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YOURS AYE 

ISSN 1173-8332 

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CPOPTI Ray Climo proudly holds the Lou 

Smith Cup after winning the trans-Tasman 

rugby challenge from the Royal Australian 

Navy rugby team. The RNZN team won the 

match 29 - 27 on 25 May. [See page 34-35.] 

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PHOTO: CPL Chris Weissenborn RNZAF 

Naval Photo Unit 

04 Queen’s birthday Honours 

14 War in the South Atlantic 

17 Observer’s Success 

18 The WON Report 

20 Our People 

24 WPNS Multi-Lateral Sea Exercise 

25 Naval Patrol Force 

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26 HMNZS MANAWANUI 

28 HMNZS RESOLUTION 

31 Galley slide 

33 CANTERBURY Tales 

34 Sport: Rugby success 

36 Sport: Bodybuilding 

37 Main Notice Board 

JUNE COVER 

CONTENTS 

FEATURES: 

CANTERBURY 

COMMISSIONS 

The new tactical sealift ship 

HMNZS CANTERBURY is to be 

commissioned at Williamstown, 

Vic., in Australia by the ship’s 

Lady Sponsor, the Rt. Hon. Helen 

Clark MP, Prime Minister. By the 

end of this month our new ship 

will be proudly on display to the 

people of Canterbury province. 

INSIDE: 

MC 07-0212-77 

TODAY’S MARINE 

ENGINEERS 

It is easy to underestimate the 

complexity of our modern ships; 

from gas turbines to computerbased 

control systems the 

propulsion and power generating 

systems on board are high-tech 

and state of the art. Today’s 

marine technicians are highly 

trained problem solvers. 

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EXERCISE BERSAMA 

SHIELD 07 

TE MANA and ENDEAVOUR 

sailed from Sembawang for the 

FPDA exercise areas with HMAS 

ADELAIDE, HMS MONMOUTH, 

RSS VENGEANCE and KD JEBAT. 

The exercise split up the ships 

into two forces for the majority 

of the exercise; however they 

combined into one force for the 

large scale anti-air serials. 

IN recent weeks I’ve been involved with 

things at different ends of the Navy’s 

timeline. Two in particular were significant 

– one relates more to our past than our 

present – and one more to our future than 

our present. 

The second was the delivery of CAN- 

TERBURY to the Navy. This ship will bring 

new and invaluable capabilities to the 

Navy and I have no hesitation in saying 

that this ship’s record of service will be 

an enviable one. 

However, it’s the first thing that I’d like 

to describe in some detail. 

A few weekends ago I was in Palmerston 

North with the WON and the Kaiwhakahaere. 

We were there to attend 

what I hoped would be the last annual 

conferences of two veterans’ associations 

and the first meeting of a new organisation. 

My involvement with this particular story 

started a few years ago when I became 

the Patron of the RNZN Association, one 

of the organisations, and I found out two 

things – one was that my predecessor 

was the Patron of the Ex-Royal Navalmens 

Association, the other organisation, and 

that there was a certain degree of tension 

between the two organisations. 

I was surprised to find out, too, that the 

Ex-Royal Navalmens was the ‘Navy’ representative 

at the RSA national level – the 

Air Force and Army being represented by 

organisations the names of which clearly 

reflected their relationship to the RNZAF 

and the NZ Army. 

The situation that existed wasn’t really 

very satisfactory for a variety of reasons 

– and we really needed to have just one 

organisation for Sailors. 

The existence of the two organisations 

was by itself perpetuating the tensions 

which, to a very large extent, had their 

origins in events of some time ago. 

This was something that needed to be 

turned around – particularly since many 

ex-Sailors belonged to both the Ex-Royal 

Navalmens and the RNZN Association. 

It was sad for me to see, on a few occasions, 

some former shipmates identifying 

more with their association than with 

their shared experiences in the Navy. 

YOURS AYE 

RADM DAVID LEDSON 

CHIEF OF NAVY 

I think, too, that it’s time we had sufficient 

confidence and a sense of the 

RNZN’s history to assert our identity as 

‘New Zealand’s’ Navy. The heritage, and 

a very rich one at that, that we inherited 

from the Royal Navy will never be forgotten 

– and it will always be acknowledged. 

It has had a tremendous influence on our 

traditions, our core culture – and the way 

we operate. 

Nevertheless, we have our own history 

as the Royal New Zealand Navy stretching 

back over more than 65 years – and 

including service in World War II, Korea, 

Vietnam, Confrontation and a considerable 

range of operations over the last 

couple of decades. 

I think, too, we can be proud of the 

Navy’s contribution during the Cold War 

years. After all, defending the peace and 

deterring war are contributions to the nation 

that are as honourable and valuable 

as fighting and winning its wars. 

So we need to be very clear that we 

are no longer the New Zealand Division 

of the Royal Navy. 

Of course, it’s easier for someone of 

my generation to say this. It’s a little 

harder for some of our older Veterans 

who served in the Navy prior to 1941 

– and who fought in World War II in and 

alongside the Royal Navy. So, it’s important 

to be sensitive to the influence of 

different experiences – bearing in mind 

that many of them have a very strong 

emotional dimension. 

One other reason for establishing a 

single new association relates to our Core 

Value of Comradeship. The behaviours associated 

with this apply not only to our 

interaction within the Navy today, but also 

our obligations to acknowledge those 

who have been in the Navy before us. 

It is easier for the Navy to demonstrate 

Comradeship – and Commitment – and 

support our Veterans if we can deal with 

one organisation – rather than having to 

deal with a number. 

Veterans in each of the Associations had 

recognised for some time the benefits of 

setting up a new organisation that would 

serve to bring the two groups together 

– and that would be more relevant to Sailors 

who served from the 1970’s through 

to today. 

Over the last couple of years the mood 

for a change grew stronger and a few 

weeks ago the change itself happened 

with remarkable ease – and it did so for 

a few very important reasons. 

First key people inside each Association 

made the decision that change was not a 

‘nice to have’, it was both a ‘need to have’ 

and a ‘right to have’. So leadership and 

ownership of change came from within. 

Second, the sense of Navy proved ultimately 

stronger for most Veterans than 

the sense of Association. 

Third, it was understood by those leading 

the change that any change would be 

a big step for some people to take and 

that there were important emotional sensitivities 

that would need to be addressed 

– and they made sure they were. 

In the final analysis though, the change 

happened because in order to make it 

easier for ‘the Navy’ to adhere to our 

Core Values of Comradeship and Commitment, 

Sailors in both Associations 

acted in a way that clearly demonstrated 

what Comradeship, Commitment – and in 

some cases, too, moral Courage – mean 

– and how they can act together as a powerful 

agent for doing the right thing. 

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HONOURS 

QUEENS BIRTHDAY HONOURS 2007 

TO RECEIVE THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE DECORATION (DSD): 

LTCDR ROBERT JAMES (JOE) MILLS, VRD, RNZNVR 

LTCDR Mills transferred to the Regular Force and deployed at short notice to serve 

with the UN Mission in Sudan from November 2005 to June 2006. He was posted 

as the Staff Officer Military Planning, which would normally be a higher ranked 

position. On arrival, the Mission was in start-up phase and it was imperative to 

provide operational guidance to troops assigned to the Mission, as well as to 

UN Military Observers working in a tenuous security situation at a high operational 

tempo and within limitations imposed by the government of Sudan. This 

was not a role that he had any training in, but with diligence and determination 

and using his experience in civilian police work, robust plans were drawn up. 

LTCDR Mills was also personally responsible for resolving discord between the 

military and civil divisions of the United Nations police force. [See also NT 111, 

June 2006, for LTCDR Mills’ story] 

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THE NZDF 

HONOURS LIST 

TO BE A MEMBER OF THE NEW 

ZEALAND ORDER OF MERIT (MNZM): 

WO1 Mark Scott Priestly RNZALR (The 

Duke of York’s Own) 

TO BE ADDITIONAL MEMBERS OF 

THE NEW ZEALAND ORDER OF MERIT 

(MNZM): 

MAJ E A Whakahoehoe RNZIR 

CPL R S Nelson RNZIR 

TO RECEIVE THE DISTINGUISHED 

SERVICE DECORATION (DSD): 

GP CAPT M E Yardley RNZAF 

WG CDR B J Nelson RNZAF 

LTCOL B J Rankin RNZA 

SQN LDR S A Meighan RNZAF 

SQN LDR J P Rankin RNZAF 

CPL D K Te Whata RNZALR (The Duke of 

York’s Own) 

CPL W P Watters RNZIR 

PTE J A I Fatu RNZIR 

NZDF PROMOTIONS 

ON 16 MAY, CDF 

ANNOUNCED A NUMBER 

OF SENIOR PROMOTIONS 

AND APPOINTMENTS 

WITHIN THE NZDF: 

CDRE D V ANSON, presently the 

Maritime Component Commander, 

is appointed Head NZ Defence Staff, 

Washington DC, from December 

this year. The present Head, NZDS, 

CDRE P J WILLIAMS, will return 

to NZ and become Director of 

Programmes, HQNZDF. 

CDRE A J PARR, currently DCN, 

is appointed Maritime Component 

Commander, from December. 

Replacing him as Deputy Chief of 

Navy will be CDRE B PEPPERELL, 

the present Assistant Chief 

Personnel, who will take up the post 

of DCN during November. 

CDRE D V ANSON 

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MC 04-0645-02 

CDRE P J WILLIAMS 

NEW DECORATION FOR THE DEFENCE FORCE 

ON 21 May the Prime Minister announced 

that the Queen has approved 

the institution of the New Zealand Distinguished 

Service Decoration. The new 

decoration will recognise distinguished 

and meritorious service by Regular, 

Territorial and Reserve members of 

the NZDF, including service in an operational 

environment, or in support of 

operations. 

The Chief of Defence Force, LTGEN 

Jerry Mateparae, said the new medal, 

the Distinguished Service Decoration 

(DSD), is a major step towards acknowledging 

the commitment of Defence 

Force personnel throughout NZ and on 

overseas missions. “At a time when the 

NZDF has more than 700 of its personnel 

on operations or deployments, the 

DSD is an important addition to the New 

Zealand Honours system,” said LTGEN 

Mateparae. 

The first recipients of the DSD were 

announced in the Queen’s Birthday 

Honours list on Monday 4 June. Recipients 

will be entitled to use the initials “D.S.D.” 

and will receive their awards at the regular 

investitures at Government House. 

WN 07-0096-03 

Until 1995 this type of service was 

recognised by awards of the British Empire 

Medal (Military Division) – BEM - the 

lower levels of the Order of the British 

Empire – OBE - and occasionally the Distinguished 

Service Order - DSO. Since 

the change to a totally New Zealand 

Honours system in 1996, these awards 

have not been available. The DSD will be 

equal to the previously awarded Queen’s 

Service Medal - QSM. 

The new medal is made of sterling 

silver. The obverse design is a representation 

of eight blades of a Kotiate (lobed 

club) in a circle with a Royal Crown in 

the centre. The front four blades are 

in frosted silver, the rear blades are 

polished silver. The reverse bears the 

inscription “For Distinguished Service” 

in English and Maori. 

The ribbon is Prussian blue and red, 

the colours of the British DSO ribbon, 

with two narrow yellow stripes to signify 

achievement. 

OTHER APPOINTMENTS OF NOTE: 

A/BRIG M WHEELER, will be 

confirmed in rank and appointed in 

place of CDRE Pepperell as Assistant 

Chief Personnel in November. 

BRIG R R JONES appointed as Land 

Component Commander, with effect 

this month. 

BRIG W J WHITING, appointed 

as Head NZDS London, from next 

January 

CAPT C A HOLMES, presently 

Commanding Officer HMNZS 

PHILOMEL, is appointed Director 

Reserve Forces, HQNZDF, with effect 

next January. 

CDR E C F RIORDAN will be 

promoted to CAPT and appointed as 

Director Logistics (Development), 

HQNZDF at the end of this year. 

GPCAPT K R SHORT is appointed as 

Assistant Chief Development, with 

effect this month. 

COL K J BURNETT is appointed 

as Defence Attache Bangkok, with 

effect December this year. 

CAPT C A HOLMES 

[IMAGE: RIORDAN] 

CDR C F RIORDAN 

CDRE A J PARR 

CDRE B PEPPERELL 

OH 06-0148-05 

OH 04-0139-13 



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As this issue of Navy Today 

went to press, the NZDF’s 

new tactical sealift ship 

HMNZS CANTERBURY 

was being commissioned 

at Williamstown, Vic., in 

Australia by the ship’s Lady 

Sponsor, the Rt. Hon. Helen 

Clark MP, Prime Minister. 

