A lack of training, qualifications and experience among the crew on board a New Zealand navy ... described the navy as “extremely fragile,” with ships idle due to problems retaining the ...

New Zealand Navy Chief Garin Golding said the report "highlighted a gap between work as imagined and work as done", with a series of issues compounding the direct cause. Golding said the navy had ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A lack of training ... in a March 2024 report described the navy as “extremely fragile,” with ships idle due to problems retaining the staff needed to service ...

FILE - In this photo provided by the New Zealand Defence Force, divers survey the area around HMNZS Manawanui on the southern coast of Upulo, Samoa, after the Manawanui ran aground and sank on Oct. 6.