The military exercise, involving 2200 personnel from 10 countries including crack US Marines, is being played out in South Canterbury towns, ports, and farms.
Backroom staff at the New Zealand Defence Force have spent months concocting Exercise Southern Katipo 2013 - a scenario where the lower half of the South Island is a made-up Pacific nation called Mainlandia.
Image 1 of 20: Rehearsal amphibious landing using land craft medium (LCM) from HMNZS Canterbury, transporting Army Pinzgauer vehicles ashore. Photo / SouthernKatipo
ETNZ celebrate their 3-peat, the only team in the modern era of the America's Cup to win three regattas in a row att he 37th Louis Vuitton America's Cup in Barcelona
The PM Christopher Luxon attends the NATO 75th anniversary in Washington DC and gets to meet a variety of American politicians and business leaders on the way
The New Zealand Army has been busy holding exercises at the Waiouru training area. This included 12 days of Exercise Vengeance involving Victor Company from the 1st Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment and Exercise Brimstone held by The School of Artillery. Photos by Mike Scott / NZ Herald
Auckland War Memorial dawn service, Hobsonville civil service and the Devonport parade. How Aucklanders remembered the ANZACS. Photos / Hayden Woodward, Dean Purcell and Alex Burton
Seven people died at the hands of a knife-wielding attacker at the Westfield Mall in Bondi. The people of Sydney come to pay their respects the day after the tragedy unfolded. Photographs by Rick Roycroft for the Associate Press
Vital Impacts are celebrating Jane Goodall's 90th birthday with a print sale of work by 90 leading female photographers available at https://vitalimpacts.org/collections/celebrate-jane-90.
Hundreds of aviation enthusiasts turned out to see some impressive aircraft in action yesterday at a preview of the Warbirds over Wanaka show this weekend. The popular event had been grounded for the past six years, partly because of Covid pandemic restrictions. This Easter weekend it returns, with a sellout crowd of more than 60,000 people set to attend today and tomorrow. Photos / George Heard
The last event in Auckland for the 2023/24 season was held at the Pt England Reserve. The event was a DOathlon after the swimming leg was cancelled due to poor quality water. Photographs by Alex Burton
The 49th annual Polyfest schools Maori and Pacific Islands festival kicked off with performances on the Creative NZ Diversity Stage with a wide range of cultural influences at the Manukau Sports Bowl. Photographs by Jason Oxenham
Lava from a volcanic eruption in Iceland is flowing toward defenses around the town of Grindavik, the country's fourth volcanic eruption in three months.
The architect of the Treaty Principles Bill, David Seymour, was booed back inside the Beehive by the tens of thousands of people gathered to protest his controversial bill.
Gulf Harbour Country Club was closed overnight in July 2023, NZ Herald golf reporter Will Toogood joined locals to see their efforts in restoring it to its former glory.