By the end of this month 

our new ship will be proudly 

on display to the people of 

Canterbury province. 

CANTERBURY COMMISSIONS! 

THE Defence Minister, Phil Goff, announced 

that “There are three key steps prior to 

CANTERBURY beginning its working life 

based at the Devonport Naval Base: acceptance, 

commissioning, and arrival in its 

homeport. 

“The acceptance of the vessel by the 

Ministry of Defence from the shipbuilders 

and the subsequent hand over to the RNZN 

would take place in Williamstown on Thursday 

31 May, when Defence Secretary John 

McKinnon formally accepted the ship from 

Tenix on behalf of the government. 

“On Tuesday June 12 the vessel would be 

commissioned into the RNZN and formally 

become HMNZS CANTERBURY. After commissioning, 

the ship’s company will then 

finalise preparations ahead of the ship’s 

departure for New Zealand. 

“CANTERBURY will arrive at its home port 

of Lyttleton on Thursday 28 June, to remain 

alongside for four days during which a variety 

of welcome events will be held, including 

an open day for the public and the ship’s 

company parading through Christchurch to 

accept the freedom of the city. 

“CANTERBURY will then sail to Timaru for 

a brief visit between 4–6 July, before heading 

to Devonport.” 

Arrangements for the official welcome 

to the new ship are being managed by the 

Christchurch District Council. Sailors from 

the former frigate CANTERBURY are most 

welcome to attend the Official Welcome and 

the Charter Parade as spectators; in addition, 

the ship will be open to the public on 1 July 

and subsequently while in Timaru. 

The first CO of the new CANTERBURY, 

Ashburton-born CDR Tony Millar, said “As 

a New Zealander and a Cantabrian I feel 

immensely proud to be able to introduce 

our new ship to the people of her home 

province”. 

RA David Ledson, Chief of Navy, said 

“The commissioning of CANTERBURY 

CANTERBURY on her initial 

sea trials back in July 2006. 

Note she was flying the 

Dutch flag at that time. 

RA Ledson and Secretary of Defence John McKinnon formally accept our new ship from 

the Chief Executive of Tenix, on 31 May. 

this month represents the formal start of 

what will undoubtedly be a long period of 

service with the Navy and the beginning 

of her story within the Navy’s story. It represents, 

too, another significant milestone 

in Project Protector and the transformation 

of the Navy from today’s capable Navy to 

tomorrow’s versatile Navy. By the end of 

next year we will have a Navy of 13 ships - 

which together bring a range of capabilities 

that can be applied across the spectrum of 

operations - and in support of coalition, joint 

NZDF and multi-agency missions around NZ 

and across the globe.” 

Photo: Tenix 

Damage control training on board: LT Dani East and CPOSA Glenn Peden 

BY LT MACKENZIE RNZN & ENS MATT MCQUAID 

CANTERBURY: 

BEHIND THE SCENES 

AT the start of this year the Officers and 

Ships Company of CANTERBURY were 

given the task of preparing to commission 

a new ship and then introduce a new 

capability into the NZDF. For all of us, the 

weeks prior to delivery and commissioning 

of CANTERBURY were filled with training. 

As our arrival in NZ draws closer we are 

beginning to re-establish our inherited ties 

with the Canterbury region. In line with our 

predecessor, CANTERBURY has adopted 

Cholmondeley House in Governor’s Bay 

(Lyttleton) as our nominated charity. Preparations 

are also being made for inaugural visits 

to our home ports of Lyttleton and Timaru, 

where Kiwis will get their first look at their 

Defence Force’s newest (and largest!) asset. 

Ceremonial training was added to Damage 

Control training as a priority, while we prepared 

for the Commissioning Ceremony and 

to become HMNZS CANTERBURY. 

CANTERBURY has been fitted with a number 

of state of the art systems to reduce 

damage that might be caused by a major 

incident: 

• Both the Engine and Auxiliary Engine 

Rooms are fitted with CO2 drenching systems, 

in addition to each of the engines and 

the three generators having their own independent 

fresh water drenching systems. 

• The Vehicle Deck is fitted with a salt-water 

drench that can be provided either independently 

or collectively to the five different 

areas of that deck. 

• The galleys are fitted with water-mist 

systems for each of the deep fat fryers and 

CO2 drenching within each galley’s exhaust 

ducting. 

• The flight deck is covered by two large 

foam-monitors, each of which can be operated 

either automatically or manually, and 

are capable of reaching any part of the flight 

deck. Both hangars are also fitted with Foam 

drenches. 

• The majority of the ship is fitted with automatic 

(temperature activated) sprinklers. 

• And in order to combat the possible stability 

issues caused by all this water being 

unloaded on a fire, the ship is fitted with 

large drains throughout the ship, allowing 

any water to be removed very quickly! 

Inevitably, even with all the fixed systems 

onboard, the threat of fire, flood or toxic gas 

remains ever-present. As a result, refresher 

Damage Control training was conducted at 

both duty watch and whole ship levels on a 

daily basis. There has been a concerted effort 

to get to know the ship and its systems so 

that our overall complement of only 70 (core 

Ship’s Company, Army Loading Team and 

PROJECT PROTECTOR 

Ship’s Flight) can be relied on to safeguard 

more than 270 compartments and people. 

A new two-man fire team method is currently 

being trialled onboard. The introduction 

of the new “Elkhart” nozzle allows 

one person to act either as a water-wall or 

fire-fighter with ease. This means that, along 

with another person acting as Team Leader, 

two people may be able to extinguish a fire 

too large for an initial attack party, without 

the need of employing an entire fire-fighting 

team. 

If, for some reason, all efforts to save the 

ship were unsuccessful, and personnel were 

required to evacuate the ship at sea, CAN- 

TERBURY will allow those leaving the ship to 

do so in style. Due to the dangers presented 

by the traditional method of jumping over 

the side, CANTERBURY is fitted with two 

Marine Evacuation Systems (MES) which 

are located on the port and starboard sides 

of 1 deck. When the system is activated, 

two-man slides and 100-person life-rafts inflate 

on each side. At the same time, the six 

50-man life-rafts (3 each side) located on 03 

deck (some 20 metres above the waterline) 

are deployed, and can be subsequently pulled 

alongside the 100-man life-rafts via lines attached 

to the MES. The inflation process for 

each MES takes less than a minute and the 

(somewhat exhilarating) ride down the 20 

metre slide is over in mere seconds. With a 

total life-raft capacity for 500 people, space 

onboard the life-rafts will not be an issue. 

[See photos p8] 

Damage control training: a two-man 

firefighting team prepares to enter a 

compartment 



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The Marine Evacuation System 

with its 100 person capacity 

liferaft, is deployed for training 

BY JUDITH MARTIN, DPRU 

LIFE AT SEA 

A CHALLENGE 

FOR SOLDIERS 

THEY don’t like being called sailors, but 

seven Army personnel have forsaken the 

land for the sea and have become part of 

the ship’s company of the new tactical 

sealift ship CANTERBURY. The soldiers 

– a staff sergeant, a sergeant, a corporal 

and four privates are movement operators 

formerly from 5 Movement Company, and 

are already ensconced into life on board 

the multi-role vessel at Williamstown, 

where it is being fitted out. 

CANTERBURY has many inbuilt systems 

and components to provide its new 

sealift capability to the NZDF, such as the 

vehicle deck, stern and side ramps, 60- 

tonne cranes, landing craft, large hangar 

and flight deck with two ‘spots’, and container-size 

cargo hatches. The embarked 

forces have their own galley, dining area 

and recreation spaces. There is a hospital 

capable of taking five patients including an 

operating theatre, pre and post-op care, as 

well as a very well appointed sickbay for 

the day to day needs of the permanent 

Soldiers of the sea (l to r): SSGT S Pretty, SGT J Fitzell, PTE S Pacey, PTE M 

Morrissey, PTE B Boserio-Judge, CPL Haughey & PTE J Sinclair 

ships company. 

CANTERBURY’s soldiers are all trained 

in terminal operations, and they will be 

responsible for operating cranes, forklifts, 

trucks and other vehicles on the ship, 

securing cargo, and keeping stock of 

what is embarked or disembarked. They 

will also prepare loads for under-slinging 

from helicopters. Their individual postings 

to the ship are between 12 months and 

three years. 

Most of the team have sea-going experience, 

which was augmented by the NZ 

shipping company Strait Shipping opening 

up its vessels for the soldiers to spend 

a few days on and add to their sea time. 

Most of the movement operators have 

worked together before, several of them in 

the Antarctic unloading American ships. 

Movement operator CPL Simon Haughey 

says it has been “challenging” but enjoyable 

getting used to life on board the 

CANTERBURY, and becoming familiar with 

a different Service culture. Toilets are now 

“heads”, meals are “scran”, and instead of 

stories “dits” are told. “Their terminology 

is very different - the Navy seems to have 

its own language at times.” 

WN 07-0040-36 

LMT(P) Allan Driscoll lifts a panel on the 

cover of one of the ship’s diesel engines 

A firefighting team training onboard 

The Rt Hon Steve Bracks with CDR Tony Millar at the Dawn Service 

BY LT DUNCAN MACKENZIE RNZN 

CANTERBURY’S FIRST 

ANZAC DAY 

THE Officers and Ship’s Company of 

CANTERBURY commemorated ANZAC 

Day by attending the dawn service at 

the Williamstown Memorial Cenotaph. 

The RNZN’s relationship with Williamstown 

goes back many years; as the 

home of the Tenix shipyard, Williamstown 

is no stranger to NZ Sailors. 

The importance of Williamstown was 

highlighted by the attendance of the 

Victorian Premiere, the Rt Hon. Steve 

Bracks. 

Our next commitment was the Melbourne 

city parade. CANTERBURY’s 70 

personnel accounted for a large portion 

of the NZDF platoon, which had the 

honour of marching behind the New 

Zealand war veterans. As New Zealanders, 

we had the privilege of being 

situated at the front of the parade - the 

CANTERBURY platoon stepped off at 

0900, some five hours before the last 

platoon started marching! 

Tens of thousands of Melburnians 

lined St Kilda Road, cheering on each 

of the platoons; the parade passed 

through Melbourne’s CBD, a 30-minute 

march that led to the Melbourne City 

War Memorial. The NZ contingent, service 

men and women, MoD personnel, 

and a large number of expatriate Kiwi 

veterans and their families, conducted 

an additional service at the memorial 

tree for the NZEF. The tree (a Matai) is 

situated on eastern side of the War Memorial 

- a place where New Zealanders 

can at any time pay their respects. 

After the parade, the manager of the 

Maori-Chief Hotel in Southbanks extended 

an invitation to us for a BBQ at 

the hotel. Current and former service 

personnel enjoyed refreshments and 

fantastic food as they reminisced. The 

warm hospitality extended to CANTER- 

BURY by the RSL and the Maori Chief 

Hotel was very much appreciated. 



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FEATURE 

It is easy to underestimate the complexity of our modern ships; from gas turbines to 

computer-based control systems, the propulsion and power generating systems on 

board are high-tech and state of the art. Today’s MarineTechnicians are a far cry from 

the muscled stokers of 90 years ago who shovelled coal into boilers… 

New LMT(P)s – after completing the LMT(P) professional course eleven new LMT(P)s display their ‘hooks’ at the 

Marine Engineering School. Back row (l to r) Craig Campbell, Joshua Sarjant, Matt Melton, Robert Comer, Adam 

Fraser & Kurt Menzies. Front row (l to r) Chris Teal, Aaron Barnes, Andrew Orr, Peter Gillham & Mitchell Pye 

MC 07-0197-17 

toring system and a few thousand gauges to 

keep track of fuel, revolutions, temperature, 

water, pressure, current - which piece of 

machinery is doing what. 

Wow, who’s going to control all this stuff? 

A recent guest onboard initially scoffed at the 

(high) number of engineers in ENDEAVOUR. 

After asking him to imagine the scenario outlined 

at the start of this article, I asked him 

once again what he thought - to which he had 

no reply other than to shrug his shoulders 

and say he understood. 

Yet once alongside our work doesn’t 

stop. With the main engine shut down 

and the ship on shore power, that allows 

us to work on the engine and generators. 

ENDEAVOUR’s recent Maintenance Period 

in Singapore was a week of long hours, hard 

work, and contractors - to ensure that our 

machinery would meet the demands of our 

operational deployment. 

They pulled some stuff apart, peeled 

back the layers, and ripped out the old. 

