- 41. HMNZS Otago is on fisheries patrols in the Pacific
- (Defence)
- HMNZS Otago, with 80 personnel aboard and a Seasprite helicopter, are working alongside Republic Of Fiji Navy vessel RFNS Kikau to help deter and detect illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing activity ...
- Created on 09 July 2020
- 42. AOTEAROA - The final stretch home
- (Defence)
- ... the Ministry of Defence. HMNZS Aotearoa - Sea Trials “After contractor trials, fitting out continues and if required, rectifications, before another short period at sea in April for confirmation ...
- Created on 06 March 2020
- 43. AOTEAROA as she commences contractor sea trial
- (News)
- ... delivered to New Zealand in the middle of the year. The Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN)’s newest ship, the future HMNZS Aotearoa (A12), has commenced her contractor sea trials this month off the coast ...
- Created on 29 January 2020
- 44. Advert for HMNZS Rotoiti and Pukaki removed at request of Defence Force
- (Defence)
- An advertisement seeking buyers for two recently-decommissioned New Zealand navy inshore patrol vessels has been removed from the internet at the request of the Defence Force. Navy boats HMNZS Rotoiti ...
- Created on 18 January 2020
- 45. NZ Navy's Aotearoa is christened in Kore
- (News)
- ... was built and launched at the same shipyard, the Hyundai Shipyard, in 1987, Rear Admiral David Proctor said. What is HMNZS AOTEAROA capable of? New Zealand’s largest Navy ship christened in South ...
- Created on 26 October 2019
- 46. Behind the Scenes of Aotearoa
- (Defence)
- The computer-generated renders are only representative, but they are the first tantalising look at what the future sailor can expect in terms of living and working aboard the RNZN’s largest ship in history. ...
- Created on 19 October 2019
- 47. RNZN Tanker Aotearoa Hits the Water
- (Defence)
- The Royal New Zealand Navy’s (RNZN) first purpose-built ship in 10 years, the HMNZS Aotearoa, was launched at Hyundai Heavy Industries’s Ulsan shipyard in South Korea. The HMNZS Aotearoa auxiliary ...
- Created on 29 April 2019
- 48. HHI lays keel for New Zealand Navy tanker ‘Aotearoa’
- (Defence)
- ... opportunities as we ready ourselves for Aotearoa, as well as our modernized frigates. It is these three ships on which our combat capability will be based.” HMNZS Aotearoa is designed to provide logistical ...
- Created on 14 August 2018
- 49. NZ, Japan sign defence and security agreements
- (News)
- ... the Self-Defence Forces of Japan operate together,” says Ms Collins, who signed the agreements in Tokyo. “This could include refuelling activities at sea using HMNZS Aotearoa, or the reciprocal provision ...
- Created on 20 December 2025
- 50. New Zealand’s frigate choice: Mogami or Type 31?
- (Defence)
- ... to acquire and sustain. In addition, there is a need to replace its Offshore Patrol Vessels and the Multi-Role Vessel, HMNZS Canterbury. The RNZN’s requirement is shaped by geography as much as strategy. ...
- Created on 13 December 2025
- 51. HMNZS Aotearoa
- (Tags)
- HMNZS Aotearoa
- Created on 03 October 2019
- 52. Navy’s largest ship to visit Solomons
- (Article tagged with: HMNZS Aotearoa)
- The largest ship in the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) fleet will visit Solomon Islands on Friday, the last stop on a six-month deployment engaging with regional partners through the Pacific and Asia. ...
- Created on 17 November 2022
- 53. New Zealand Navy Chooses Saab TactiCall for Future Communications Solution
- (Article tagged with: HMNZS Aotearoa)
- Defence and security company Saab has signed a contract to provide a complete communications system on board the Royal New Zealand Navy’s future fleet replenishment vessel, HMNZS Aotearoa.
- Created on 05 October 2017
- 54. New Zealand navy will join British flotilla on tour through East Asia, defence minister says
- (Article tagged with: HMNZS Aotearoa)
- New Zealand’s navy will join the United Kingdom's flagship aircraft carrier in a tour of the Indo-Pacific, including passing through the contested South China Sea, the defence minister says. The HMS ...
- Created on 04 May 2021
- 55. New Zealand warship sailing disputed South China Sea as Taiwan warns 'we will fight to end' if China attack
- (Article tagged with: HMNZS Aotearoa)
- A New Zealand Navy frigate is sailing through the disputed South China Sea as tensions between China and Taiwan escalate. The Defence Force on Wednesday morning said the Royal New Zealand Navy Frigate ...
- Created on 06 October 2021
- 56. New Zealand's Largest Ever Naval Vessel Delivered in S. Kore
- (Article tagged with: HMNZS Aotearoa)
- New Zealand Navy's largest ever ship Aotearoa, built by Hyundai Heavy Industries, is on its way to New Zealand, after Hyundai held a departure ceremony in its shipyard in South Korea on Wednesday.
- Created on 10 June 2020
- 57. New Zealand’s largest Navy ship christened in South Korea
- (Article tagged with: HMNZS Aotearoa)
- NEWS || “I name this ship.” Just five months after Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern named the @Royal New Zealand Navy's replacement diving support and hydrographic vessel #HMNZSManawanui, The Governor-General ...
- Created on 25 October 2019
- 58. Northland woman eager to serve on Navy’s biggest-ever ship
- (Article tagged with: HMNZS Aotearoa)
- Whangarei woman Chanel Ruri’s first posting to a ship in the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) is a notable one — she will serve on the RNZN’s biggest-ever ship.
- Created on 16 July 2020
- 59. NZ military staff brought home from Korea as coronavirus cases spike
- (Article tagged with: HMNZS Aotearoa)
- As coronavirus cases spike in Korea, the NZ Defence Force is flying some personnel and their families based in the country home. More staffers, now aboard the Navy's newest ship as it undergoes sea trials, ...
- Created on 05 March 2020
- 60. NZ navy ship shadowed by seven Chinese warships
- (Article tagged with: HMNZS Aotearoa)
- A New Zealand navy ship sailing in East Asia was shadowed by seven Chinese warships, the Defence Force has confirmed.
- Created on 08 December 2025
