Christmas from afar: New Zealand troops in South Sudan and Florida, US
24 Dec, 2020 08:55 PM
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One of the New Zealanders on patrol with the UN Mission in South Sudan, talking and sharing treats with children near Juba. Photo / Supplied, NZDF
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By Karoline Tuckey, of RNZ
This Christmas, New Zealand Defence Force staff are stationed in South Korea, South Sudan, Afghanistan, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon and the Golan Heights, Dubai, Florida and Antarctica. Many will experience a very different Christmas Day a long way from family. Reporter Karoline Tuckey talked with two of them about what Christmas Day will look like where they are.
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