The Engineers took apart our ship’s innards 

to clean, restore, repair and refurbish and 

went a whole lot further than that gasket 

and filter that you changed on your car. They 

completed 110 jobs during the SMP, and 

rectified three major Operational Defects 

(OPDEFs). 

So that’s how our ships stay at sea for as 

long as they do. Well done to the hard work 

In ENDEAVOUR’s engine room: AMT Ollie McChesney (top) CPOMT Knobby Hall (l) 

CPOMT ‘Bubbles’ Boyd (centre) and AMT Bodean Skudder 

“ 

of our Engineers (and the support teams 

from Devonport who came up from NZ to 

assist ourselves and TE MANA). 

Ships are complicated pieces of machinery, 

and as such they require a lot of 

“ 

Once alongside, with the main engine shut down, that 

allows us to work on the engine and generators 

maintenance. And yes, sometimes they 

break down. However it is a testament to 

the quality and dedication of our Engineers 

that our ships work as well and as reliably 

as they do. 

TODAY’S MARINE ENGINEERS 

The Navy doesn’t simply wait until something breaks. By use of Vibration Analysis, our engineers can ‘look inside’ 

running machinery and assess its condition. MANAWANUI was recently the beneficiary of VA techniques ... 

BY LT CALLUM MACPHERSON RNZN 

ENDEAVOUR’S 

ENGINEERS 

JUST imagine that you drove your car for two 

weeks non-stop, parked it up for a weekend 

and then did it all over again. Except, during 

that weekend you had to spend half your 

spare time changing gaskets and filters - 

because it needs to be done and you aren’t 

able to do it while the car was running. 

Now imagine that you do this for eight 

or nine months of the year, every year, for 

twenty or thirty years. It’s an awfully long 

time running that engine for extended periods. 

Now you can begin to understand what 

keeping a ship at sea involves, except we’re 

talking about an engine here that is itself at 

least as big as your whole car, and - truth be 

told - more like the size of a truck. So that’s 

going to need a lot of maintenance. 

Now take that truck-sized engine and strap 

it into a small office building, throw on a hotel, 

a workshop, and a warehouse for good 

measure. It’s beginning to look like we’re going 

to need a bit more than just an engine to 

make this lot work. It all needs electricity of 

course, so add two to four generators (each 

about the size of that car we mentioned), and 

several thousand kilometres of cabling. Add 

a van-sized air-conditioning unit, or perhaps 

a couple of them; all those engines are going 

to make a lot of heat after all. Those hot 

engines will need cooling too, so an entire 

water supply system will be needed. And 

while you’re at it, extend the water supply 

through the hotel, because people need to 

wash. Somewhere along the line you’ll want 

an energy source for those engines, so let’s 

add some massive diesel storage tanks for 

fuel, and why not bolt on a small refinery - to 

make sure it’s good fuel. 

Of course this applies to any of our ships, 

but with the frigates you can add in a jet 

engine from a large airliner, some really 

serious gears and clutches, as well as all 

sorts of guns and radars and stuff that also 

want power, hydraulics, water cooling and 

air conditioning ... 

And then, this all needs some method of 

control, since things are getting pretty complicated. 

We’ll stick in a computerised moni- 

HMNZS MANAWANUI 

A member of the Vibration Analysis (VA) team joined the ship ship trying to drive itself off to port and the wind and sea state 

during our routine operations, for a week of VA trials on the providing some unpredictable heading changes, maintaining the 

ship’s running machinery. The value of conducting VA was survey track proved to be very difficult. With the problems being 

experienced in maintaining the survey lines the focus then 

soon realised as the analysis of the readings, (done back in 

DNB) found that the port engine turbocharger was close to switched to how best to complete the cross-surveys of potential 

self-destructing. The turbocharger pumps high pressure air contacts in order to identify and locate ‘contacts of interest’ for 

into the engine cylinders; but it is driven (like a mini-jet engine) the Divers to investigate during their next operation (planned 

from the hot gas of the engine exhaust. So you can’t stop the for the following two weeks of ops). We continued surveying 

turbocharger without stopping the engine - we were instructed on one engine and through determination and patience managed 

to identify enough contacts to successfully prepare for 

to shut the engine down. 

But we still had to complete our task - our second week of the subsequent diving and ROV operations. 

surveying was completed on one engine. Surveying on one The worn turbocharger was subsequently replaced in Tauranga, 

engine provided some challenges for the OOWs - with the before we headed out to conduct diving ops. 



NT122JUNE07 11

FEATURE 

The diesel generator being 

lifted through 3F deck 

MC 07-0103-02 

BY KIRSTY CLOKIE, ASSISTANT PR MANAGER [NAVY] 

“ 

That’s one of the 

best things about the 

Navy, being able to 

develop in so many 

diverse areas 

“ 

BY SLT LETISHA FITCHETT RNZN 

TE KAHA IN DSRA: 

A STOKER’S VIEW 

THERE has been action a-plenty on TE KAHA 

since she entered dry dock in mid-April. 

Our Stokers – working alongside the dockyard 

staff from VT Fitzroy - said goodbye to 

two of our old generators and said hello to 

two brand-new ones. 

Across in Australia the RAN have previously 

followed a ‘short block’ procedure, 

where the generator engines were stripped 

in place, before removal from the ship 

– expensive and time consuming. Then 

the replacement had to be built-up in place 

– crankshaft, pistons, con-rods etc – more 

time and expense, plus bench-testing of the 

rebuilt engine. 

VTF researched and undertook a new procedure 

– the ‘long block’ - where they aimed 

to remove and replace the engines as near 

to fully built-up as possible. 

Holes were cut in the side of the ship, and 

into the laundry from the 3F lobby. Ventilation 

trunking and the washing machines 

and driers [and lost socks no doubt?] were 

all removed so the 3F HVAC ventilation 

module could be moved into the laundry. 

This allowed us to cut an opening into 3F 

deck – giving access down to 4F from immediately 

above the generators. 

Once lifting gear was designed, rigged and 

tested – an all weekend job – the generators 

were removed. The first took 4½ hours on 

Monday 23 April, the second only 2½ hours 

on Tuesday; a breather on ANZAC Day then 

One of TE KAHA’s stokers cleans 

the starboard propeller 

“ 

As our maintenance 

period draws to 

a close, we say 

goodbye to portaloos 

and hardhats 

“ 

it took only two hours for each of the replacement 

engines to be installed. By close 

of business that same day one of the new 

engines was aligned and the other nearly so 

- a much faster procedure. 

The HVAC module being moved 

through the laundry bulkhead 

The deck and bulkheads were soon replaced, 

welded up and x-rayed to prove the 

quality of the welding; the HVAC module 

moved back and the laundry refitted. And 

because the two new engines came in 

essentially as-built, they retained their full 

warranty. 

Peter Smith of VTF led the AGE team 

– well done! 

Other upgrades to TE KAHA have included: 

• The installation of satellite TV 

• New Reverse Osmosis Plants 

• Installation of the Helo Landing System 

• A face-lift for the WE workshop after the 

flood earlier in the year 

• Stabilisers overhauled 

• Minor work on the Propulsion Diesel Engines 

• Tank cleaning and inspections 

• OD Box overhauled 

• Inspection inside the Shaft-line 

• Gearbox inspection 

• And the whole ship got painted in that 

beautiful shade of grey we know and love. 

As our ship’s maintenance period draws 

to a close, the company are looking forward 

to saying goodbye to our temporary world 

of portable showers, portaloos, plastic 

cutlery and hard hats. One thing we will 

miss though, was the use of the ship’s 

hired golf cart. Why walk, when you can 

drive in style! 

POMT(P) TONY FRANCIS 

PETTY Officer Marine Technician (Propulsion) 

Tony Francis from Te Kuiti decided 

to join the Navy for one simple reason: to 

travel. In eleven years Tony has seen Australia, 

Singapore, China, Russia, Malaysia 

and Japan. 

“The Navy has taken me to places that I 

doubt I would have got to otherwise,” Tony 

ANTOINETTE ‘Ants’ Mitai is the Navy’s 

first fully-qualified female electrical engineer. 

“When I joined the Navy seven 

years ago I wasn’t really sure of the 

exact trade I wanted to join. I had never 

been in a workshop before but I tried 

marine engineering and discovered I 

really liked it.” 

Born in Fiji, Leading Marine Technician 

Mitai has lived in NZ for 13 years. 

Whitianga is her home town - she 

joined the Navy straight from school. 

“The good thing about the Navy is you 

are taught things from scratch. You 

need basic maths and physics for this 

job, but the Navy teaches you everything 

else while you work.” 

LMT Mitai maintains and repairs 

anything on a ship that is powered by 

electricity. “I enjoy working on a variety 

of equipment from Generators to Washing 

Machines - all part of the job! Since 

everything onboard runs on electricity 

(directly or indirectly) you have to know 

a little bit about everything.” 

She has served in TE MANA and MOA. 

In TE MANA she deployed to the Middle 

says. “When we are not required for duty 

there are often tours and travel opportunities 

organised for us, which makes it really 

easy to see the places we visit.” 

Tony has worked as a Marine Engineer 

in ENDEAVOUR, responsible for the ship’s 

engines and electronic controls. As he 

describes it, “It was my job to make sure 

BY JUDITH MARTIN DPRU 

LMT(L) ‘ANTS’ MITAI 

East and Southeast Asia; in MOA she 

operated around the NZ coast. 

‘It’s a male-dominated trade, but 

gender doesn’t seem to matter much, 

she says, “if you work hard and prove 

yourself. I’ve got good mates in this 

branch – we just get on with the job.” 

While she is now a qualified electrician, 

she plans to keep studying, and aims to 

have a degree in electrical engineering 

in the not too distant future. ‘Ants’ is 

the ship could get from A to B”. Last September, 

Tony moved ashore as Divisional 

Coxswain at the Leadership and Development 

Group in DNB, where he is part of 

the team involved in the initial training for 

the junior officers. This change in role has 

allowed Tony to continue to develop and 

progress in his Navy career. “I wanted to 

try something a bit different to complement 

my engineering skills. That’s one of 

the best things about the Navy, being able 

to develop in so many diverse areas.” 

“ 

“I’ve got good mates in 

this branch – we just get 

on with the job 

currently posted to the Marine Engineering 

School, where she takes part in 

the electrical instruction of the Navy’s 

new technical trainees. 

MC 06-0148-06 



NT122JUNE07 13

OUR NAVAL HERITAGE 

25 YEARS AGO: WAR IN THE SOUTH ATLANTIC 

TEV RANGATIRA dressed overall 

for her arrival in Wellington, 1971. 

Photo: DominionPost (with thanks) 

This month the Royal Navy is commemorating the 25th Anniversary 

of the end of the Falklands campaign, a short, bloody 

and entirely unexpected war in the South Atlantic. Here in NZ, 

with a number of former UK servicemen now serving within 

the NZDF, our resident Falklands veterans will sit down to a 

commemorative dinner together. 

While the Falkland’s War is Britain’s victory, New Zealand 

and the RNZN have a number of links to the campaign: 

• Our Naval Communications Facility, then known as HMNZS 

IRIRANGI, carried a Royal Navy HF broadcast directed across 

to the South Atlantic. Britain’s own naval communications 

stations were poorly located for this ‘out of area’ campaign; 

in accordance with long standing Commonwealth arrangements 

IRIRANGI allocated transmitters and aerials to provide 

this naval comms link. 

• Our Prime Minister (then) Robert Muldoon, offered a frigate 

to undertake tasks for the RN, thus relieving an RN ship, 

HMS CARDIFF, for duties in the South Atlantic. Subsequently 

CANTERBURY, then WAIKATO, each deployed twice to the 

Armilla Patrol in the Arabian Sea. Muldoon’s decision, often 

dismissed by commentators here, in fact led to a tremendous 

surge of appreciation in the UK for NZ’s act of solidarity during 

what was a costly and very demanding conflict. 

But another, less direct, Kiwi link was through the former inter-island 

ferry, TEV RANGATIRA. LTCDR John Murray – then 

RN, but today RNZN – takes up the story. 

AN INSTANT MRV: 

TEV RANGATIRA 

SOME readers will remember TEV RAN- 

GATIRA when she was the Wellington to 

Lyttleton ferry in the early 1970s. What you 

may not know is that she was the longest 

serving merchant ship of all those involved 

in the Falklands conflict. 

