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

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

New Zealand armed forces were first deployed to East Timor in 1999. These soldiers are checking people for weapons at a security checkpoint in Dili, the capital of East Timor.

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Jim Rolfe, Armed forces – Partnerships and international deployments, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/35732/new-zealand-military-personnel-at-a-checkpoint-dili-east-timor-2006 (accessed 11 June 2026).

Story by Jim Rolfe, published 3 May 2012, updated 1 April 2020.