Story: Armed forces

Imperial regiments and colonial forces with Māori prisoners, Whanganui, 1867

Territorial camp, Hawke's Bay, 1912

Call-up notice for service overseas, 1941

Compulsory military training recruits, 1950

Defence Force personnel by gender and ethnicity, 2012

Navy, army and air force personnel, Vietnam, 1970

Royal New Zealand Navy fleet concentration, Cook Strait, 2011

New Zealand Army bases, 2012

Last of the Skyhawks, 2001

Royal New Zealand Air Force C130 Hercules aircraft, Afghanistan

Upgraded Orion aircraft, Whenuapai airfield, 2011

Royal New Zealand Air Force helicopter, Nelson Lakes, 2011

Defence organisation chart

Governor-General Jerry Mateparae inspecting the armed forces guard of honour, 2011

Air force flying passengers and cars across Cook Strait, 1971

Leadership of the New Zealand Defence Force, 2012

Defence spending as a proportion of estimated GDP, 1880–1971

Defence spending as a proportion of GDP, 1972–2010

ANZUS exercise, Perth, Australia, 1982

Royal New Zealand Air Force Skyhawks and a Royal Australian Navy ship

New Zealand military personnel at a checkpoint, Dili, East Timor, 2006

Drug destruction, Afghanistan, 2006

New Zealand soldiers and Solomon Islanders

New Zealand battlefield clearance team, Lebanon, 2008

Air New Zealand hijacking in Fiji, 1987

Army engineers desalinating water, Christchurch, 2011

Offloading containers, Antarctica, 2008