RANGATIRA was built by Swan Hunter at 

Newcastle in 1971, as an overnight car ferry, 

to replace the ill-fated WAHINE (which sank 

at Wellington on 10 April 1968). After the 

Cook Strait rail ferries made the Wellington- 

Lyttelton service uneconomic, RANGATIRA 

was used as an accommodation ship for 450 

men in northern Scotland during the North 

Sea oil boom. 

At the start of the Falklands conflict, 

RANGATIRA was laid up at Falmouth in 

Cornwall. Ships were being taken over at a 

fantastic rate to support the Falklands Task 

Force - known as Ships Taken Up From Trade 

- STUFT for short! RANGATIRA was ‘taken 

up from trade’ on 12 May 1982 and taken 

to Plymouth where: 

• The A Deck lounge was removed and a 

flight deck fitted, which could take any of 

the helicopters involved in the conflict. The 

flight deck trials were done using a Chinook. 

The new flight deck included all of the 

necessary lighting, firefighting equipment, 

communications with the bridge and a glide 

path indicator. 

• Two diesel generators and two reverse 

osmosis plants installed in the lower car 

deck together with containerised showers 

and a containerised laundry. 

• The lower car deck was filled with all sorts 

of containers to be used as storerooms because 

the ship, being built as an overnight 

ferry, was not well equipped with these. The 

containers were used for dry food, frozen 

food, naval stores, ammunition, small arms 

etc. and included 14 twenty-foot reefer containers 

for 60 days frozen rations for 1300 

men. 

• After the containers were in place, two 

transverse bulkheads were welded into the 

lower car deck for damage control purposes. 

Very large quantities of damage control timber 

were embarked. 

• The upper car deck was converted into 

messdecks, a drill space and a gym. 

• The double bottoms were converted into 

fuel tanks and RAS receiving points were 

installed on both sides of the ship. 

• Cabins were increased in capacity by stapling 

wooden bunk trays in between existing 

bunks, making two berth cabins into four 

berth, four berth into six berth etc. 

• Satellite navigation equipment was installed. 

• A large number of additional liferafts were 

fitted. 

• Four 40mm Bofors guns bolted on. 

• A crew cabin was converted to a military 

communications office. 

• Additional galley equipment installed - 

which made the galley very congested. 

The ship had been built with two luxury 

cabins situated amidships, port and starboard 

on B deck. These had been used by 

the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh during 

a Royal visit to the North Sea oil fields. 

The ‘Duke’s cabin’ became the Senior Naval 

Officer’s cabin and the ‘Queen’s cabin’ became 

a well-appointed sick bay and operating 

theatre. 

There is a big difference between feeding 

a few hundred passengers on an overnight 

ferry and feeding over 1000 troops and crew 

three times a day for months. The dining hall 

had a capacity of 200. Eating was done in 

shifts and it took over three hours to serve 

each meal. To ensure fairness, a system of 

dividing the numbers into groups who were 

named after football teams was devised. 

These were then called forward when there 

was room for the next ‘team’. Numbers reduced 

slightly after the passage south and, 

later, there were times when it was not 

necessary to run this routine. 

The galley had to operate for 24 hours 

a day. At night the chefs produced bread, 

rolls and desserts. With one meal running 

into the next, one of the consequences 

was that there was never an opportunity to 

do a proper cleaning job of the galley. This 

was solved by closing it every Monday for 

in-depth cleaning and feeding everyone with 

light meals made in the dining room. 

When the ship sailed on 14 June 1982 it 

had onboard 940 troops, medical staff, RAF 

personnel and a veterinary surgeon, plus a 

Naval Party of 45 (Naval Party 2070) and a 

Merchant Navy crew of 81. The passengers 

and freight included a complete hospital 

- that is the staff, the equipment and even 

the buildings! 

On commissioning the Naval Party consisted 

of a Commander as the Senior Naval 

Officer, a LTCDR as the 1st Lieutenant, a LT 

as the Supply Officer, a Surgeon Lieutenant 

“ 

and an RFA Radio Officer as well as 9 Senior 

Ratings and 29 Junior Ratings. 

On arrival in the Falklands, soon after 

the Argentine surrender, RANGATIRA was 

moored to a buoy in Port Stanley and used 

as an accommodation ship while more permanent 

accommodation was built. She was 

occasionally taken to sea to refuel and for a 

gunnery shoot. 

In the aftermath of the Falklands War, I 

was sent to the Falklands, travelling from 

RAF Brize Norton to Wide-awake Airfield 

at Ascension Island via Dakar in Senegal. I 

transferred that same night to SS UGANDA, 

another STUFT ship, by Wessex helicopter. 

there is a big difference between feeding 

passengers on an overnight ferry and feeding 

over 1000 troops three times a day for months 

“ 

On board, I was appointed Senior Naval 

Officer of embarked naval personnel, who 

numbered about sixty. 

Ten days later we arrived at East Falkland, 

disembarked by landing craft and I joined 

RANGATIRA as SNO of the Naval Party. By 

then the NP2070 totalled 26 and I and an 

RFA Radio Officer were the only officers. 

Embarked troops called her ‘Rangatraz’ 

- RANGATIRA was by then the longestserving 

merchant ship in the Falklands 

campaign. 

It was an interesting six months in the 

Falklands. In September 1983 I transferred 

to the tanker RFA OLWEN and sailed to 

Grytviken in South Georgia. The next month 

I sailed back to UK in RANGATIRA - the 

ship returned to Plymouth after a 16 month 

deployment during which she never went 

alongside a jetty. 

After her period as a STUFT ship, RANGAT- 

IRA was sold, renamed (twice) and used as 

a cruise ship in the eastern Mediterranean. 

Finally, in 2005 she was sold to Turkish ship 

breakers, beached and broken up. 

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NT122JUNE07 

15

JOINT FORCES 

NAVAL AVIATION 

Early this month, the NZDF 

Strategic Plan was published. 

NT will fully describe the new 

plan in a coming issue, but 

here are the key points… 

THE NEW ZEALAND 

DEFENCE FORCE 

STRATEGIC PLAN 

The Strategic Plan is available 

on the NZDF Intranet; for further 

information about the Joint Vision 

and the Strategic Plan visit: 

http://org/DPRU/default.aspx 

THE NZDF Strategic Plan is the guiding 

document for the Defence Force as we 

continue to improve as a modern, agile military 

for New Zealand. This document provides 

a bridge between longer term strategic 

guidance and subordinate parts of the 

framework; it is the over-arching document 

against which all current and future activity 

will be measured. 

The Strategic Plan does not replace the 

existing single Service plans, but acts as a 

guiding document that these plans link into. 

This is in line with the NZDF vision of Three 

Services as one Force. 

Our Vision: Three Services as one Force, 

being the best in everything we do. 

The NZDF operates as “Three Services 

as one Force”, meaning that each Service 

adds their contribution to the wider 

Defence Force. We can achieve more by 

working as components of a united force; 

we can become more agile, more efficient, 

more effective. We can continue to become 

the modern Defence Force New Zealand 

requires. 

Everyone in the NZDF – be they uniformed 

or civilian, an officer or a new recruit, 

based in NZ or deployed internationally 

– should act with a unity of purpose that is 

focussed on being the best in everything 

we do. We constantly strive for a standard 

of excellence in whatever task we are 

called to undertake. 

Key Strategic Themes: 

The three themes outlined in the Strategic 

Plan are: 

• The Agile Force, 

• Resource Efficiency, and 

• Valued Partner. 

OBSERVER’S SUCCESS 

LEFT: SLT Dave 

Longhurst receives 

the Hawker-Pacific 

Perpetual Trophy 

from ACDRE Howse. 

BELOW: Graduates from 

the Navigation and 

Observer courses, with 

their reviewing officer 

(l to r) FGOFF Rhys 

Evans RNZAF, Officer 

Cadet Adele Merriman 

RAAF, AIR CDRE 

Gavin Howse (centre) 

SLT David Longhurst 

RNZN and SLT Mark 

Flowerdew RAN. 


UPDATE 

OUR Navy’s Tactical Coordinators (TACCO) 

– or more traditionally, Observers – under- 

onto the SH-2G Seasprite. 

Also graduating that day was FGOFF 

take their specialist training at the RAAF 

Rhys Evans RNZAF, who topped No. 128 

School of Aviation Warfare (SAW), formerly 

Navigator Basic Course, which was run 

the RAAF School of Air Navigation. SAW 

in concert with the Observers’ course. 

is located at RAAF East Sale, Victoria, 

FGOFF Evans, incidentally, is the last RN- 

which is 3 hours’ drive east of Melbourne. 

ZAF Navigator graduate from the course 

The RNZAF has had a presence at RAAF 

- future RNZAF students will graduate as 

Base East Sale for the last 14 years; NZ 

Air Warfare Officers (AWOs). 

staff and students at the School brave an 

FGOFF Evans was awarded the Aus- 

extreme climate, and an intimidating array 

tralian Institute of Navigation Trophy (for 

of venomous locals - snakes and spiders! 

best practical Navigator), the Hawker Pa- 

At the graduation ceremony on 3 May, 

cific Air Navigation Trophy (for top student 

for the most recent course, both New 

Navigator) and the Astrolabe Trophy (to 

Zealand graduates had not only met the 

the top RNZAF graduate who achieves a 

culminates with complex low-level over 

stringent graduation requirements, they 

distinguished pass). He is now posted to 

water operations. ‘I made sure I enjoyed 

FIRST OF THE INSHORE 

PATROL VESSELS 

THE launch of the first of the Inshore 

Patrol Vessels, to be named ROTOITI, is 

planned for next month in Whangarei. 

Because of the layout of the slipway 

and marine railway, tide times, and 

the need to transport the ship from the 

Tenix (NZ) yard to the slipway, the new 

ship will be taken to the launch site and 

floated, before the naming ceremony 

takes place. 

KEEL LAID FOR WELLINGTON 

The first modules of the future OPV WELLINGTON were moved onto the Tenix slipway 

on Friday 1 June. CPOMT(P) Simon Albrighton, the NZ MoD representative, placed a NZ 

$5 coin under the keel of the ship. The new ship will take shape as other modules are 

consolidated on the slipway and her launch is to take place later this year. 

far exceeded them. 

SLT Dave Longhurst RNZN graduated 

from No.53 Observer course and was 

awarded the LEUT Michael Elsley RAN 

Memorial Trophy (awarded to the best 

student Observer on the practical exercises), 

the Hawker Pacific Perpetual 

Trophy (awarded to the Observer student 

who gains first place in order of merit on 

graduation) and the AE Systems Trophy as 

the top academic student for both Navy 

and Air Force. 

SLT Longhurst, from Lower Hutt, has now 

returned to No. 6 Squadron for conversion 

No. 40 Squadron for conversion onto the 

C-130 Hercules. 

The Basic Navigators/Observer Course 

prepares students for conversion onto 

operational aircraft, with training focused 

on developing and fostering the skills required 

for them to operate effectively in a 

multi-crew aircraft. During the 11 month 

course, students amass approximately 90 

flying hours in the B350 Kingair. 

Sortie profiles range from Basic Visual 

Navigation, through to Instrument and 

Systems navigation, and for naval Observers 

in the Maritime stream, the course 

each flight,’ recalls SLT Longhurst, ‘but 

there was a lot of ground school and 

theory too.’ 

‘The course is a test of motivation’ he 

says, ‘we had to work closely together.’ In 

fact the drop out rate for this demanding 

course is high with nearly half the original 

group of students failing to complete 

the course. 

FGOFF Evans and SBLT Longhurst were 

awarded their Brevets and presented their 

awards by the reviewing officer, ACDRE 

Gavin Howse ONZM, AFC, RNZAF, the 

Head, NZ Defence Staff in Canberra. 



NT122JUNE07 17

ANZAC DAY 

THE WON REPORT 

WOSA NEIL ROBERTS WO OF THE NAVY 

CHINA 

The 2007 ANZAC Day Service in Beijing was held at dawn at the NZ Embassy; the 

service drew a crowd of some 300 people including expatriates, school children, 

ambassadors and military attachés of 14 nations and official guests. The NZ Minister 

Flags of three nations 

fly during ANZAC Day 

services at Gallipoli 

Photo: CDR McEwan 

of Police, the Hon Annette King attended and laid a wreath in conjunction with the 

Australian Ambassador to China. The Catafalque Party was also multi-national in nature 

with members from the Australian, British, French, Canadian and United States 

forces. The Chinese Peoples Liberation Army provided a bugler. The NZ Ambassador 

HE Tony Browne and the NZ Defence Attaché, GPCAPT Peter Guy RNZAF, both spoke 

of the significance of ANZAC Day and how the ANZAC troops had laid the foundation 

of today’s ANZAC Spirit. Elsewhere in China, Australians and New Zealanders gathered 

for similar ANZAC services in Shanghai, Guangzhou and Hong Kong. 

