Article Archive
October 2002

Burglary at National Headquarters

 

Chief Executive Pat Herbert reports on the recent burglary at RNZRSA National Headquarters.

Battle of El Alamein Remembered

 

RSA Review marks the 60th Anniversary of this famous battle with a major feature and an overview by General Freyberg's wartime personal assistant.

East Timor Scrapbook

 

In early September, four members of RNZRSA's National Executive Committee were invited by CDF to spend a few days with NZBATT6, the last rotation of New Zealand troops to be deployed to East Timor.

Lancaster restored

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At a ceremony in April 2002, the RAF Bomber Command Association (NZ) formally handed over to Auckland's Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT), the restored Avro Lancaster bomber NX665

20 years of keeping the peace

 

In 1982, New Zealand's Defence Force took on a new role in the Middle East, and now, twenty years on, Kiwi servicemen and women are still highly respected members of that almost forgotten peacekeeping operation, the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO).


Women's war service commemorated

 

Daphne Shaw reports that the compilation of the New Zealand Returned Servicewomen's Book of Commemoration is at last complete and will be presented to the Auckland War Memorial Museum at a dedication ceremony on Armistice Day, 11 November 2002


Gunner Inglorious now on stage

 

Renowned author and broadcaster Jim Henderson's first book Gunner Inglorious, published in 1945, has now been adapted for stage presentation by Hawkes Bay actor/playwright Michael Burton.