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TeKaha and Endeavour in North Asia

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Navy officers Titheridge and Foster in Haiti

Support for Haiti

Two Navy officers, Sub Lieutenant Nick Foster and Ensign Kendra Titheridge are in Haiti helping with the clean up after the devastating earthquakes. Read More »

Preparing for a Natural Disaster

Find out what happened when the Navy practiced disaster relief scenarios in the Pacific Islands. Read More »

HMNZS OTAGO Arrives

HMNZS OTAGO arrived at Devonport Naval Base in April to a rousing welcome from Navy personnel. Read More »

PUKAKI: a midshipman's view

Midshipman Wesley Moir describes the excitement of his first trip to sea - an operation task onboard HMNZS Pukaki Read More »

To crack on to:
This term has come to mean the act of pretending. It comes again from the age of sail when in order to give an enemy ship the impression that your ship was fast, more sails would be set.