LEFT: LTCOL Sun Weidong of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army pays his respects 

and lays a wreath at the New Zealand Embassy in Beijing. 

ANZAC DAY 2007: OVERSEAS COMMEMORATIONS 

ANZAC DAY 2007 

The Chunuk Bair Memorial 

WE know it as the Gallipoli campaign; the 

Turks refer to it as the Battle of Chanakkale 

(the Battle of the Dardanelles) 1915. Standing 

on the beach at ANZAC Cove as dawn 

was about to break on ANZAC Day this year, 

with thousands of people - mostly young 

Australians and New Zealanders wrapped 

up against a cold biting wind - it was a significant 

reminder to me to reflect on those 

who have made the ultimate sacrifice for 

our country in places far from home. Further 

ceremonies followed later in the day 

at Lone Pine (the Australian memorial) and 

at the 57th Regiment memorial (Turkish). 

That was where the defenders gave the 

command not to attack, but ‘to stand and 

die,’ so allowing time for Turkish reinforcements 

to arrive and strengthen their position 

against the Allies. 

ANZAC Day completed with the NZ ceremony 

at Conkbayiri (Chunuk Bair), the site 

where LTCOL William Malone led the Wellington 

Regiment to the top of the hill from 

where the Allies’ goal could be seen...the 

waters of the Dardanelles. It was of course 

a goal they did not reach. 

CN at the French Cemetery on 24 April 

The day before, along with CN and the 

Flag Lieutenant, I attended ceremonies at 

the French War monument and cemetery 

along the Morto Bay road, the first landing 

point of the Allies on the peninsula. Then it 

was onto Capes Helles to commemorate the 

British casualties, including the many sailors 

in the campaign. Their memorial stands 

near the point where the 29th Royal Naval 

Division landed; this unit was formed from 

sailors and marines who had no jobs at sea 

to go to - it was here that Bernard Freyberg 

(commander of the 2NZDiv in the next war 

and later Governor General of New Zealand) 

earned the first of his four DSOs as part of 

the 7th (Hood) Battalion of the Royal Naval 

Brigade. 

Numerous war cemeteries are on the peninsula 

and they all reinforce the enormity of 

the loss of life from both sides. Of the nearly 

8500 New Zealanders that took part in the 

campaign, we suffered 7553 casualties, 

2721 dead and 4852 wounded. While it is 

a long way in distance and 92 years in time 

from the Gallipoli Peninsula to the Devonport 

Naval Base of today, we need to remember 

that today’s Navy exists by the actions of 

those that have gone before us. For me the 

word leadership encompasses our heritage 

and links the two. Many would argue that 

leadership, or leadership failures, were the 

key factors in the outcome of the Gallipoli 

campaign for both sides. 

With the introduction of the Protector Fleet 

beginning this month, we will all be called 

upon to provide leadership for the successful 

introduction of the new ships for our versatile 

Navy. While the challenges may not be 

of the same magnitude as those faced at 

Gallipoli, we need to be prepared to deliver 

as they did 92 years ago. 

BROKENHURST, UK 

LT Rhys Pevereal RNZN represented today’s NZDF on ‘ANZAC Sunday’ at Brokenhurst, 

where every year since 1927 a service has been conducted by the Royal British 

Legion in the graveyard of St Nicholas’s church. One Australian and 93 NZ soldiers 

from the Great War are buried there – sick or wounded from the Western Front who 

came to the nearby No.1 NZ General Hospital but who did not survive. 

The Rt. Hon Jonathan Hunt ONZ, the NZ High Commissioner in London, with 

ADM Sir Ian Garnett KCB and AVM Andrew Roberts CB inspected the parade and 

laid wreaths before a crowd of some 300 people. The New Zealand Bell, donated to 

the Church in 1924 by relatives of the soldiers buried in the church yard, was tolled 

94 times – once for every ANZAC soldier buried there. 

Four Kiwi ex-navalmen at the 

grave of OSEA Cooper 

SOUTH 

KOREA 

LT Jeremy Packham RNZN escorted 

a party of 17 NZ Korean war veterans 

and wives and family members 

on a 10 day visit to the battlefields 

of Korea, the UN Cemetery in 

Busan and the DMZ, culminating in 

an ANZAC Day service at the War 

Memorial in Seoul. 

After the Commonwealth commemoration 

of the Battle of Kap’yong 

(22-26 April, 1951) shared with Canadian 

and Australian veterans, the 

New Zealanders presented scholarships 

to high-achieving Korean school 

students. 



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OUR PEOPLE 

A. REMEMBERING WWII 

CDR Dave McEwan took long leave recently 

to travel extensively in Europe and the Middle 

East; here he is at the Commonwealth War 

Cemetery at El Alamein, Egypt. 

B. DENTAL SERVICES 

Dental services are now available to Afghanis 

at Bamyan, with the deployment of a fiveman 

medical team from the Singapore Armed 

Forces, which joined the NZPRT last month. 

COMJFNZ, RA Jack Steer, says “The NZDF 

is proud to be associated with the SAF in a 

humanitarian assistance operation assisting 

the people of Afghanistan to rebuild their 

nation.” 

C. CONGRATULATIONS! 

CPOMT(P)Johnny Townsend and Jo 

Cherrington were married in the Navy Chapel 

on 21 April. The wedding party were (l to 

r) Karen Rossi, Vi Sinclair, Alex Cook, the 

new Mrs Townsend, CPOMT(P) Townsend, 

CPOMT(P) Wayne Ratu, CPOMT(P) Cameron 

Head and CPOMT(P) Des Rangiwai. 

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D. PROUD PARENTS 

LT Lyamon Bakewell, new CO of WAKAKURA, 

with his parents Wendy and Monty Bakewell, 

after the change of command ceremony. 

E. INTERNATIONAL DEFENCE MEETING 

The Technical Co-operation Programme Human 

Resources Technical Panel came to DNB for 

briefings at DNB on 8 May. The aim of TTCP 

is to foster co-operation in the science and 

technology areas of conventional national 

defence. 

F. PROUD PARENTS 

POYS Jon Dagger with his partner Jess 

Scandlyn (a former ACO) and their baby 

Hayden at the Navy Chapel. 

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G. WELCOME ABOARD! 

From l to r: RN Exchange family: Julia 

Penketh, LT Mark Penketh & Megan; 

Lateral Recruits: CPOHCM Malcolm Keen 

& Julie; CPODR Simon Marston & Sarah 

Smith. 

H. HAERA RA! 

ANZAC Exchangees returned to the RAN 

after three months in NZ; (l to r) ABHSO 

S Godley, LSWTR J Newton, ABCD J 

McPherson, LSSTD N Lockyer & LSMUSN 

J Campbell 

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I. GRADUATION 

Former Takapuna Grammar School 

student, MID Ben Martin recently 

graduated from the University of 

Otago, with a Bachelors degree in 

Surveying (with credit). Of his 4 years at 

university, three were sponsored by the 

Navy under the Chatham Scheme. Ben is 

currently undergoing his initial officer 

training to become an hydrographer, at 

the Leadership Development Group in 

Devonport and is looking forward to his 

passing-out parade in July. 

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BOOK REVIEWS 

FIVE POWER DEFENCE ARRANGEMENTS: 

EXERCISE BERSAMA SHIELD 07 

FLEET PROGRESS 

INTERNATIONAL 

HMNZS TE MANA + ENDEAVOUR 

ADELAIDE manouvering 

to tow ENDEAVOUR 

HMNZS TE MANA 

By ENS David Luhrs RNZN 

BY ENS DAVID LUHRS RNZN 

HMNZS TE MANA 

ON ANZAC Day, TE MANA personnel represented 

the RNZN at the dawn parade 

at Kranji Commonwealth War Cemetery 

in Singapore. The service put everyone in 

an appropriate frame of mind for the commencement 

of EX BERSAMA SHIELD 2007 

later that day. 

We sailed from Sembawang for the FPDA 

exercise areas with ENDEAVOUR – our war 

paint refreshed and our weapons ready. The 

exercise split up our ships into two forces 

for the majority of the exercise; however 

they combined in later stages for more demanding 

large scale anti-air serials. The first 

force consisted of TE MANA, ENDEAVOUR 

and HMAS ADELAIDE. The second force 

was comprised of HMS MONMOUTH, RSS 

VENGEANCE and KD JEBAT. TE MANA took 

charge of the first force and the second was 

in the charge of MONMOUTH. 

The first phase was force integration 

training (FIT) with many opportunities for 

seamanship, warfare and aviation. It provided 

a great chance for all ships to up the 

tempo in both damage control, command 

and control and core warfare skills. All ships 

increased in both individual skills and whole 

ship skills and by the end of the exercise the 

task group was a smooth running machine. 

We defended ENDEAVOUR from missile 

attacks, conducted naval gunfire support 

against shore targets, and the numerous 

serials tested everyone involved. 

Throughout the exercise our personnel 

‘cross-decked’ to other ships, which provided 

a useful insight into how other ships 

are run and how their living conditions differ. 

Personnel cross decking into TE MANA 

enjoyed our fine NZ food, living conditions 

and the atmosphere on board. 

All ships anchored at Pulau Tioman on Day 

7; this marked the end of the FIT phase and 

allowed our people to relax and spend time 

ashore for PT. The day finished with a flight 

deck barbeque, but our planned flight deck 

movie was unfortunately rained out. 

The final stage of the exercise was the 

advanced tactical phase. In this phase the 

ships take action as required to meet the 

various, unpredictable, threats in the evolving 

scenario. This was all conducted while 

transiting south to the Singapore Straits, 

amid one of the world’s busiest shipping 

areas. In the final stage all ships worked 

together very proficiently to defeat the 

combined threat. 

TE MANA and ENDEAVOUR returned to 

Sembawang for a self-maintenance period 

prior to taking part in the International Maritime 

Defence Exhibition Asia (IMDEX). That 

was followed by visits to Port Blair, Pulau 

Langkawi and now Kota Kinabalu, when we 

begin our passage home. 

The WSMX international formation (top to bottom): TE MANA, PLA(N) XIANGFAN, 

HMAS ADELAIDE, RSS PERSISTANCE, RSS VALOUR & FNS FLOREAL 

BY LT CALUM MACPHERSON RNZN 

HMNZS ENDEAVOUR 

APRIL and May were very busy for the task 

force, and the companies of ENDEAVOUR 

and TE MANA have been kept on their toes 

with: 

• LION ZEAL, a bilateral exercise with Singapore 

[see NT 121] 

• BERSAMA SHEILD, with our FPDA allies 

(Australia, UK, Singapore and Malaysia); 

and 

• WPNS MULTILATERAL SEA EXERCISE 

which involved many navies including the 

FPDA nations, China, Sri Lanka, the USA, 

India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Korea, Japan 

and France. 

During this time ENDEAVOUR took part in 

IMDEX [see next item] and conducted an intensive 

maintenance period at Sembawang 

Naval Base. 

Exercise BERSAMA SHEILD was our time 

to show what “The Big-E” could do; we 

delivered fuel and stores on demand, and 

were frequently ready to supply fuel well 

within thirty minutes notice (our operational 

requirement). From start to finish ENDEA- 

VOUR was in demand and on time to ‘Fuel 

the Fight’. We proved to the other FPDA 

nations that we have what it takes to hold 

our heads high as a world-class Replenishment 

Tanker: 

• 5 x Replenishments at Sea (RAS) with 

ADELAIDE, TE MANA and MONMOUTH 

(a total 816 cubic metres of fuel supplied). 

Supplying fuel to fighting ships while at sea 

is our primary role. 

• 3 x RAS dry hook ups with KD JEBAT, AD- 

ELAIDE & MONMOUTH. Just like a RAS, 

but no actual fuel is passed. It was the first 

time JEBAT had ever done a RAS - it went 

very well, and we were impressed with how 

things went at their end. 

• 1 x Light Jackstay with TE MANA. A light 

jackstay involves the transfer of stores and 

personnel by a taut line stretched between 

two ships underway. 

• RASAPs (RAS approaches) with all units, 

including RSS VENGEANCE. RASAPs allow 

other ships to practice coming up and alongside 

our tanker in preparation for transferring 

fuel. This involves getting very close (30m or 

so) which is why it is so important to practice 

it often. 

