CANTERBURY! HMNZS - Royal New Zealand Navy

OUR PEOPLEA. FALKLANDS ANNIVERSARY. SLT AlexandraHansen RNZN, as OOD of HMS EDINBURGH,requests permission of HRH the Earl of Wessex tomarch off the guard following a ceremonial sunseton board. With the prince is the CO of EDINBURGH,CDR Paul Brown RN; EDINBURGH was in theFalkland Islands for the 25th anniversary of the endof the war.B. MESSINES REMEMBERED. On 7 June, 25UK-based NZDF personnel provided the ceremonialsupport at a series of activities to commemoratethe NZ attack on Messines Ridge, 1917. At theCommonwealth War Cemetery 128 New Zealandersare buried and the names of a further 828 missingare recorded there. The commemorative serviceswere attended by a number of VIPs, includingCabinet Minister the Rt Hon Annette King. LT KarlArndt RNZN (at left) was the national flag bearer.JC. LSV PARADE. CDRE David Anson, MaritimeComponent Commander was the reviewing officerfor the LSV graduation ceremony on 23 June. Herehe presents the Peers Choice Award to LSV TraineeWaerea.D. SIEMENS VISIT. The Managing DirectorGottfried Pausch and a team from Siemens NZ weretaken through TE KAHA recently; Mr Pausch haddesigned some of the original programmes for theControl and Monitoring system in the ANZAC classfrigates: ( l to r) WOMT(L) Kramer Pierce, NaticiaLast-Harris HR Administrator, Effie Perry PurchasingAdministrator, Michelle Smith Customer ServiceCoordinator, Gottfried Pausch MD, Daniel CumminsGM of Industrial Automation & Control Division,Sarah Elliot Finance Manager, Gustav Eiselen Sales,and Juliette Banks Communications Manager.ABJE. SEA READINESS CHECK. A medical emergencyteam in CANTERBURY try out their stretcher bearingskills during the ship’s Safety and Readiness Check,before sailing from Melbourne last month.F. JOINT STAFF. The J33 Maritime staff at HQ JFNZsaid farewell to LCSS Helmuth Hartung (second fromr) seeing him off were LTCDR Simon Rooke, LCSSJonathan Brooke, and CPOCSS Gerald Foote.G. INCIDENT MANAGEMENT. A Navy teamdemonstrated their boarding party and CriticalIncident Management skills to school careersadvisers during the NZDF careers visit lastmonth. See page 34.H. SQUASH. Members of the Navy Squash Clubawait their turn for the MSFT. The stop/start andturn nature of squash makes it a perfect partnerfor the MSFT - squash is great for all ages andthe personnel in the photo range from ORD toCDR. Squash is described as the number 1 cardiovascularsport for busy people. [Next month theSquash Club will reveal their faces! Ed]I. HOMEWARD BOUND. LT Felicity Andersonand LT Vicki Rendall on the bridge wing ofENDEAVOUR; our replenishment tanker returns toNZ on 13 July; TE MANA a week later.C D EIJ. CANTERBURY SCHOLARS. Ms Dora Sharpe-Davidson was formally presented with herHMNZS CANTERBURY Scholarship by CN duringa ceremony at Canterbury University in May.That was followed by a less formal day enjoyinga ‘Shopwindow’ aboard HMNZS WAKAKURAon 24 May, when Dora was joined by the 2006Scholarship winner, Dominica Finch (r; wearingthe hat).F G H22 NT123JULY07 WWW.NAVY.MIL.NZWWW.NAVY.MIL.NZNT123JULY07 23