NZDF Southern Katipo 2013 exercise
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