• One TOWEX, when we were taken in tow 

by ADELAIDE. This went off without a hitch, 

and ADELAIDE demonstrated some excellent 

ship handling. 

Perhaps one of the highlights for the crew 

during BERSAMA SHIELD was the opportunity 

to play the Red Force, or ‘Bad Guys’ 

for once. This provided the opportunity for 

many gags, not the least of which included 

cajoling our friends in TE MANA about being 

imperialist aggressors! 

Dry RAS with KD JEBAT 

HMS MONMOUTH 

KD JEBAT 

EX BERSAMA SHIELD 07 

AIR FORCES 

RSAF: 

RAAF: 

RMAF: 

RNZAF: 

F-16 Fighting Falcon 

F-5 Tiger 

F50 Maritime Enforcer 

KC-130 Hercules (tanker) 

F-18 Hornet 

AP-3C Orion 

MiG 29 ‘Fulcrum’ 

F-18 Hornet 

KC-130 Hercules (tanker) 

P-3K Orion 

Naval helicopters: 

SH-2G(NZ) Seasprite 

EH101 Merlin 

Super Lynx 



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FLEET 

INTERNATIONAL 

PROGRESS 

HMNZS TE MANA + ENDEAVOUR 

NAVAL PATROL FORCE 

The WMSX formation (l-r): TE MANA, PLA(N) 

XIANGFAN, HMAS ADELAIDE, RSS PERSISTANCE, 

RSS VALOUR, FS FLOREAL & ENDEAVOUR 

MC 07-0218-47 

MC 07-0218-15 

50 cal HMG crew on TE MANA 

during an AAW exercise 

BY LT PHIL JOHNSON RNZN 

WPNS MULTILATERAL SEA EXERCISE 

[WMSX] 

MID Katie Gibson on the 

bridge of ENDEAVOUR 

LT Judson (right) gives command of HMNZS Kiwi to LT 

JJ McQueen (Rear Admiral Jack Steer behind) 

MC 07-0218-26 

THE WMSX is a sea exercise conducted 

between navies of the West Pacific Naval 

Symposium (WPNS). It was conducted in 

the Singapore Straits and South China Sea 

from 19-20 May and involved 18 participating 

ships, fixed wing aircraft and shipborne 

helicopters, as well as observers from 14 

navies. 

The objective of WMSX was to enhance 

mutual understanding and inter-operability 

among WPNS navies through the conduct 

of maritime operations in a non-warfare, 

non-threat based scenario, focusing on 

confidence building and collaboration, and 

to practice WPNS procedures ashore and 

at sea. 

The serials comprised of a Minefield Transit, 

Force Protection against small boat threats, 

RASAPs, AA Towed Target Shoot, Surface Target 

Shoot, Maritime Surveillance Operations, 

Synthetic SAREX, and a PHOTEX. 

The exercise was split into three phases 

- a pre-exercise phase, the sea phase and 

a post-sea phase. During the pre-exercise 

phase TEM and END had two systems installed 

to improve our interoperability with 

other nations: 

The first system was ACCESS; a common 

operating picture data system supplied by 

the Singaporeans that utilises a laptop and 

separate INMARSAT-B system, all of which 

resides on the bridge in “ruggedised” cases 

with the antenna installed on the bridge 

top. 

The second system was a digital communications 

terminal called SACU (Stand Alone 

Communication Unit). This was supplied and 

fitted by the Indian Navy and consisted of 

another “ruggedised” PC and printer connecting 

to a ships radio in the VHF range 

for interaction of tactical data within a Task 

Group. 

TEMs SH-2G was utilized for the PHOTEX 

IMDEX ASIA 2007 

Task Group 648.12 (TE MANA and ENDEAV- 

OUR) in conjunction with our Chief of Navy, 

were the NZ contribution to the International 

Maritime Defence Exhibition (IMDEX) and 

conference Asia 2007 – 15-18 May. Other 

nations taking part were Australia, Bangladesh, 

China, France, India, Indonesia, Korea, 

Malaysia, Pakistan, Singapore, Sri Lanka, UK 

and the USA. These nations were not only 

represented by ships from their navies, but 

also by their respective defence and naval 

chiefs. 

IMDEX provides an opportunity for defence 

companies from around the world to display 

new and upcoming technologies. IMDEX Asia 

2007 was sponsored by companies such as 

with SLT Paddy Baker acting as the camera 

man - his video footage was used over the 

next few days as the story ran on a Singapore 

news channel. 

Overall, IMDEX and WMSX proved to be 

an eye-opening and challenging event, which 

not only allowed us to work with other navies, 

but to show off our own hi-tech naval 

weapons and sensors, while also glimpsing 

what the next generation of warships will 

be equipped with. 

ATLAS ELEKTRONIK, BAE Systems, Lockheed 

Martin, Northrop Grumman and Raytheon. 

These companies, and more, displayed items 

and systems from their array of products. 

The seminar for the international delegations 

allowed the companies to describe the 

theories of their emerging systems, whilst 

each company showed off their products at 

the exhibition stands. 

Friday 18 May was the IMDEX Sport Olympiad, 

in which the IMDEX Cup was up for 

grabs. The tournament took place in the RSN 

sports centre in Changi naval base. TE MANA 

and ENDEAVOUR combined as an RNZN team, 

winning first place in basketball (beating the 

US!) and the tug-of-war. A third place in tennis 

secured the overall result for an excellent 

victory and we won the IMDEX Cup. 

Rear Admiral Jack Steer (right) congratulates LT Bakewell 

on his new command of HMNZS Wakakura 

KIWI AND WAKAKURA: CHANGING COMMAND 

A ceremony to mark the change of 

Commanding Officers for KIWI and 

WAKAKURA was held on 28 May 

at the Naval Base. The Change of 

Command Ceremony is traditionally 

formal and impressive – designed to 

strengthen the respect for authority 

and show the continuity of command. 

This ceremony, in the form of 

Ships’ Divisions, took place on both 

IPCs alongside at the Small Craft 

Pontoon. 

Rear Admiral Jack Steer was the 

reviewing officer and during the ceremony 

LT A P McHaffie RNZN handed 

over command of WAKAKURA to LT 

L Bakewell RNZN. LT G Judson then 

relinquished command of KIWI to LT 

J J McQueen RNZN. 

LT Alistair McHaffie says farewell to WAKAKURA’s 

company during the ceremony 

Rear Admiral Jack Steer (right) presents LT Grant Judson with a 

commissioning pennant to mark his time in command of KIWI 

MC 07-0218-50 



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HMNZS 

MANAWANUI 

BY LT MUZZ KENNETT RNZN 

[EXECUTIVE OFFICER] 

OPERATION 

ORION 

Operation ORION is the conduct of 

HMNZS MANAWANUI 

HAVING completed the Surface Supplied 

Diving Work Up (Op ORCA) in the Bay of 

Islands at the end of April, MANAWANUI’s 

company attended ANZAC Day in Whangarei 

with the Operational Diving Team (ODT). 

After the Dawn Parade, we split into groups 

to attend 10am services at Kamo and Hikurangi, 

with the ODT at the Pehiaweri 

Marae. To finish the day the XO and ACH 

Monk attended an afternoon service at the 

Kamo rest home, where the XO’s grandmother 

resides. A good day was had by all 

and the hospitality shown by the Whangarei 

RSA was superb. 

We sailed from Whangarei back to DNB to 

off-load the ODT and reconfigure the ship 

for her next period of operations. The MCM 

container was loaded on and the ship reprovisioned 

ready for OP ORION, a survey 

of Q routes. The first week of OP ORION 

was spent off Waiheke Island conducting 

MCM training, and sea acceptance trials for 

a new Side Scan Sonar and related software 

(see next article). MCC embarked for a day 

to catch up with us, present LMT Neil Mc- 

Intosh with his 2nd Good Conduct Badge, 

and observe the MCM equipment and the 

Remote Underwater Sonar in operation. 

Having successfully completed SATs it 

was off to the Bay of Plenty for two weeks 

of surveying. On clearing A Buoy, we went 

to flying stations and conducted a series of 

VERTREP training serials with a No.6 Sqn 

SH-2G. There is not a great deal of room on 

the dive deck of MANAWANUI when the 

container is embarked, however with some 

precision flying and exact positioning of the 

helicopter the winching of personnel to and 

from MANAWANUI was done safely, and 

some good training was achieved. 

A member of the Vibration Analysis (VA) 

team also joined the ship to conduct VA trials 

on the ship’s machinery [see page 11 Ed] 

This resulted in the second week of surveying 

being completed on one engine, 

which provided some challenges for our 

OOWs. The ship tried to drive itself off to 

port and the wind and sea state provided 

some unpredictable changes. But with 

determination and patience we managed 

to identify enough contacts to be able to 

conduct successful dive and ROV operations 

during OP NIAGARA. 

Deteriorating weather led us to berthed in 

Tauranga a day earlier than planned. A sports 

afternoon was quickly organised and a Port 

Watch versus Starboard Watch contest was 

soon being enjoyed on Mt Managanui beach. 

The XO (32yrs experience) and the Navigator 

(31yrs experience) proved that “old age 

and cunning will beat youth and enthusiasm 

every time”. 

ABOVE: Staff and 

students from Tahatai 

Coast School in the 

RHIB LEFT: Morning 

tea: Tauriko School 

students are in 

red shirts; Tahatai 

students in blue. 

Our sailors also made good use of two 

kayaks we had recently purchased for recreational 

use - they were great fun in the 

surf at the Mount. 

On Friday the ship hosted children from 

Tahatai Coast School and Tauriko Primary 

School. With the fuel trucks arriving at 0900 

and stores arriving at 1000 it was a busy 

time, but as always with planning (the stores 

truck was an hour late) and good team work 

all activities were completed and the school 

children were given a tour of the ship, enjoyed 

a RHIB ride, inspected the ship’s small 

arms display, and enjoyed morning tea with 

our company. 

They all left with a bag of PR material and 

some stories to tell their mates. 

side scan sonar (SSS) survey ops on a 

specified route, known as a Q-Route, 

in order to detect bottom contacts, 

assess environmental sea bed conditions 

and delineate specific areas of 

interest. 

The Side Scan Sonar is used in 

conjunction with a software package; 

another software package provides a 

common operating interface that provides 

position and navigational data 

and allows us to plan, process, and 

analyze all the acquired data. 

Side Scan Sonar works by emitting 

high or low frequency sound pulses 

from a transmitter through the water 

reflecting when the pulses contact a 

hard surface. The data collected is 

monitored in real time using the online 

system. Any obstruction or contact 

proud of the seabed will show on the 

display providing an indication that 

‘something’ is there and may require 

closer investigation. This method 

gives an almost photo-like image of 

the sea floor. 

Once an object is detected it is captured 

and saved for processing - the 

contact’s position is logged and it is 

measured to ascertain validity for positive 

identification. The length and width 

can be determined by the bright area 

shown by the image and height is found 

by measuring the length of the shadow 

that is cast by the object. 

Data collected throughout allows us 

to decide on specific Contacts of Interest 

(COIs) for positive identification by 

our Divers or the Remotely Operated 

Vehicle. This process is known as ‘Q- 

Route Conditioning’ and is referred to 

as Operation NIAGARA. 

VERTREP training 

On the beach: Port & Starboard Watches compete at Mt Maunganui. 



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HMNZS RESOLUTION 

MOUNTAIN 

BIKES AT SEA 

AFTER some very kind donations from 

the Napier, Hastings and Taradale RSAs, 

our ship was able to increase its sporting 

capability by the purchase of two mountain 

bikes and two wind trainers. The use 

of wind trainers means that the bikes can 

still be used effectively while at sea or 

anchor, as well as having two mountain 

bikes for use exploring the different ports 

when alongside. The ships company has 

benefited greatly from this very generous 

gift. Many thanks to the three RSAs who 

supported us. 

A Bike and Windtrainer set up on the Quarterdeck. 

ACH Amy Dombroski tries out 

one of the new bikes at sea 

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY OPERATOR: 

Zara Powell 

At 18 years of age Navy woman Zara Powell is the youngest on board. “I’m 

the youngest on the ship but we all get on pretty well,” Ordinary Hydrographic 

System Operator Powell says. The former Trident High School Student, from 

Ohope, is training to be a hydrographic surveyor on board the RESOLUTION. 

OHSO Powell said the travel was one of the reasons she had joined the Navy. 

“I grew up surf lifesaving with Whakatane Surf Lifesaving Club and I’ve loved 

the water ever since. The Navy was always going to be a good choice. The 

hardest thing is not being able to walk to a shop or leave when you want to.” 

