fi gure
out which rope goes where.
If capsized, the X3s are easy and
quick to get back up again and their
low freeboard with an open transom
makes getting back aboard simple.
It is intended to make the X3 sailing
dinghies available to all the naval
community through the NATC and
RNZN Sailing Club. If they prove in
high demand the fl eet of four may be
expanded.
NATC staff will go out of their way to
help people learn the skills required
to have a safe and enjoyable sailing
experience. If you’re interested in giving
these exciting new craft a go when
they arrive this month, register your
interest with:
NATC Manager Mick Sharpe 397-7412 (michael.sharpe@nzdf.mil.nz)
NATC CPO Lindsay Turvey 397-7859 (lindsay.turvey@nzdf.mil.nz)
NATC CPL Dean Jolley 397-7919 (dean.jolley@nzdf.mil.nz)
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N O T I C E S
PACIFIC BEAT STREET
TV programme Pacific Beat Street will screen Saturday 24 Sept on TV3
at 1200 profiling OWTR Lajanne Tapiki-Matapuku, OCO Sara Luatua and
OCO Pepa-Rose Taua during their Basic Training.
The Armed Forces Canteen Council
ROYAL NEW ZEALAND NAVY 64TH ANNIVERSARY
• The Naval Chapel of St Christopher
Sunday 25th September, 0930
All serving and ex-serving personnel are invited to attend
Rig 2 (negative swords)
• The Wellington Anglican Cathedral
64th Anniversary Service
Sunday 2nd October 1000
All serving and ex-serving personnel are invited to attend
Rig 2 (negative swords)
RNZN ENGINEERS’ CONFERENCE 2005
The 2005 RNZN Engineers’ Conference will be held at Ngataringa Sports
Club on 7 Oct, commencing at 0820.
The aim of the conference is to communicate strategic engineering initiatives
throughout the RNZN engineering community. This conference will
be the first event in an ongoing series of regular forums for disseminating
information on important engineering issues.
Topics:
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Perspectives on the regulatory environment
The emerging support environment
The new Engineering Branches Communications Plan
IPENZ/IMarEST alignment projects
plus two guest speakers.
The conference is open to serving Marine, Weapon and Construction
Engineering Officers, Warrant Officers and Charge-Qualified Chief Petty
Officers.
Enquiries to LTCDR Jeremy Miller, Deputy Director Naval Engineering
(jeremy.miller@nzdf.mil.nz)
NGAPONA’s ANNIVERSARY BALL
To celebrate:
25th Anniversary of women joining the RNZNVR
80th Anniversary of HMNZS NGAPONA
Saturday 08 October 2005
at the National Maritime Museum, Auckland City
Tickets from Lisa Bean on (09) 445 5404
or Email: lisa.bean@nzdf.mil.nz
EX WRNZNS AND NAVAL SERVICEWOMEN REUNION
7-9 October 2005
New Kingsgate Hotel, Palmerston Nth
marieandjeff@xtra.co.nz
06-363-8993
LABOUR WEEKEND 2005
• Ex-RNZN Engineers Reunion will be held at the Palmerston North RSA
e-mail exnavy@inspire.net.nz
• NZ Forces School Singapore
All pupils, staff and parents are welcome to join us in reminiscing ‘the
good old days’ of schooling in Singapore.
nzforcesschool_spore@paradise.net.nz
‘SERVICE FOR THE SERVICES’
By Rick Ottaway, Chief Executive
Since I joined the AFCC I have looked at what we do and
how we can provide a better service to you. Generally I have
found that the AFCC does a good job; however, our role is
not clearly understood by some in the NZDF. To clarify:
• The AFCC is simply here to provide you with a high quality
Canteen Service
• We are not privately owned. We are owned by the personnel
of the NZDF collectively.
The AFCC is governed by a Council: the Minister of Defence
(Chairman), CDF, the single Service Chiefs and VCDF. Like
a Board of Directors, they set the strategy for our operations
and monitor our performance on your behalf. The
day-to-day control of the AFCC is exercised on behalf of
the Council by a Board of Management: VCDF (Chairman)
and the single Service Deputy Chiefs.
Our profits are returned to single Service welfare funds for
them to spend according to their priorities.
• Over the past 25 years the AFCC has returned more than
$10,000,000 in profits to the Service welfare funds. For
2004/05 this was $325,500.
• We retain only enough profits to enhance our facilities
and services.
• We compete with the market to bring you products and
services at competitive rates.
Many of you will have seen the improvements made
under the “Hot Shots” brand. The costs associated with
these improvements have been jointly shared by the AFCC
with the NZDF, to bring you a better service from improved
facilities.
Earlier this year the Council endorsed a Strategic Plan for
the AFCC to 2010:
• Our Vision
• To be the First Choice Provider of Quality Canteen
Services to the NZDF
• Our Mission
To provide a first class canteen service to meet the needs
of the people of the NZDF
To keep you informed about the AFCC, we utilise the NZDF
Intranet, we advertise in service magazines and produce
Product Promotion flyers. Most importantly our staff
are ready to communicate with you by any means available
- contact details are on our Intranet web site: click
on ‘Canteen service’ on the intranet home page. And I
personally invite you to pop in and see the products and
services we offer.
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The sail training barquentine SPIRIT OF NEW
ZEALAND seen with Midshipmen of JOCT 05/01
embarked during February this year. The story of
how OTS is using the SPIRIT for junior officers’
first sea experience is on page 14.
Photo: Via LTCDR Andrew Saunderson RNZN
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