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HMNZS Aotearoa, the navy's huge new supply ship, arrives home for first time 21 Apr, 2021 07:44 AM 5 minutes to read HMNZS Aotearoa arrives in New Plymouth. Photo / New Zealand Defence Force RNZ By Robin Martin of RNZ The Royal New Zealand Navy's newest and largest-ever ship HMNZS Aotearoa has made its first visit to its ceremonial home port in New Plymouth today. The $450 million supply ship came into service last year and at 173m long it can carry 10.5 million litres of fuel - or enough to "top up" a frigate almost 14 times. It steamed into Port Taranaki this morning. Advertisement The trip...

HMNZS Aotearoa has made its first visit to its ceremonial home port in New Plymouth today. HMNZS Aotearoa arrives in New Plymouth. Photo: New Zealand Defence Force The $450 million supply ship came into service last year and at 173m long it can carry 10.5 million litres of fuel - or enough to 'top up' a frigate almost 14 times. It steamed into Port Taranaki this morning. The trip out to Aotearoa did not have an auspicious beginning with Able Seaman Leon Cooper issuing a rather chilling safety briefing to a the crew of journalists heading out to HMNZS Aotearoa on a ridged hulled inflatable (...

Premium Content Subscriber only A federal MP has spoken up after a Central Queensland RSL decided to call off a major Anzac Day event over red tape. The Blackwater/Bluff RSL announced its annual march had been cancelled because of four pages of instructions it would have to comply with. “Everyone involved would have to be signed in on the COVID (form),” president Lester Anderson told the Daily Mercury. “It’s a bit of a shame, we usually have the light horse upfront and it’s a good spectacle for the kids.” Ms Landry said it was a ‘real shame’ the march w...

Anzac Day last year was a little different to normal. At the time, most of Australia was stuck in lockdown and because it fell on a weekend many people weren't given an extra day off. Now, after 12 months of border closures and holiday plans cancelled, just what will the 2021 commemoration of conflicts past look like? Public holidays for some states only This year, the public holiday gods have overlooked us again. With Anzac Day falling on a Sunday, most of the country won't get a long weekend. However the ACT, Western Australia and Queensland will all have Monday, April 26, as a public h...

Most Australians won’t get a public holiday for Anzac Day this year yet there's good news for Queenslanders - not so much for NSW. Here's why.