OHSO Powell is posted to the HMNZS RESOLUTION for up to one year. Her 

training included time on the wheel, steering the 2262 tonne ship. She took 

the ship in hand for a number of hours during a recent three week training and 

surveying voyage down the North Island to Picton, and back to Devonport. 

RESOLUTION’S PEOPLE 

BY JAMES HEFFIELD DPRU* 

* JAMES HEFFIELD HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE DEFENCE PR UNIT NEARLY A YEAR 

- HE RECENTLY EMBARKED IN RESOLUTION DURING A COASTAL PASSAGE. 

THE ENGINEER 

As the sole engineering officer on board, 

LT Joel Rumble has a lot of responsibility. 

The 26-year-old former Saint Peters College 

Student is charged with keeping the engines 

and mechanical systems working in the 

Navy’s hydrographic survey ship. 

“I’ve got people with expertise within e- 

mail contact but I’m the only expert in 

my field working on the ship,” LT Rumble 

says. “I guess that’s a bit of pressure. The 

consequences of a mistake can be huge.” 

Joel joined the Navy in 1999 and served in the 

frigates CANTERBURY and TE KAHA before 

moving into the RESOLUTION. “I definitely 

prefer working on ships to serving on shore. 

The camaraderie is great and our cabins in 

RESOLUTION are reasonably spacious.” 

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY OPERATOR: 

Greg Carter 

While most of Greg Carter’s friends 

from Napier Boys’ High School went to 

university or polytech, he decided to join 

the Navy. Joining meant he had to reduce 

his surfing at Mahia, where he grew up, 

but the chance for a new adventure made 

it worthwhile. Now, at 19 years of age, he 

is posted as an Able Hydrographic Survey 

Operator to the RESOLUTION. 

“I decided to become a surveyor because 

I was good at geography in school and 

hydrographic surveying is related,” Greg 

says. “I didn’t want to get a student loan 

and joining the Navy was something 

different. I enjoy the travel and the 

chance to go to different ports. Port 

hopping is great because you meet all 

kinds of different people!” 



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GALLEY SLIDE 

JUNE - JULY 2007 

J U N E / J U L Y 

NAVAL COMBAT FORCE 

HMNZS TE MANA [CDR W J TRUMPER RNZN] 

09 – 21 Passage 

21 – 25 Cairns 


29 – 30 Sydney 

HMNZS TE KAHA [CDR A S GRANT RNZN] 

11 – 15 Harbour training 

15 – 18 Auckland 

18 – 22 Sea trials 



26 – 30 Auckland – PAL 

Naval Support Force 


21 – 25 Cairns 




02 – 06 East Australian Exercise Area 


09 – 13 PWO sea week 


15 – 19 Passage and EEZ patrol 





23 – 27 Shakedown 


HMNZS ENDEAVOUR [CDR I J S ROUTLEDGE RNZN] 


03 –13 Passage & EEZ patrol 


AROUND THE FLEET 

J U N E / J U L Y 

HMNZS KAHU [LT I BRADLEY RNZN] 

11 – 25 DNB – Maintenance 

25 – 27 Harbour trials 


29 – 30 DNB 

Naval Patrol Force 

08 – 11 DNB 

11 – 15 Officer of the Watch training 

15 – 18 DNB 

18 – 22 Sea training 

22 – 25 VR training 


28 – 30 DNB 

COMPILED BY LCSS(A) J L BROOKE, HQ JFNZ 

NOTE: THIS FORECAST IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE 

OPERATIONAL DIVING TEAM [LTCDR D TURNER RNZN] 

11 – 15 DEMS training 

15 – 18 DNB 


22 – 25 DNB 


29 – 30 DNB 

01 – 02 DNB 


06 – 16 DNB – PAL 

16 – 31 Diving training 

01 – 02 DNB 

02 – 06 DEMS training 

06 – 08 DNB 


13 – 30 Diving Trainng - DNB 

30 – 31 DNB 

HMNZS WAKAKURA [LT L J BLAKEWELL RNZN] 

01 – 02 DNB 

02 – 06 IMAV 

06 – 22 DNB – PAL 

22 – 27 EEZ patrol 

27 – 30 Nelson 

30 – 31 EEZ patrol 

RNZN CENTRAL FUND 

BY SCOTT HANDLEY, NAVAL STAFF ACCOUNTANT 

ON 24 May, the RNZN Central Fund received $51,927 as the 

final distribution of profits from the Armed Forces Canteen 

Council for 2006/07. AFCC distributes its profits to Service 

Central Funds based upon the level of sales registered in 

Service outlets. DCN is a member of the AFCC Council. 

The RNZN Central Fund was formed in 1962 after the 

amalgamation of three amenities funds (Officers, Ratings 

and WRENS). The income of those three funds had initially 

been generated from the 1951 Wharf Strike and had been 

used to provide such amenities as the Fleet Swimming Pool. 

In 1981 the Central Fund and the RNZN Central Sports Fund 

amalgamated. The Sports Fund had been originally set up in 

1906 (then known as the Timaru Fund) and provided gunnery 

prizes to the Ship’s company of HMS NEW ZEALAND. In 

1921 the Timaru and the Christchurch funds amalgamated 

as the Squadron Sports Fund, later to become the RNZN 

Central Sports Fund. 

Between 1987 and 1997 a number of smaller prize and memorial 

funds have been amalgamated into the RNZN Central 

Fund. These were: the Barrie Dunlop Memorial Fund and 

Captain Palmer Tankard Fund; the Herbert Lott RNZN Trust 

Fund; the Commodore K.J. Lewis Memorial Prize Fund; and 

the Medical Assistant Prize Fund. 

Other than AFCC distribution, the RNZN Central Fund generates 

income via bank and investments interest, non-AFCC 

canteen rebates and donations. 

THE RNZN CENTRAL FUND’S AIMS ARE: 

• To purchase amenities not provided from public funds 

• To maintain assets provided by non-public funds 

• To make grants to ships, establishments or other funds 

• To be used for any purpose in the interest of the Navy 

as the Trustees may decide 

• To maintain a level of capital equity that will generate 

sufficient income to fund the above. 

Notable contributions to Navy welfare have been made 

by the Central Fund as follows: 

• Purchase of motels at Taupo (Arawa Lodge) and Mt 

Maunganui (Takitimu Lodge) 

• Annual grants to: ex-ships’ associations; Family 

Support Fund; RSA Christmas parcels; Navy Sport and 

Recreation Council Trust; and the Chaplains’ Fund 

• Annual scholarship at the University of Canterbury 

• Availability of Personal Loans and other welfare 

support for civilians (equivalent to those available to 

Regular Force personnel through the Benevolent Fund 

or Officers’ Benevolent Trust) 

HMNZS CANTERBURY [CDR A M MILLER MNZM RNZN] 

HMNZS KIWI [LT J J MCQUEEN RNZN] 

12 Commissioning Day 

22 - 27 Passage to NZ 

28 - 30 Lyttelton 

Hydrographic Survey Force 

HMNZS RESOLUTION [CDR M R TUFFIN RNZN] 

01 – 25 Auckland – Maintenance 

25 – 29 Harbour trials 


Diving and MCM Forces 

HMNZS MANAWANUI [LTCDR N M LONGSTAFF RNZN] 


11 – 15 Officer of the Watch Training 


25 – 29 Diving Ops 


01 - 02 Lyttelton 

04 - 06 Timaru 

07 - 10 Passage to Auckland 

10 - 31 Sea Training - Auckland areas 






15 – 19 LINZ Survey 

19 – 22 Napier 


03 – 06 Preps 

06 – 30 Auckland - maintenance 

08 – 11 DNB 

11 – 15 Officer of the Watch training 

15 – 18 DNB 


22 – 25 VR training 


28 – 30 DNB 

Visiting Ships 

01 – 09 DNB 


13 – 31 DNB – PAL 

HMS MONMOUTH 

13 - 17 Wellington 

HMAS NEWCASTLE 

26 - 29 Wellington 

JAPAN TRAINING SQUADRON 

JMDF KASHIMA 

JMDF SHIMAYUKI 

JMDF SAWAGIRI 

28 July - 01 August 

Wellington 

APPOINTMENT OF CHIEF 

INFORMATION OFFICER 

CDF has announced the appointment of Peter Thomas to the 

role of Chief Information Officer for NZDF. Peter will join the 

NZDF on 16 May 2007 and initially will spend a significant 

amount of time familiarising himself with the CIS functions, 

followed by an extensive programme of NZDF familiarisation 

visits and discussions. 

The new CIO has spent many years working in Information 

Technology, in a number of General Manager roles 

within the Westpac Banking Corporation. ‘Peter’s senior 

and executive level management and leadership skills will 

be welcome in NZDF,’ said LTGEN Matepare. 

Peter Thomas is taking over from Derek Locke, who will 

leave NZDF at the end of June, after about 20 months in 

the CIS role. Over this time Derek has made a very considerable 

contribution to progressing the many IT initiatives 

within Defence. 

CONGRATULATIONS 

ON YOUR PROMOTION 

WOMUS S D Jarrett 

CPODR L A Graham 

MAA C F Hemopo 

ACPOSCS T O K Mills 

POCH J L Hardie 

POCH P K Newland 

POCSS 

D M K Katipa 

POHST R H Davies 

POMT(L) M J Applegate 

POMUS 

K R M Kahukiwa 

POMUS R P Hina 

PONP J R Bennetts 

PONP M T Auimatagi 

POSCS B L Whitmore 

POSCS M J Wiki 

POYS M G Stock 

POYS J H Dagger 

LDR J D Jacobsen 

ADR S A Wasley 

AMA A M Hansen 

RNZNVR 

LT K W Crosland RNZNVR 

CPOWTR K M Stevens 

LSEA B J Tilleyshort 

ABSEA D Beaver 

FAREWELL AND 

THANK YOU FOR 

YOUR SERVICE 

CDR 

M H M Stumpel RNZN 

A/LT CDR R Butler RNZN 

POMT(P) M G Lindsay 

LCSS M J Ryder 

LEWS J E Currie 

ACH L M Slight 

COMPILED BY: 

AWTR CAPRA ROBERTSON 

HMNZS PHILOMEL 



NT122JUNE07 31

BAND DITS 

CANTERBURY TALES 

Raft race 

BY AMUS TIM CHRISTIE 

BAND ON THE RUN 

The Drum Corps 

WHAT is the latest fashion accessory for all 

High School students in the Bay of Plenty 

(BOP) and Gisborne region? Paris Hilton 

Amber Visions? Not even close… it’s the 

Navy Dog Tag! 

The Band has been on a mission promoting 

Navy to High Schools around Auckland, 

the BOP and Gisborne areas this last month. 

We started with Avondale College performing 

two concerts in front of 1400 students 

each time, continuing to Birkenhead College, 

Matamata, Trident, Whakatane, Opotiki and 

Gisborne High Schools. All in all performing 

to over 6000 students over six days - that’s 

a lot of potential recruits! 

The Recruiters gave us a box of tangled up 

dog tags to take and after a week of constant 

untangling, we decided to limit the numbers 

given out at each school. Consequently as 

Master of Ceremonies and chief “giverouter-of 

prizes-person”, I got bombarded by 

scores of students begging for these blasted 

dog tags after each show. We simply didn’t 

have enough! 

Whilst on tour we performed two combined 

orchestra fundraising concerts. The 

first was with Tauranga’s Otumoetai College 

Concert Band in their newly opened Auditorium 

and the second, for the Gisborne Youth 

Concert Band at the Gisborne War Memorial 

Hall. Both of these Bands are fundraising 

to attend the Australian International Music 

Festival being staged in the Sydney Opera 

House. 

Our concerts were great, combining players 

from both bands for the opening two 

numbers. The performances started with 

In The Navy Dance Corps. L-R: LMUS Jason Campbell (Anzac Exchange), AMUS Matt 

Shone, AMUS Craig Rhodes & AMUS Tim Christie 

“Fanfare and Flourishes” – a powerful 

show starter written by James Curnow and 

followed with “New World Variations” by 

David Schaffer. Our variety concerts consist 

of three or four serious pieces intertwined 

with lighthearted up-beat numbers. POMUS 

Steven Packer, who recently successfully 

defended his Australian E-flat Tuba Championship 

Crown against all comers throughout 

Australasia (Good on ya Kiwi!) wowed the 

crowd with ridiculously fast variations on a 

theme of Grandfathers Clock on his Euphonium 

while AMUS Leni Sulusi played an 

even more ridiculously fast Xylophone solo 

called Helter Skelter. Then there was our 

newly promoted WO Shaun Jarrett retelling 

the story of Three Blind Mice in styles 

ranging from Mozart to Bizet to Beethoven 

to Sousa – with a quaint little dance display 

in the middle which leaves the audience and 

us asking why he hasn’t signed up for the 

NZ Ballet company! 

Of course when doing a more or less lighthearted 

concert we couldn’t let the opportunity 

of finishing with “In The Navy” pass 

by. There are five of us who like to dress up 

like The Village People (for reasons surpassing 

understanding) and dance like there’s 

no tomorrow. 

No sooner were we back in Auckland, we 

were off to Wellington parading for the Prime 

Minister of Greece, then back to Auckland 

for a Lions Club gig in Te Atatu and our annual 

Maritime Melodies concert at the Maritime 

Museum. CEO of the museum and former 

Commander Larry Robbins approached our 

Boss asking if the Band could do a concert to 

help raise the profile of the museum. Sadly, 

this was Larry’s last show as he will retire 

from his position on 1 July. The Band takes 

this opportunity to wish him all the best for 

the future and to thank him for all his support 

and encouragement over many years. 

We now head to Melbourne for the commissioning 

of CANTERBURY, then we will 

follow her to Christchurch a week later 

for welcome ceremonies in Lyttelton and 

Timaru. 

Ms Dora Sharpe-Davidson was formally presented with her HMNZS 

CANTERBURY Scholarship in a ceremony at Canterbury University, last 

month. Supporting CN was CDR Tony Millar the CO (designate) of the new 

tactical sealift ship CANTERBURY and a number of other naval personnel 

Both HMNZS Canterbury Scholarship winners (Dominica 

Finch 2006 & Dora Sharpe-Davidson 2007) enjoyed a 

‘Navy Shopwindow’ aboard WAKAKURA on 24 May. A 

RHIB ride was part of their nautical experience 

The Secretary of Defence John McKinnon with 

CN talk with LTCDR Melissa Kaio, who was 

Project Director’s Representative for the MRV 

CANTERBURY’S ACCEPTANCE, 31 MAY: Tenix CE Mr Salteri, with Paul Thomas 

(Tenix Engineering Manager), Gary Collier (MoD Project Director) and CN meet 

one of CANTERBURY’s Chefs in the sparkling new Galley 

The Secretary of Defence meets some of the new CANTERBURY’s ship’s 

company in the junior ratings’ mess deck 

Photos: With thanks to Tenix 



NT122JUNE07 33

SPORT 

MC 07-0212-76 

MC 07-0212-32 

HISTORY OF THE CUP 

Lou Smith himself donated the Lou Smith 

Cup during the time he was licensee of 

the Terminus Hotel in Wellington. Over 

the years his hotel came to be used by 

the ship’s companies of NZ and Australian 

naval units visiting the capital. 

Because of his interest both in the Navy 

and rugby, Mr Smith gave the cup in 1933 

for competition between ships of the two 

Navies whenever they met either in NZ 

or Australia. 

Mr Smith left the Terminus Hotel in 1939 

and became manager of the Gresham 

Hotel. He worked there until his death 

in 1942. The Cup was placed in safe storage 

during WWII , then the rugby com- 

SWEET SUCCESS! 

Pre-match haka 

petition was revived after the War. 

MC 07-0212-52 

MC 07-0212-26 

MC 07-0212-60 

RNZN vs RAN: 

LOU SMITH CUP 

MC 07-0212-27 

THE RAN challenge for the Lou Smith Cup 

against the RNZN rugby team took place at 

Ngataringa Sports Fields on 25 May. Before 

the match started, Mr Mike Wardlaw of VTF 

presented a cheque of $25,000 to the Navy 

Sports Council for Navy Services-level Sport 

– a much appreciated donation. 

Traditionally the cup has been played for 

between ships of the two Navies, however 

this was the first time that it has been played 

for by the two National teams. This trans- 

Tasman competition is the Navy’s equivalent 

to the Bledisloe Cup and the RNZN have 

held and successfully defended the Cup 

since 1991. This year the Lou Smith Cup 

was retained by the RNZN, 29-27 in what 

turned out to be a cliff-hanger right up to 

the final whistle. 

Excellent support was provided from Naval 

base personnel with plenty of senior level 

support evident in CN, DCN and MCC being 

on the sideline. For the RAN, CDRE Bruce 

Kafer RAN led the small but vocal group of 

Aussie supporters. Buck Shelford, the Navy’s 

Rugby Patron was also on hand taking time 

out from his busy schedule to support the 

DCN (l) accepts a cheque from Mr Mike Wardlaw 

( r) of VTF for the Navy sports council 

RNZN team. The Navy Band provided tons 

of musical support and side line catering included 

a sausage sizzle and a coffee truck! 

And there was great support from the sailors, 

civil staff and officers of the Naval Support 

Command. 

Try scorers for the RNZN were: 

• MAA Dutchy Hemopo 

• ACO Thomas Matoe (2 tries) 

• ASA Morgan Findlay 

3 penalties kicked by: 

• LDR Willy Milham 

Player of the Day for the RNZN: 

• ACO Thomas Matoe 

INTER-SERVICE RUGBY 

NZDF Inter-Service Rugby was hosted by fending their line with Air Force hammering 

away repeatedly at the try line only to 

Navy at Ngataringa Sports Grounds during 

14-18 May. This year’s tournament come away empty-handed. There were 

was played earlier than usual due to the only 2 tries scored (one each) although 

Army team wanting a build up competition 

before their test match against the the Referee spotting other players run- 

Air Force had two tries disallowed with 

British Army, and also the Navy team ning interference. Penalties again cost 

were preparing to play the RAN the following 

week. 

The last game of the tournament was 

Navy, with Air winning 13-5 

The first game was Army v Navy. It between Air and Army and it was expected 

to be a tight contest. But Army 

was a physical game with both teams 

having long spells on attack, only to be had other ideas and they came out firing, 

beaten off by staunch defence. With only with some slick back play and hard-running 

forwards. Army proved to strong for 

one try scored per team the difference 

came down to discipline and penalties. Air Force and came out winners 46-17. 

Army won 17 - 8. 

As tournament winners, Army won 

Day Two saw the Navy up against Air the King George V Cup. Air Force placed 

Force. Once again it was saw Navy de- 

second, and Navy third. 

Navy vs Army 

POPTI P.J.R.HODGE 

FLEET SPORTS CO-ORDINATOR 

Navy vs Air Force 

MC 07-0192-70 

MC 07-0193-17 



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SPORT 

MAIN FAMILY NOTICE & FRIENDS BOARD 

BY AROHA TREACHER 

BODYBUILDING! 

THIS year’s Auckland Bodybuilding Championship 

competition proved to be an unexpected 

success for the Navy. Three naval 

ratings entered the competition and all of 

them won places in the top three for their 

category. This was the largest entry by sailors 

in the 17-year history of the Auckland 

Bodybuilding Championships. 

CPO Diver Kaha Cassidy entered for the 

first time in the “Novice Physique Men 

Short” class and won first prize. He did not 

think he would win but when Kaha’s name 

was called out as the winner he was “… 

shocked. I wanted to have a good time and 

I think I achieved that. But to come out of it 

with a placing was awesome,” he said. 

Leading Physical Training Instructor Christopher 

Treacher received second place in 

the “Novice Athletic Tall” class and says 

the whole experience was “…awesome. I 

wanted to challenge myself and try something 

new, to branch out from just playing 

basketball,” he said. Chris also received the 

prize “Best Male Performer” for the best 

routine of the night. 

Each competitor must come up with a 60- 

second routine complete with music, poses 

and choreography. Mr Hardwick says, “It’s 

not often a novice gets the best presentation, 

it’s really special.” 

The only female from the Navy to enter 

was Leading Marine Technician Katrina Hall, 

who entered in the “Open Figure Women 

Tall” class. This was LMT Hall’s third time 

competing and she secured second place 

in her class. 

“From every show you find more improvements,” 

Kat said; she’s “definitely going to 

keep up with bodybuilding.” 

“ 

more 

LEFT: LPTI Chris Treacher winning second place in the 

‘Novice Athletic Tall’ class. ABOVE: LMT Kat Hall (l) with 

another competitor during the competition. 

The competition is run by National Amateur 

Body Building Association and was held 

at the Bruce Mason Centre in Takapuna. 

Auckland representative for the bodybuilding 

association, Peter Hardwick, says it was 

the best turn out he has ever seen from 

the Navy. 

“I hope their example will help to motivate 

a few more [Navy people] to get going and 

compete,” said Mr Hardwick. 

I hope their example will help to motivate a few 

[Navy people] to get going and compete 

MC 06-0606-02 

LPTI Chris Treacher LMT Kat Hall CPODR Kaha Cassidy 

MC 06-0380-22 

“ 

MC 05-0260-16 

HISTORY CONFERENCE 

SEEING RED; NZ IN THE COLD WAR 

6-8 July 2007 

National Library Auditorium, Wellington 

Cost: $120 per person 

(Saturday evening conference dinner additional) 

To attend, send your name, address, 

email address and a cheque to: 

‘Seeing Red Conference’ 

PO Box 9724 

Marion Square 

Wellington 6141, NZ 

3/87 REUNION 

2007 REUNIONS 

The New Zealand Antarctic Society seeks registrations 

from former and current ‘Antarcticans’ for the: 

50TH JUBILEE OF NEW ZEALAND 

IN ANTARCTICA 

28-30 September 2007, Christchurch 

If you have a background of working in New Zealand’s 

Antarctic programmes between 1957-2007 we want to 

see you at this celebration. The jubilee is the highlight 

of the Antarctic Festival 2007 and not to be missed! Only 

$150 event cost per person for a weekend of reminiscing, 

historic exhibitions, presentations and an outstanding 

Anniversary dinner at Air Force Museum with VIP guests. 

Contact us right now as demand will be high. 

Registration: www.mgevents.co.nz 

Call TOLL FREE: 0800 80 88 90 

Email: 

headconsultants@xtra.co.nz 

or Write to: ‘50th Event’, PO Box 2369, Christchurch 

Did you join the RNZN in September 1987? To all those that 

left the good life and became civilians, a 20 year celebration 

will be organised for the weekend of 22-23 September this 

year for persons that joined the 3/87 intake. 

Contact: 

Jason Wilson 

Ph: 09 4455453 

Jason.wilson@nzdf.mil.nz 

NZ WWII CRUISERS ASSOCIATION: 

ACHILLES, LEANDER, GAMBIA & MONOWAI 

6/7 October 2007 

• Luncheon Western Springs 1200 Saturday 6 Oct 

• Combined Church Service St Christopher’s Chapel, 

HMNZS PHILOMEL 1000 Sunday 7 Oct 

Contact: 

Bill Moreland President/Secretary 

6/8 Rugby Road, Birkenhead, Auckland 

Ph: 09 419 4914 

Cell: 027 280-0321 

2008 REUNIONS 

RNZN CRUISERS, LOCH-CLASS 

FRIGATES & LACHLAN COMBINED 

REUNION 

TO BE HELD IN DUNEDIN 

AT EASTER WEEKEND 

[21 – 24 MARCH 2008] 

Contact: 

Bill (Shape) Mulhall 

PO Box 10-071, Helensburgh 

Dunedin 9042 

Ph [03] 4763054 

Fax [03] 4763064 

e-mail: wmulhall@hotmail.com 

PROPOSED MURUROA ATOLL 1973 

REUNION NAPIER, 25-27 JULY 2008. 

FOR ALL MEMBERS OF THE SHIPS’ COMPANIES 

IN CANTERBURY AND OTAGO WHEN THEY WERE 

SENT TO MURUROA ATOLL IN 1973. 

It is proposed that the reunion will centre around the Napier 

RSA, which is close to several motels, is an easy few minutes 

walk to Napier city, and close to visitor attractions. 

Please forward your names to phil.doran@yahoo.co.nz 

2009 REUNIONS 

PROPOSED SMALL SHIPS REUNION 

Westport, late February 2009 (dates to be confimed) 

Contact: Mrs Shirley Barber, Secretary 

Westport Ex-Royal Navalmen’s Association 

PO Box 1, Westport 7866, Email: salibarber@kol.co.nz 




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HMNZS TE MANA at speed 

in the South China Sea, seen 

from her Seasprite helicopter. 

Note the rooster tail behind 

the frigate’s transom, where 

the two fast-turning propellers 

kick up the water into an 

impressive wake. 

Photo: TE MANA Flight 


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